May 2023
Nats dump leader on eve of NSW sitting week
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said the leadership change was unlikely to derail the Coalition Agreement but could affect shadow cabinet appointments.
- Samantha Hutchinson
February 2023
Morrison’s decision to kill PEP-11 offshore gas project in doubt
Scott Morrison’s controversial pre-election decision to kill off plans to explore for gas off Sydney and Newcastle is on track to be overturned after energy companies and the Commonwealth agreed to settle the issue.
- Samantha Hutchinson
December 2022
Shooters Party in disarray as NSW MPs quit
Three months before the state election, the NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party is in disarray after two MPs quit over their leader’s misogynistic comments to a former party colleague in parliament.
- Stephanie Gardiner, Phoebe Loomes and Farid Farid
August 2022
NSW deputy premier stops short of backing BHP’s early coal closure
Paul Toole would not clarify whether the NSW government planned to support or scupper BHP’s plan to shut the Mount Arthur mine with decades of coal left in the ground
- Peter Ker
December 2021
Perrottet stamps authority with sweeping cabinet reshuffle
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has put nine first-time ministers into cabinet and added three portfolios: Cities; Science, Innovation and Technology; and Homes.
- Edmund Tadros
October 2021
Berejiklian backs Perrottet as Nationals pick Barilaro’s replacement
Regional Transport Minister Paul Toole becomes NSW’s new deputy premier as Gladys Berejiklian resurfaces for the first time since her resignation.
- Finbar O'Mallon
April 2021
NSW to boost public transport capacity
The NSW government will allow more people on Sydney’s trains and buses as the central business district struggles from a lack of office workers and tourists.
- Finbar O'Mallon
October 2020
Peace deal close on NSW koala wars
The NSW Premier says the Coalition remains 'one big happy family' as it approaches a truce on koala-protection laws that threatened to blow up the government.
- Finbar O'Mallon