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NSW budget
Treasurer declared it a budget for working families, but Labor says it ‘picks their pockets’
There has been a lot of talk about this being the budget for working families, but NSW Labor leader Chris Minns says it is anything but.
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Loading‘Foundation of our recovery’: Health spend to exceed $30 billion
The state government will spend $120 billion on NSW Health over the next four years, with hospital upgrades and ambulance jets flagged in the 2021-22 budget,
Are you among the winners or the losers in the NSW budget?
From families to construction workers, winter holidaymakers and koalas, here are all the winners and losers you need to know from the 2021 state budget.
Sydney to get its first new selective high school in 25 years under $7.9 billion plan
New schools are also planned for St Leonards, Chatswood and Macquarie Park - one of them on the site of the Premier’s old high school.
Quarantine-free travel from NSW to NZ paused
Quarantine-free travel from NSW to New Zealand will be paused for 72 hours while the source of infection of new COVID-19 cases announced in Sydney is investigated.
Mysterious COVID case in school student as NSW records 10 new cases
All of the new cases except the school student are linked to existing ones, says Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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Education
School asked boys to use rating system on girls, female students taught to keep virginity
Boys were told to choose the qualities they looked for in a girl from a list that allocated more points for virginity, looks, and strong Christian values than for generosity and adventurousness.
Nationals plan to pay farmers to cut emissions in deal on net zero
Farmers will get a chance to be paid to help to cut greenhouse gas emissions in a Nationals proposal.
Opinion
Political leadership
The man who was the id of Australian politics is once again deputy prime minister
Barnaby Joyce has been given that most rare of things in public life - a second chance - he would be wise not to waste it.
Chris Uhlmann
Nine News Political Editor
Inmates hospitalised after NSW prison brawl
Emergency services were called to Lithgow Correction Centre, on the Great Western Highway in Marrangaroo, about 1.10pm on Tuesday.
‘The look of evil in its eyes’: Sydney’s biggest fox hot spots
Wildlife photographer Lucca Amorim sat for 30 minutes in his car with the window opened as the fox came and went towards him before “going off in stealth mode” hunting.
‘It sounds so basic’: How Tom Trbojevic is keeping his hamstrings healthy
Tom Trbojevic has suffered several bad hamstring tears during his career, and is now following a strict training regime which goes against some conventional wisdom.
Google chief Sundar Pichai’s leadership under scrutiny
It is hard to argue that things aren’t going great for Google, but as cracks in the tech giant start to appear, questions are being asked about chief Sundar Pichai.
‘Magnitude was unbelievable’: Crown tax underpayment raised in 2012
Newly appointed director Nigel Morrison says Crown Resorts knew it may have been underpaying gaming tax to the Victorian government as far back as 2012.
SBS bullying allegations spark calls for transparency and ‘justice’
An award-winning journalist and prominent community leader have called on SBS to release an internal report into workplace harassment.
Five lingering questions from the Kardashian reunion
With the second of a two-part reunion special airing on Monday, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians era has come to an end.
Harry and Meghan bought ‘Lilibet’ web address before Queen’s approval
A spokesperson said the couple purchased a “significant” number of domain names for a range of potential names they were considering.
NSW BUDGET 2021
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Cash splash: Families the big winners in NSW budget
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has declared the state “back on track” as he announces vouchers for swimming lessons, city hotel stays and Friday lunch.
Analysis
The $100 billion budget: no brakes on spending just yet
Spending by the NSW government will hit the $100 billion threshold in the coming financial year as the economy emerges from last year’s pandemic-induced recession.
Sydney
Police search for two men who allegedly purchased items used in MacGill ordeal
Hours before the former Test cricketer was taken from outside his home, two men entered a Bunnings warehouse to allegedly buy items that would be used in the horrifying kidnap ordeal.
NSW government asked by UN to hand over Warragamba dam impact study
The government has been asked by UNESCO to submit the environmental impact study out of concern about the damage the project will have on wildlife and indigenous culture.
‘Too little too late’: Government’s political donations bill criticised from within
The NSW government is being criticised from within its own ranks about a bill to help monitor suspicious donations to council candidates as being too little too late.
Man charged with sexually touching five-year-old girl in Bondi shop
The 58-year-old Dover Heights man was charged on Friday with 11 counts of sexually touching a child under 10.
‘I have done nothing wrong’: MacGill speaks out about alleged kidnapping
The former cricketer has broken his silence about the kidnapping, revealing the heavy toll the incident has taken on his work, family and friends.
Politics
Analysis
Great Barrier Reef
Outrage at UN’s Barrier Reef warning a sideshow to climate catastrophe
The crowning glory of the world’s coral reefs is being torn apart by global warming but Australia’s anger over UN listing process doesn’t address the damage.
Business
Gates split puts harsh spotlight on $226b money manager
For almost three decades, Michael Larson has quietly shuffled around one of the world’s biggest fortunes with a chief priority: Keep his fabulously wealthy bosses out of the headlines.
Opinion
World markets
When good news is bad news: Investors have become addicted to low rates
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
Opinion
Charity
I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown but now Australia is employing the same tactic
Targeting charities is a tried and true political tactic deployed by autocratic and authoritarian regimes to quash dissent and gag critics.
Tim Costello
Former CEO of World Vision Australia.
Opinion
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Five reasons why Joyce is a terrible, horrible, no good choice for the Nats
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown but now Australia is employing the same tactic
Tim Costello
Former CEO of World Vision Australia.
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Property bydomain
Property prices expected to peak late-2021 as buyers hit their ceiling
As higher prices encourage more owners to sell, the NSW Government says that will work to limit house price growth over time.
NSW Budget 2021 disappoints on housing affordability measures
It's the biggest challenge facing the government and state for a generation, but there was little help to get Australians onto the property ladder in the short term.
Life & Culture
Why are so many characters in kids’ books white and middle-class?
There’s a moment of reckoning due for children’s literature, writers say: enough with the stereotypes that ignore diversity.
Sport
Blues call Cordner into camp as Tedesco reveals painful battle in Townsville
The NSW captain needed several pain-killing injections at half-time as he revealed former skipper Boyd Cordner will be asked to join camp before game two in Brisbane.
‘It sounds so basic’: How Tom Trbojevic is keeping his hamstrings healthy
Tom Trbojevic has suffered several bad hamstring tears during his career, and is now following a strict training regime which goes against some conventional wisdom.
The view from the wrong side of the NRL’s wild momentum swings
Queensland stars know what it’s like to be on the wrong side of NRL’s massive scoring sprees this year – and think they have a plan to dig themselves out of trouble against the Blues.
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AFL 2021
GWS-Hawthorn clash moved to MCG, more round 15 changes possible
The round 15 AFL fixture remains up in the air while both NSW teams were scrambling to Victoria as the GWS-Hawthorn game was moved from Sydney to the MCG in the wake of NSW’s escalating COVID-19 situation.
O’Neill backs swimming review, says she never experienced bullying
Deputy chef de mission and Olympic great Susie O’Neill says allegations must be investigated but her experience in the sport was very different.
Nervous NRL rush Origin referees to Queensland to avoid border chaos
The second State of Origin is five days away but head office is taking no chances with match officials, who have been ordered to fly to Queensland on Tuesday night.
‘So much respect:’ Australian lifters welcome Hubbard selection
The presence of Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender Olympian, will be a major story in Tokyo. To the members of Australia’s team, she’s simply another competitor.
Have Your Say
Bravo, Carl Nassib ... and let’s hope that, one day soon, no one cares
Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay - a milestone on the road to equality and another step towards the day when a player’s sexuality does not count as news.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
