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Powerhouse backflip as Ultimo site saved by Berejiklian government

Powerhouse backflip as Ultimo site saved by Berejiklian government

Five years after it was first announced, the Berejiklian government has made the last-minute decision to keep the Powerhouse site at Ultimo open.

  • by Alexandra Smith

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Heavy lifting: Treasurer touted as premier-in-waiting takes on tax
Dominic Perrottet

Heavy lifting: Treasurer touted as premier-in-waiting takes on tax

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet wants to change the tax mix, not lift overall taxes – and he's on a potential collision course with the Morrison government.

  • by Alexandra Smith
Attorney-General orders 'urgent review' of sexual harassment processes after Heydon claims
Dyson Heydon

Attorney-General orders 'urgent review' of sexual harassment processes after Heydon claims

Public confidence in the justice system requires that lawyers and judges are held to the highest ethical standards, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman said.

  • by Kate McClymont and Jacqueline Maley
John Barilaro on cooking seafood and a pie shop accord
Lunch with

John Barilaro on cooking seafood and a pie shop accord

The Deputy Premier is rarely at home but when he is, his favourite pastime is cooking extravagant dinners.

  • by Alexandra Smith
Drug-driving laws are destructive and ineffective
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Courts

Drug-driving laws are destructive and ineffective

Some of the saddest cases I dealt with were single mothers in tears, asking how they would manage to get their children to after-school activities. All for a detectable, but non-intoxicating, level of a drug in their system.

  • by David Heilpern
Abolish stamp duty and lift the GST, says key tax reform review
Tax reform

Abolish stamp duty and lift the GST, says key tax reform review

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet ordered a comprehensive review that has called for a radical rethink of state-federal financial rules.

  • by Alexandra Smith
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Moselmane continues on full pay while on indefinite leave
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CCP influence

Moselmane continues on full pay while on indefinite leave

NSW upper house MP Shaoquett Moselmane is on indefinite leave from NSW Parliament. 

  • by Alexandra Smith
Premier should heed the health advice on gambling just as she did for COVID
Opinion
Gambling

Premier should heed the health advice on gambling just as she did for COVID

Exactly who is making decisions on public health in NSW – is it the government or the gambling industry?

  • by Tim Costello
Powerhouse Parramatta will be bigger and better than before
Opinion
Development

Powerhouse Parramatta will be bigger and better than before

In western Sydney, its collection will be seen by more visitors and have more variation than ever.

  • by Barney Glover
Labor moves to suspend Moselmane from NSW Parliament
CCP influence

Labor moves to suspend Moselmane from NSW Parliament

NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay says she hopes suspended MP Shaoquett Moselmane does the right thing by the party.

  • by Alexandra Smith
NSW Labor MP suspended amid ASIO probe into foreign interference
CCP influence

NSW Labor MP suspended amid ASIO probe into foreign interference

The probe is examining if covert activities or agents directed by the Chinese Communist Party may have sought to influence Shaoquett Moselmane.

  • by Nick McKenzie and Lisa Visentin