March 2023
NSW teals push back: Our communities are not NIMBYs
Candidates in Sydney’s inner north and eastern suburbs deny their communities are anti-development in response to new analysis.
No answers to ‘huge’ problem of healthcare worker exodus
Experts say the major parties in NSW should focus on retaining health staff instead of recruiting new workers, to have a chance of closing alarming talent shortages.
The suburbs that are home to Sydney’s biggest NIMBYs
Between 2016 and 2021, Woollahra built just 61 homes a year, while Hunters Hill gained 12 homes annually on average and Mosman built 33 homes a year.
Employers are being forced to teach reading and writing: BCA
Over 2 million adult Australians lack the foundational skills: reading, writing, maths, and digital literacy. That has profound flow on consequences for employers.
‘Empty promises’: NSW government on the nose in key new seat
The new seat of Leppington will be crucial to the outcome of this month’s election in NSW, but it also represents the key issues over which the contest is being fought.
$20,000 a year in tolls: who pays the most?
The city’s road charges keep going up, by at least 4 per cent annually, and will be a hot issue at this month’s NSW election. But how can the major parties ease the burden?
February 2023
Labor vows to restructure toll roads to limit Transurban ‘windfall’
NSW Labor says it will restructure Sydney’s toll road network if it wins the upcoming state election to minimise any financial gains to tollroad giant Transurban from a proposed $60 weekly fare cap.
High-speed rail agency to appoint board
The new agency will acquire rail corridors and co-ordinate the development of a fast train network from Melbourne to Brisbane.
High Court to keep Voice ‘within limits of power’
Uluru Dialogue leader and constitutional lawyer Megan Davis says legal challenges to the Voice would be part of Australia’s system of government.
Perrottet’s close ally resigns over Transurban shares
One of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s most senior ministers has resigned on the eve of an election campaign after revelations his superannuation fund held shares in tollroad giant Transurban.
ATO pursues 50,000 fraudsters in online-based GST scam worth billions
The promoters of the fraudulent scheme use social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to recruit participants.
‘Urination incident’ involving public servant referred to police
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has referred allegations about alleged misconduct by a staffer at the pesticides authority to police.