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The proposed tower at 153-157 Walker St, North Sydney, which could provide 520 homes.

Office tower to apartment block: Inside the new push to fix housing

Planning reforms in Australia’s two biggest states have sparked political backlash, but will buyers and developers fill in the missing middle?

February

Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh (right) has been charged after an antisemitic video was widely circulated on social media.

Antisemitic video leads to charges for nurse, Sydney school protest

A Sydney nurse has been charged with threatening to kill, while a related protest by schoolboys on Wednesday morning was condemned as antisemitic.

Disruption on the Sydney rail network on Monday February 17

Albanese says rail union alienating people of NSW

Chris Minns could ask federal Labor for intervention if NSW government fails to get Sydney Trains industrial action suspended

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Trump boosts BlueScope; Housing crisis hope; Business class wars

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Rail workers and RTBU NSW secretary Toby Warnes

Sydney train chaos as union negotiations collapse

Sydney commuters told to delay non-urgent travel after negotiations collapsed over $4500 sign-on bonus demand.

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Influencer Max Veiber and the two NSW nurses.

How a prankster exposed views that shocked the world

Israeli influencer Max Veifer used an obscure online platform to capture the video of two NSW nurses making outrageous antisemitic claims about patients.

The NSW Health Department has called in police after footage surfaced appearing to show hospital workers bragging about killing Israeli patients.

Jewish body seeks healthcare inquiry after ‘vile’ antisemitic video

The peak Jewish body in NSW has called for a wider investigation into discrimination in healthcare after two nurses were stood down for claiming they would refuse to treat and would kill Israeli patients.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One.

PM to go head-to-head with Trump on tariff threat

Australian exports to the US could be hit by taxes after the American president announced a duty on metals coming in from every other nation.

Suspects arrested for hate crimes face tougher penalities in some cases.

What the new hate crime laws mean for arrests and sentencing

New offences created by the Commonwealth will raise the seriousness of criminal conduct, but a NSW proposal shapes as the most significant change to hate laws.

Premier Jacinta Allan announces the NFL match at the MCG.

Debt-laden Victoria could be paying $15m per match to host NFL

The Victorian government claims hosting LA Rams is a coup for Melbourne, but NSW Premier Chris Minns says his state was asked to pay a ‘king’s ransom’ for the fixture.

NSW Premier Chris Minns says tougher criminal penalties are needed to squash antisemitism.

NSW toughens laws on Nazi symbols and inciting hatred

Protests at places of worship and display of Nazi symbols at synagogues to be punishable by two years in prison under NSW hate speech crackdown.

Jo Haylen (right) and Rose Jackson took a taxpayer-funded private trip to a Hunter Valley winery over the Australia Day long weekend.

Surprise birthday lunch led to minister’s downfall for car misuse

NSW minister Rose Jackson says she did not ask colleague Jo Haylen why they were using a government car to go to lunch because she was excited by the surprise.

Jo Haylen has resigned as transport minister.

NSW minister quits over car use scandal

For two days NSW Premier Chris Minns backed Transport Minister Jo Haylen over using a government car for private trips. But one more journey was a bridge too far.

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Trade war paused; The price of Trump’s ‘deals’; Why you don’t need that much super

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NSW Premier Chris Minns says any further revelations about private use of government-funded cars would be troubling.

Minns leaves door open to sack Haylen over government car use

NSW Premier Chris Minns says any further controversy over Jo Haylen’s use of drivers will “weigh heavily” on his decision to keep or sack the transport minister.

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Transport Minister Jo Haylen.

Minister’s car use may have included 137km weekend sport drop-off

NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen has apologised over use of a driver to attend a Hunter Valley lunch as Premier Chris Minns has rejected calls for her resignation.

Federal member for Wentworth Allegra Spender.

Spender push to toughen hate speech laws amid antisemitism crisis

Labor is facing demands for amendments that would criminalise the “F--- the Jews” Sydney Opera House chant.

January

Van find a ‘disturbing escalation’, but no hike to terror risk: ASIO

Director-general of security Mike Burgess says the discovery of explosives and antisemitic notes in a caravan near Sydney does not warrant raising the nation’s threat level. Anthony Albanese says the perpetrators will be hunted down.

Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Karen Webb speak on Thursday.

For Jewish Australians, when does the terror stop?

The discovery of a caravan in Sydney laden with explosives means Australia’s antisemitism crisis has taken a sinister turn.

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ASX rises; Court approves Tamarama mansion; Private school culture war

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