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Sex, sleaze and hospitality
Revealed: The new rules all NSW bar staff have to follow after Swillhouse scandal
Sweeping changes are coming to the responsible service of alcohol training for bar staff in NSW. But is that enough to keep venues safe?
- by Alexandra Smith
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Opinion
NSW council elections
When life gives you Libertarians, you build a lemonade stand (with or without permission)
Got a development application? You’ll get a welcome carpet from the new wave of Libertarians elected to NSW councils.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW council elections
Labor fears council results spell trouble for PM before federal election
While Clover Moore has conceded this will be her last term as Sydney lord mayor, the council elections have different implications for those at state and federal levels.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Liberal Party
Howard backs federal takeover of NSW Liberals in further blow to Speakman
The NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has lost his battle in the Peter Dutton-led takeover of the Liberals.
- by Alexandra Smith
How NSW childcare centres, schools will be used to prevent a crisis
NSW has long focused on responding to domestic and family violence. Now it will turn its attention to prevention.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW byelection
The NSW Liberals have many problems but they are finally fixing one
The NSW Liberals have finally read the room. But their problems are not disappearing.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW Liberal leader at war with Dutton-led takeover
Conservatives wrote to party members saying Mark Speakman had made “sad” claims and “issued a blatant challenge to the leadership of Peter Dutton”.
- by Paul Sakkal and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Social media
The PM is sigma, but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet
Of course Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media, but we cannot return to the golden days when it didn’t exist.
- by Alexandra Smith
Northern Beaches deputy mayor Georgia Ryburn to take on teal in Pittwater
Ryburn’s preselection paves the way for a tough contest with teal candidate Jacqui Scruby, who narrowly missed out on claiming the seat in 2023.
- by Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Meet the last Liberal standing for Northern Beaches Council - all because he made a mistake
Mandeep Singh had his own council nomination mishap – except his mistake did not have the same diabolical outcome as that of his Liberal Party colleagues.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW byelection
The once-blocked Liberal candidate with her eyes on Pittwater prize
The Liberal preselection battle for Pittwater will be tight, with big names coming out to back candidates.
- by Alexandra Smith