This Month
We need data centres everywhere. But do you want to live near one?
NSW’s new Investment Delivery Authority aims to unblock mega-projects in a planning system that can be hostile to certain industries.
June
NSW budget exposes Labor’s big miss on housing targets: Liberals
NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman’s budget reply to promise cost of living relief and to reduce charges holding back home construction.
NSW budget winners and losers
Housing developers, foster carers and public servants to gain from 2025-26 budget, while drivers to lose awaiting toll reforms.
Chalmers pushes back on states over GST reform
The treasurer wants a national view of tax reform ideas at his productivity roundtable, while the states continue to squabble over their share of GST.
NSW budget shows $3.4b deficit, offers housing guarantee
NSW opposition doubts Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s two-year path to surplus and labels its housing policy a “drop in the ocean”.
NSW’s path back to surplus is built on wishful thinking
History is littered with rosy budget projections that never came to pass, and there is little evidence that NSW will be the exception.
NSW Labor claims $400m dividend from cutting debt
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says state debt has stabilised as he prepares to hand down a budget on Tuesday that shows gross debt will reach $178.8 billion by June 2026.
NSW budget must be adult in the room on sensible spending
If Treasurer Daniel Mookhey continues to resist the populist urge to spend his way out of every problem, NSW can retain its place as a fiscally prudent state government.
NSW investment authority to speed up project approvals
Major projects worth $1 billion or more will be eligible for fast-tracked planning approvals and even legal change if necessary to unblock investment.
What we know so far about the NSW budget
Innovation funds, fee-free TAFE for construction trades and tax changes for build-to-rent housing: here’s what’s been announced ahead of Tuesday’s budget.
Government investment fund changes to target car insurance in NSW
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has expanded OneFund to cover $62 billion under management, in a bid to boost returns for accident compensation funds.
Business warns NSW lags in red tape and planning delays
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the budget will tackle major project delays. Business says it’s past time.
NSW treasurer promises quicker approvals, more growth in budget
Daniel Mookhey is set to deliver NSW Labor’s third budget with a commitment to tackling the problem of low growth.
WA backs GST reform that would hand it an even bigger share
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has found an unlikely ally in his fight to overhaul the GST model and distribute it to the states on a per capita basis.
The bill for business that’s growing faster than electricity prices
NSW knows its emergency services levy is increasing the level of under-insurance. Businesses paying the clean-up bill from disasters say it’s time to fix it.
Businesses face $1.9b bill without workers’ comp reforms: Mookhey
The NSW Coalition is pushing for a new inquiry into “cruel and unacceptable” changes to mental health compensation claims.
Coalition mulls sinking NSW Labor’s ‘axe’ to workers compensation
Business groups press to pass Minns government reforms, but the Coalition and Greens could team up to defeat major changes to psychological injury claims.
May
NSW backs down on forcing bosses, workers to anti-bullying commission
Psychological injury claims will get speedier assessment but lower interim payments, under a Labor bid to pass workers’ compensation reforms.
NSW ‘carrying federation’ on GST and will push reforms: Mookhey
Daniel Mookhey says NSW Government will “call out” federal Labor over difference, despite its “powerful mandate” after re-election
NSW calls on federal Labor to help ‘build, build, build’
Daniel Mookhey says major project delays are holding NSW back and federal Labor should use its mandate to boost productivity.