Politics
NSW
Man of green steel: Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path
What happens when an immovable former premier meets an unstoppable billionaire?
- by Colin Kruger and Noel Towell
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NSW Votes
Stolen ballot boxes, corrupt officials: The fake information targeting NSW voters
Heard the one about election officials using hidden graphite under their fingernails to change your vote?
- by Alexandra Smith
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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
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
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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
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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
Minns flags tougher bail laws for high-risk domestic violence orders
The move comes after yet another high-profile alleged domestic violence incident which saw a woman stabbed outside an Alexandria gym on Wednesday.
- by Michael McGowan
Opinion
Sydney councils
Book ban uncovers uncomfortable truths for Labor in Sydney’s west
The decision of a Labor councillor to vote in favour of a motion to ban books about same-sex parenting has created a headache for the ALP in western Sydney.
- by Alexandra Smith