Politics
NSW
Breaking
icare investigation
State’s highest paid public servant quits troubled insurer
The public servant who earns more than $1 million a year has resigned from his role.Â
- by Alexandra Smith
Latest
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
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