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Development outrage
ANSA Homes’ building licence suspended leaving home owners to wonder what next
Sydney home builder ANSA Homes has been hit with a 60-day licence suspension after allegations of defective work emerged. See what this means for affected owners.
- by Max Maddison
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Release of Assange calls for change of whistleblower laws
My elation and relief at the release of Assange were quickly displaced by rage at the injustice heaped upon this man.
Teen arrested after brandishing knife inside NSW MP’s office
The 19-year-old entered Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp’s Newcastle office armed with the knife and other weapons. He also had been circulating neo-Nazi material.
- by Alexandra Smith
US justice flaws exposed in the Assange saga
After all the depressing world news happening it’s a ray of sunshine to hear that Assange is finally coming home.
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Development
‘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
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.
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Housing crisis
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
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
Analysis
NSW budget
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
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
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