Politics
NSW
Thousands of electric vehicle rebates unclaimed ahead of scheme’s end
NSW residents looking at purchasing an electric vehicle soon might want to get it done before New Year.
- by Mary Ward
Latest
School is over, but life is just beginning
Congratulations to all the students who completed 13 years of schooling. Just having reached the end of this marathon is an achievement in itself, never mind scores on a piece of paper.
The 28 pubs and clubs turning their 4500 pokies cashless
NSW Labor’s promised cashless gaming trial was criticised for being too small, but demand means it will be nine times larger than planned.
- by Alexandra Smith
Backing the ceasefire is just common humanity
Why anyone would be “angered” by a UN call for a ceasefire in the Middle East war is perplexing.
Developers claim win with Minns government’s affordable housing reform
Proposed affordable housing quotas will be scaled back to 10 per cent for smaller apartment projects under amendments to the signature policy.
- by Max Maddison and Michael Koziol
NSW treasurer blames Albanese for $1.7 billion budget black hole
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey on Thursday will disclose the deterioration in the state’s bottom line in the half-yearly review of the state’s finances.
- by Michael McGowan
Opinion
Pay
Paramedics save Minns from a new year catastrophe
After notching up some wins on housing, the NSW government will end the year wearing the scars of a bruising public sector pay row.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW government agrees to historic $500 million wages deal for paramedics
The salary increases will range from between 11 and 29 per cent, preventing a New Year’s Day shutdown by paramedics.
- by Max Maddison
Exclusive
Government grants
Labor MPs and candidates supported grants to organisations despite personal links
Labor gave each of its 93 candidates $400,000 to allocate to local community organisations. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were promised to projects with direct links to some MPs and candidates.
- by Max Maddison
Updated
Industrial relations
Pay deal for NSW paramedics ‘not too far off’ after eleventh-hour negotiations
The NSW health minister says he has had “fruitful discussions” with union representatives but that some challenges remain in ending the deadlocked pay dispute.
- by Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison