This Month
‘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.
- Jenny Wiggins
October
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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.
- Anthony Macdonald
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.
- James Eyers
September
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.
- Jenny Wiggins
August
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.
- Gus McCubbing
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.
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
July
- Exclusive
- AI
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.
- Paul Smith
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.
- Tom Rabe
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.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman and Gus McCubbing
- Analysis
- Roads
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.
- Jenny Wiggins
NSW premier backs independent administration of CFMEU
Chris Minns will suspend the union and ban any donations from it after a hidden police camera captured a union leader being passed $5000 in a suspected kickback deal.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Transurban contracts have ‘concerning’ lack of transparency: inquiry
The findings of a NSW parliamentary probe called after the opening of the Rozelle Interchange comes ahead of a government review into Sydney’s toll road system.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Steve McCann takes his biggest punt with embattled casino giant Star
As far as turnarounds go, this is bigger than Boral, Bapcor and Seven West Media combined. “I had room for one more,” he says when asked why he took the job.
- Anthony Macdonald
June
Consultants costing NSW twice as much as public servants: report
The government report also found the big four consulting firms were “increasingly doing generalist work” for the NSW public sector.
- Edmund Tadros
New unit to replace outside consultants in NSW
NSW will follow the federal government in setting up an in-house consulting unit to reduce spending on the major firms.
- Maxim Shanahan
May
Biggest density rises in Minns’ housing plan are in Liberal seats
The seven councils with the largest increases to their housing targets, in percentage terms, are predominantly located in Liberal-held electorates.
- Campbell Kwan
April
NSW wants fintechs to be part of the country’s largest bank contract
Westpac, ANZ and Citi are incumbents, but NSW Treasury wants innovative pitches to help solve issues, such as helping get payments to victims of domestic violence who may not have access to banks.
- Max Mason
NSW government must ‘consult’ before changing WestConnex
Transurban has confirmed that the state cannot alter the structure of WestConnex without permission from the toll road group, a hearing revealed.
- Jenny Wiggins
Chalmers stares down NSW funding threat in GST row
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says an inequitable GST allocation will likely cost the state its remaining two AAA credit ratings.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Inside Chris Minns’ week of terror in Sydney
The NSW premier was on the first day of a planned family break when an attack unfolded at Bondi. His week was about to get much worse.
- Samantha Hutchinson