Politics
NSW
Analysis
Education
Public schools ‘killing off sport’ as private school facilities grow
It has become an unequal playing field for NSW schoolchildren with inner west primary schools forced to cancel inter-school sports as some private schools promote state-of-the-art equipment.
- by Jordan Baker
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Liberal Party
NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco
Party president Don Harwin will lose his position, as a federal committee which includes former NSW minister Rob Stokes takes charge of the NSW Liberals.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW to ban motels, caravan parks as emergency homes for children
The NSW government spends as much as $2 million per child each year on emergency housing in motels and caravan parks.
- by Alexandra Smith
Liverpool Council suffers legal blow as minister leaves door open for suspension
Those identified in a damning interim report were denied procedural fairness, but most of the claims brought against the NSW government have been dismissed.
- by Max Maddison
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Planning
‘Get with the program’: The issue holding back Sydney’s new homes
In the race to build 377,000 new homes in NSW over the next five years, Sydney Water is sometimes cast as the secret villain in the piece.
- by Michael Koziol
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Liberal Party
Rob Stokes backs Northern Beaches deputy mayor to replace Rory Amon
Senior Liberal Rob Stokes is throwing his support behind Georgia Ryburn to nominate for the seat of Pittwater, vowing he would “back her every step of the way”.
- by Megan Gorrey
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State Parliament
NSW government to ban dealings with dodgy contractors
Businesses who engage in serious misconduct or abuse of trust could soon be barred from being awarded state government contracts.
- by Mary Ward
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Hospitals
The Sydney doctors forced to choose who lives and dies
Clinicians at Sydney’s busiest hospitals have warned they could be forced to ration a life-saving treatment for patients with kidney failure.
- by Alexandra Smith
Census inclusion would show the LGBTQ community it counts
The LGBTQ+ community have a right to be aggrieved by the government’s refusal to include its stats in the Commonwealth census
Opinion
Selective schools
I always knew Sydney school parents had lost their minds. Now I have proof
Schools catering for gifted kids have an important place in public education, but we have veered well away from this ambition in NSW.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘Nonsense’ or ‘rigorous’: Premier and Plibersek in blow-up over $1 billion gold mine
Minns has doubled down on his criticism of federal Labor Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, saying he believed the decision to knock back the proposal had been made in error.
- by Max Maddison and Nick O'Malley