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Pru Goward

March 2023

NSW Liberal Premier Dominic Perrottet.

Perrottet turns blowtorch on Minns over GST as race narrows

As the NSW major parties sit neck-and-neck in primary votes ahead of Saturday’s state election, Mr Perrottet has upped an attack on Labor’s economic credentials

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  • Samantha Hutchinson

January 2023

Telstra chief executive Andy Penn says telco infrastructure should take priority over getting a return from NBN Co.

Honours recipient Penn calls for debate on Voice and Australia Day

The former Telstra boss and other prominent figures who received Australia Day honours say there should be a meaningful debate about Indigenous opposition to January 26.

  • Tom McIlroy and Hannah Wootton

August 2022

David Barnett when he was PM Malcolm Fraser’s press secretary in 1980.

Veteran political journalist David Barnett dies, aged 90

The journalist spearheaded the first official Canberra bureau of AAP more than 50 years ago and served as press secretary to Malcolm Fraser for seven years.

  • Kaaren Morrissey

November 2021

Sydney Airport’s international terminal has been quiet during the pandemic, with a consortium taking advantage of the plunge in passengers to make a takeover bid.

Punters mugged by Sydney Airport

Sydney’s Airport Link Corporation is not subsidised by government or the taxpayer, except when it is.

  • Michael Roddan

October 2021

Pru Goward.

The Australian Financial Review’s reply to Media Watch

Editor-in-Chief Michael Stutchbury’s response to the ABC regarding Pru Goward’s opinion article.

Professor Julie Leask made essentially the same point as Pru Goward about the anti-vaxxer underclass.

Media Watch should back off Pru Goward pile-on

The role of Media Watch should be to push back against social media-framed outrage pile-ons, not encourage it.

  • The AFR View

September 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Women Marise Payne on the screen, during the National Summit on Women’s Safety.

The fake women’s safety summit

To really stop domestic violence, set reduction targets. Accountability would make state governments and service providers quake in their boots.

  • Pru Goward

March 2021

“Scott Morrison, and his government, is not just unresponsive but is actively hostile to women.”

Nothing will change for women while Morrison is PM

If those who organised the March 4 Justice protests can put their energies into a Vote 4 Justice campaign, the government could be in serious trouble, writes Anne Summers.

  • Anne Summers
Deloitte is getting $9.1 million from the NSW government for two years’ work creating internal department documents.

NSW Education pays Deloitte $9.1m to write documents for NSW Treasury

The ‘exorbitant’ cost to create documents to be sent to NSW Treasury comes despite claims that the public service is capable of completing the work ‘many times over’.

  • Hannah Wootton

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