Politics
NSW
Minns orders review after $700,000 spent on police spin doctor payouts
The long list of senior media officers hired and fired under NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has led the NSW premier to order a review into severance packages for senior bureaucrats.
- by Michael McGowan
Latest
The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney
Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.
- by Alexandra Smith
Exclusive
State Parliament
‘Branch stacking’ and blood-letting: Inside Labor’s factional war games
The spectre of an anti-corruption inquiry hanging over Tim Crakanthorp has led to jostling between rival left wing factions over his prized seat of Newcastle.
- by Michael McGowan
Want to hear from Bruce Lehrmann about the justice system? That will be $100 a ticket, please
The former Liberal Party staffer is top billing for an event being organised by controversial #MenToo advocate Bettina Arndt.
- by Kate McClymont
Analysis
Housing crisis
How the rental crisis ate its way into the middle class
Renters will prove a political powerhouse at the 2027 election. Will the Minns government have done enough to help them?
- by Max Maddison and Nigel Gladstone
Analysis
State Parliament
Nine marginal seats could cement Labor in power for a decade
There’s a very good reason the premier has full confidence in his housing blitz.
- by Max Maddison, Nigel Gladstone and Anthony Segaert
NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits
Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce, is quitting state parliament.
- by Alexandra Smith and James Massola
Opinion
Law
Minns’ law to lock up kids incites Labor and even makes Libs blush
The premier faces a revolt from his left flank, but his law that will keep more Indigenous teenagers behind bars caught Liberals off guard, too.
- by Alexandra Smith
Exclusive
Gender equality
Top cardiologist suspended after sexual harassment claim revealed
The Centenary Institute has suspended Professor Chris Semsarian and announced a workplace culture review after the Herald publicised details of a sexual harassment claim made by a former employee.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Police suffering mental health injuries drive compensation spike
The compensation payments for all frontline NSW workers topped $1 billion last year, as claim numbers soared on the back of the COVID pandemic.Â
- by Alexandra Smith
Editorial
Development
Councils must resist noisy NIMBYs
Sydney desperately needs a savvy debate about development. The rejection of extended trading hours at the Palm Beach eatery, The Joey, shows how hard that can be.
- The Herald's View