Politics
NSW
Berejiklian called on to help in NSW as seats 'go down to the wire'
Several key NSW seats are on a knife edge ahead of tomorrow's election but senior Liberals say the success of the Berejiklian government could help them.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Political Leadership
Chris Minns to launch NSW Labor leadership bid early next week
NSW Labor MPs are becoming increasingly eager for the leadership vacuum to be filled as soon as possible.
- by Lisa Visentin
Flashback
From the Archives: Packed house for the Great Gay Debate
On this day in 1984, NSW Parliament debated the Crimes (Amendment) Bill, which would decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting males over the age of 18.
- by Paola Totaro
Opinion
Biodiversity
Talk is cheap Minister Kean, show us the money
The Berejiklian government appears to be changing its tune on the environment but the true test will be the budget.
- by Kate Smolski
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State Parliament
NSW festival licensing scheme on the chopping block
Labor is leading a bid in the NSW upper house to scupper the regulations.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Ice
'Let's not go to war': Ice-ravaged Lismore says drug addiction a health issue
The public must stop calling people who use meth "drug addicts" and "junkies" and recognise they have a medical condition if it wants to see an end to the meth crisis, an inquiry will hear this week.
- by Esther Han
Opinion
State Parliament
Kingmaker Nile swept aside as motley crew sends signal to Berejiklian
The new NSW upper house is a mixed bunch already flexing its muscle - but that might not be a bad thing.
- by Alexandra Smith
Food
Sydney's favourite sausage roll is almost as good as Mum's
Sydney's Bourke Street Bakery, named the nation’s No.1 maker of sausage rolls, has proved a hit in New York.
- by Helen Pitt
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State Parliament
'Best-behaved person in the house': toddlers free to enter the chamber
The NSW upper house has changed its archaic rules about children in Parliament to give more flexibility to MPs with families.
- by Alexandra Smith
Ice
'Number one drug': ice use surges among traumatised teens
At the fourth day of the special commission of inquiry into ice, the Ted Noffs Foundation’s chief operating officer said ice had been the "number one" drug since 2014.
- by Esther Han
Opinion
Opinion
Richard Glover's dirty little secrets
There's one subject that really gets the locals excited.
- by Richard Glover