Politics
NSW
‘We need to do things differently’: Perrottet vows rethink on fighting natural disasters
NSW will overhaul its preparation, response and recovery from natural disasters following the long-awaited flood inquiry, which urged a major reset of emergency management in the face of rising extreme weather events.
- by Lucy Cormack and Catherine Naylor
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NSW floods
‘Disappointing:’ Resilience NSW boss Shane Fitzsimmons hits back at flood report
Resilience NSW boss Shane Fitzsimmons has hit back at the government’s flood inquiry describing its findings about the disaster agency as disappointing, without evidence and based on inaccurate or incorrect information.
- by Lucy Cormack
Analysis
State Parliament
Perrottet drove creation of trade jobs, but is taking no direct responsibility for ‘fundamental errors’
The long-awaited independent review revealed exactly what was expected: a flawed process that was broken from the beginning.
- by Alexandra Smith
Barilaro’s appointment to US trade role was not at arm’s length from government, report finds
The NSW premier has acknowledged several errors were made during a flawed process to appoint John Barilaro to a US trade role.
- by Lucy Cormack and Tom Rabe
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State Parliament
Agent-general candidate report ‘massaged’ before Cartwright’s selection for London trade job
A candidate panel report for the state’s most lucrative trade role had to be “massaged”, a series of new explosive emails reveal.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Workplace culture
‘We can’t afford to wait’: Perrottet wants bipartisan response to Broderick report
Shaken by the “grave matters laid bare”, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will write to all party leaders seeking support to address the devastating findings.
- by Alexandra Smith
In case you missed it: everything you need to know about the Barilaro inquiry
As the inquiry has stretches into its seventh week, it’s been easy to miss a day or two. Here’s what we’ve learned so far, in a nutshell.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
State Parliament
At NSW Parliament, the century-old Bear Pit nickname remains, and so does a toxic culture
It was more than a century ago that the then all-male NSW parliament first became known as the Bear Pit, so aggressive and unruly was the behaviour of MPs on the floor.
- by Alexandra Smith
Premier vows to weed out perpetrators of sexual assault in parliament
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet vowed to act after a review exposed a dangerous culture that has left some staff vulnerable and powerless.
- by Lucy Cormack and Tom Rabe
Bullies, nasty, gaslighters: Nine things Broderick review revealed about NSW parliament’s culture
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has conceded that the parliament’s culture, in many instances, had become toxic and wrong. These were the findings of a landmark review.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Barilaro unable to give evidence to inquiry due to mental health
John Barilaro’s second day of evidence to a parliamentary inquiry examining his appointment as US trade commissioner has been cancelled
- by Lucy Cormack