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‘Building materials in the shape of a house’: The $800,000 home not worth $1
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‘Building materials in the shape of a house’: The $800,000 home not worth $1

The Owen family are at their wit’s end trying to have a Sydney builder resolve dozens of defects on their property. Now the builder is under investigation.

  • by Max Maddison

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Empty rhetoric: Coalition’s ‘plan’ laden with disinformation

Empty rhetoric: Coalition’s ‘plan’ laden with disinformation

Stop referring to the Coalition’s nuclear brain explosion as a “plan”. Plans require some essential ingredients and Peter Dutton’s “plan” has none of it.

The housing crisis has split Sydney. This is where the voters have landed

The housing crisis has split Sydney. This is where the voters have landed

The Minns government’s push to increase housing density around train stations has divided the opposition in parliament and the Liberal Party’s supporters. 

  • by Alexandra Smith
Catholics have been handed five Sydney cemeteries. It’s left one other faith outraged

Catholics have been handed five Sydney cemeteries. It’s left one other faith outraged

A Muslim cemetery provider has accused the government of prioritising the Catholic Church, as crossbench MPs say a bill was rammed through parliament to avoid scrutiny.

  • by Max Maddison
The two areas where Daniel Mookhey has made his mark
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The two areas where Daniel Mookhey has made his mark

The NSW treasurer delivered a no-frills second budget on Tuesday, but it was a very Labor one.

  • by Alexandra Smith
Final price tag for long-delayed intercity passenger trains to top $4 billion

Final price tag for long-delayed intercity passenger trains to top $4 billion

The Korean-built trains require upgrades to equipment including station platforms and signalling, but will start carrying passengers on selected lines in coming months.

  • by Matt O'Sullivan
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NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget

NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget

Health, transport, education and a shaky economic forecast: Follow our live coverage as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down Labor’s budget.

  • by Anthony Segaert
The NSW budget explained in five charts
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NSW budget

The NSW budget explained in five charts

Five key data points on the state’s economy and finances show it is not all gloom.

  • by Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
Former treasurer Matt Kean quits parliament

Former treasurer Matt Kean quits parliament

Kean has taken aim at Treasurer Daniel Mookhey and his budget on the way out.

  • by Max Maddison
Sydney’s housing misery underwrites Labor’s second budget
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Sydney’s housing misery underwrites Labor’s second budget

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey and Premier Chris Minns are cursed by Sydney’s absurd property market yet blessed by it.

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The NSW budget in five minutes

The NSW budget in five minutes

The government is spending billions in some areas, but is relatively restrained in others.

  • by Max Maddison and Christopher Harris