Politics
NSW
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Coronavirus pandemic
Cruise ship with estimated 800 COVID cases to dock in Sydney
A Princess Cruises spokesperson said guests were “mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic” and isolating in their rooms.
- by Millie Muroi
Latest
Soldiers’ ‘duty’ continues at Sydney Remembrance Day service
Military service personnel of all generations were out at Martin Place on Friday for Sydney’s Remembrance Day service.
- by Tim Barlass
3D crossings installed in Manly – but do they work?
The reviews of 3D zebra crossings across the world are mixed. Now drivers and pedestrians in Manly get to see for themselves if they are effective.
- by Julie Power
Perrottet tells clubs and pubs he will not back down on gaming card
Premier Dominic Perrottet “reiterated his strong view that the status quo can’t continue” to ClubsNSW and the NSW Australian Hotels Association.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Stamp duty
First home buyers can opt this weekend to pay land tax after historic stamp duty laws pass
The Perrottet government overcame a push by the Greens and Labor to delay the property tax scheme until after the March election.
- by Alexandra Smith
Obituaries
Obituaries
Virginia Spate: A role model for young art historians
Crucially, Spate supported the introduction in the early 1990s of teaching Aboriginal art.
- by Julie Ewington
Rob Stokes attacks reliance clubs have on poker machines
NSW Cities Minister Rob Stokes said the “once friendly familiar local club, a traditional locus for thriving community, has been distorted and disfigured”.
NSW Labor leader shies away from mandatory pilot of cashless gaming cards in pubs and clubs
Chris Minns has indicated a trial would need to be an opt-in scheme, even though it could allow money launderers or problem gamblers to go elsewhere.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Gambling
Why Minns wants max discipline and won’t gamble on pokies reform
Rather than taking what could be a straightforward road and offering bipartisan support to a gaming card as recommended by the NSW Crime Commission, Minns wants to avoid the issue.
- by Alexandra Smith
Exclusive
Gambling
‘Human misery is a financial lifeblood’ for NSW clubs, Stokes tells parliament
Rob Stokes has delivered a blistering attack on the reliance clubs have on poker machines, infuriating his Nationals colleagues.
- by Alexandra Smith
Editorial
Gaming & wagering
Ground is shifting but more work to do on pokies reform
Often it can seem that NSW politics is so cynical and cutthroat that meaningful social change is impossible.
- The Herald's View