July 2022
Daisy Turnbull a potential candidate as Liberals try to head off teals
The NSW moderate Liberals are hunting for a successor in the state electorate of Vaucluse as incumbent Gabrielle Upton will not contest the seat next year.
- Samantha Hutchinson
February 2022
96pc of NSW grants program spent in Coalition seats
Labor and the Greens want the NSW government to overhaul rules for allocating grants as Auditor-General report makes a “scathing” finding on pork-barrelling.
- Finbar O'Mallon
May 2021
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Thodey’s message to stay the course
David Thodey feels a sense of post-COVID-19 optimism in Australian business. But we’ll need resilience too.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Funding
NSW offers $24m in grants for businesses to solve five big problems
David Gonski says the NSW government has seized on pandemic urgency to deploy a new SME grant program steered by some of the state’s biggest business names.
- James Thomson
January 2021
- Opinion
- Innovation
New South Wales can be the home of global technological innovation
History shows that NSW has often generated innovations with global impact, and is putting in place measure to rival Silicon Valley writes Gabrielle Upton.
- Gabrielle Upton
December 2020
Upton thrown under the bus in pork-barrelling row
An ex-staffer for then local governments minister Gabrielle Upton says only his old boss could answer questions over a $140 million pork-barrelling scheme.
- Finbar O'Mallon
August 2020
Deep tech picked to lead the virus recovery
The NSW government is trying to increase the ability of local technology and science-based companies to grow into successful global operations.
- Paul Smith
May 2020
- Exclusive
- Innovation
Government forms national tech cabinet to plan post-COVID growth
State and territory technology and innovation ministers will regularly meet with federal minister Karen Andrews to unify approaches to tech regulation, skills and AI.
- Paul Smith
March 2020
- Exclusive
- Funding
NSW looks to boost start-ups with procurement changes
A David Gonski-chaired advisory council has proposed a plan of opening up the NSW government's multi-billion dollar procurement budget to smaller innovative firms.
- James Eyers