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Mark Latham with his former partner Nathalie Matthews in 2024.

Bipartisan whack for Latham, but he probably won’t be kicked out

A Liberal MP says the upper house MP apologised for taking her photo in parliament, and a Labor minister called him “a pig”.

Rowdy member: Mark Latham at Royal Randwick on April 5.

‘Like he had a harem’: Racing club members in uproar over Latham

If sheer exposure could kill off a political career, Mark Latham’s would have shrivelled up years ago.

NSW Premier Chris Minns (left) and former One Nation MP turned independent Mark Latham.

‘People have been warned about this guy’: Minns censures Latham

The upper house MP denies claims he abused a former girlfriend, but makes no apology for “playful sex talk” from parliament.

New changes could be on the way for electric vehicle owners in Victoria.

EV levy plan sets up revenue fight with states

Victoria and NSW are demanding they receive revenue from a proposed new distance-based road user levy on electric vehicles.

June

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman, shadow treasurer Damien Tudehope (far left) and NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders (right) at Parliament House in Sydney on Tuesday.

NSW Liberals at odds on ‘nonsense’ gender impact assessments

NSW shadow treasurer Damien Tudehope thinks gender assessments are red tape, but Opposition Leader Mark Speakman cannot say if the party will scrap them.

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Iron ore remains BHP’s biggest earner

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.

March

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin has spoken out against Resilience NSW.

Disaster lands long-term MP cabinet spot as car scandal still haunts

Lismore representative Janelle Saffin enters NSW cabinet while “minister for everything” John Graham is now permanently responsible for transport.

December 2024

Pro-Palestinian marches have been a weekly event in Melbourne since Israel’s response to the deadly October 7 attack.

‘We do not tolerate antisemitism’: Allan cracks down on Vic protests

Masks, balaclavas, glue and chains could be banned under a crackdown on extreme and radical influences at Victorian protests following the Adass Israel Synagogue attack.

Plans to turn Rosehill Racecourse into a mini-city may never go ahead following a scathing report by a parliamentary committee.

Inquiry refers Rosehill housing plan to ICAC, seeks racing probe

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys has slammed a committee in charge of the report, claiming it had become ‘personal’.

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites transmit data faster than the NBN’s Sky Muster services, the competition watchdog has found in its first quarterly report comparing the performance of satellites.

Musk’s satellites transmit data faster than NBN’s Sky Muster: ACCC

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites transmit data faster than the NBN’s Sky Muster services, the competition watchdog has found; Simon Birmingham to join ANZ. How the day unfolded.

November 2024

Transurban boss Michelle Jablko

‘We didn’t set the tolls’: Transurban pitches new pricing plan

Company boss Michelle Jablko says NSW can’t afford to build roads without private money and is looking at charging corridors according to congestion levels.

October 2024

NSW casino regulator Philip Crawford.

All this drama at Star for a slap on the wrist and $15m fine?

The casino group gets one more chance in Sydney, but is far from being out of the woods. It could go broke if it doesn’t secure a big new backer by this time next year.

Mortgage brokers say NSW payroll tax claims will impact access to finance for first time buyers.

Mortgage brokers go to war with NSW over tax grab

Moves by the state to levy payroll tax on aggregators connecting mortgage brokers with lenders will force some of them to quit the industry.

September 2024

Telco companies don’t want to pay fees to add antennas to existing mobile phone towers.

Telco groups protest state ‘profiteering’ from antennas

Telecommunications companies are pushing NSW to scrap fees for adding antennas and other equipment to mobile towers on Crown land.

August 2024

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys clashed with upper house MP Mark Latham at Friday’s hearing.

Plan for 25,000 homes on racecourse site a ‘fantasy’: inquiry

Peter V’landys and Mark Latham clashed in a fiery hearing as the Australian Turf Club blamed a “high Indian population” for declining Rosehill racecourse crowds.

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Transurban boss Michelle Jablko

Transurban investors get bigger payday but growth prospects scarce

The toll road giant reported a quadrupling of profits in the last financial year, with higher dividends expected. But it faces slower growth on its roads.

July 2024

The use of AI in education has become controversial, with the need to prepare students to use the tools, balanced against the possibilities for cheating.

Teachers to get AI training under NSW proposals

Specific training about the use of artificial intelligence and greater protections for copyrighted works are among recommendations from a state inquiry.

Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet.

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.

ACCC urged to investigate CFMEU-John Holland ‘damning document’

Competition experts are shocked at a secret side deal between John Holland and the CFMEU to only use three-CFMEU-backed labour hire companies on a major state project.

Drivers who use Sydney’s Eastern Distributor toll road would have to pay toll fares in both directions if the government adopts the recommendations of a toll road review.

Sydney’s toll road overhaul is set to target the rich

Drivers who live in some of the city’s priciest suburbs may pay extra, but the benefits of reducing fares on many of its other motorways will be worth it.

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