Politics
NSW
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Political leadership
Liberals’ new game plan to take on teals – and it involves women
The NSW Liberals ran male candidates in seats where a majority of voters are women. Was it surprising that female teals prevailed?
- by Alexandra Smith
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Opinion
Gender equality
The overhaul that Australian workplace culture urgently needs
Pregnancy discrimination is not only still occurring, its incidence appears to be increasing.
- by The Herald's View
‘Banned’ school heaters still in use across thousands of classrooms
Unflued gas heaters have been banned in other states for their asthma risks, but are still found in more than 1400 NSW schools.
- by Mary Ward
Jailed for being gay? An unthinkable concept in NSW in 2024 was once reality for many
Congratulations to everyone involved in the decision to apologise to those punished by laws which criminalised homosexuality in our state.
- by Bevan Shields
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LGBTQ
Dark side of the rainbow: Drugged, shocked and jailed for being gay
Almost 40 years after homosexuality was decriminalised in NSW, the Minns government has agreed to apologise to a generation of men who were treated appallingly.
- by Andrew Hornery
Women should decide on having children, not the treasurer
Wouldn’t you be a bit worried about the sort of world your baby is being born into these days?
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State Parliament
Liberal MP considers defying party to support Greens bill on no-grounds evictions
Despite both Labor and the Coalition promising to end no grounds evictions before the last election, neither has moved to end the practice. One Liberal MP is sick of waiting.
- by Michael McGowan
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State Parliament
Paradise lost: Homeless spike in tourism hotspots prompts Airbnb crackdown warning
The latest NSW homelessness street count has seen the number of people sleeping rough in some coastal areas soar by several hundred per cent.
- by Michael McGowan
New taxes impeding delivery of 50,000 new homes in Sydney, developers claim
A new Property Council report says two new taxes and long planning approval times are making housing construction across swaths of Sydney unfeasible.
- by Max Maddison
Banning challenging books sends the wrong message
If you don’t want your children to read a book, don’t borrow it from the library.
Editorial
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden’s curb on bomb delivery could be a catalyst to end Rafah standoff
The strength of the relationship between Biden’s administration and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to be tested to the utmost.
- The Herald's View