August
Fear and loathing in the NSW Liberals
A preselection candidate has gone to the Federal Court, alleging he was rejected by the NSW branch for the last state election because of his race.
- Max Mason and Myriam Robin
July
Dominic Perrottet to join BHP in senior Washington role
The former NSW premier will join the Big Australian in Washington, heading up the miner’s external affairs in the United States.
- Tom Rabe
June
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
NSW $113b fund manager faces shake-up
NSW’s TCorp is a top 10 Australian institutional investor and is the central borrowing authority of the state.
- John Kehoe
Home ownership is this Labor treasurer’s great middle-class goal
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who hands down his second budget on Tuesday, says building wealth and financial security through home ownership must be a core objective of the modern Labor Party.
- John Kehoe
April
NSW wants fintechs to be part of the country’s largest bank contract
Westpac, ANZ and Citi are incumbents, but NSW Treasury wants innovative pitches to help solve issues, such as helping get payments to victims of domestic violence who may not have access to banks.
- Max Mason
November 2023
BCA boss backs rival to Dutton’s pick for Liberal Senate spot
Bran Black, the former chief of staff to NSW ex-premier Dominic Perrottet, said his onetime colleague has an “inexhaustible work ethic”.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Liberal Party is tired of Crosby Textor politics
A report into this year’s NSW election loss concludes the party needs to adapt to younger voters and drop campaign approaches from the Howard era.
- Aaron Patrick
Great Western disappointment: The towns dudded in infrastructure deal
Trucking boss Ron Finemore has been floored by the federal government’s decision to swing the axe on a major NSW road project.
- Samantha Hutchinson
October 2023
Kyle Sandilands’ personal firm quietly advised Labor on its ad spend
The top-rating Sydney FM radio host’s personal business, King Kyle Group, was hired by the NSW party.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
September 2023
‘The radar’s off’: Labor disquiet over PM’s thin COVID inquiry
Senior ministers are contradicting each other and Labor MPs are beginning to question the judgment of the prime minister and his inner circle.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
NSW’s $108b TCorp faces shake-up under plan to slash debt
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will order a consolidation of six funds and stop borrowing billions of dollars to invest in financial markets.
- John Kehoe
August 2023
NSW looks to mothball ‘risky’ $15b debt retirement fund
A Legislative Council report released on Friday labelled the fund “not fit-for-purpose” in a high interest rate economic environment
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Venture capital
How a former premier runs biggest – but least known – VC fund
Blackbird, AirTree and Square Peg are the big name local VCs, but none of them run a fund that is half the size of the mammoth $2 billion Breakthrough Victoria.
- Adir Shiffman
Business Council wanted Dom Perrottet as next CEO
Before signing up the little-known Bran Black, the nation’s big business lobby actually approached his old boss.
- Myriam Robin
June 2023
- Analysis
- Media Observed
Dominic Perrottet pops up in New York, meets News Corp execs
The former NSW premier says he is not seeking employment, and only catching up with old friends “from my uni days who are in finance over here”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
May 2023
Inside Australia’s Newsmax, the Alan Jones-backed outrage network
The chief executive of ADH TV, Jack Bulfin, says the online media broadcaster is aiming to capture the libertarian, conservative opinion market.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Minns pursues anti-privatisation agenda
Six weeks after Labor claimed victory in the NSW election, Premier Chris Minns is moving to keep Sydney Water and Hunter Water in public hands.
- Samantha Hutchinson
April 2023
Dismantling contentious rail corporation could take years: Mookhey
The NSW treasurer conceded the task of unpicking the transport entity could stretch into the next term of government, raising the prospect of another major change.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Why wall-to-wall Labor governments won’t be bad this time
There will be no repeat of the federal-state bickering under Kevin Rudd. The legacy of Scott Morrison is that smart political leaders know that voters are tired of bickering.
- Lidija Ivanovski
- Opinion
- Government debt
States need fiscal revolution to avoid debt bomb
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is laying the groundwork for a revamping of state government finances.
- Christopher Joye