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Greenfield development in Sydney’s Marsden Park.

The tax changes in NSW budget designed to boost housing

With housing approvals lagging in NSW, the state government will extend tax concessions for the state’s build-to-rent sector.

  • Max Maddison

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Explosives were found inside a caravan at a Dural property in Sydney’s north-west on January 19.

Threatened arrests in the premier’s office? Now that’s explosive

The premier refuses to face an upper house inquiry into the “Dural caravan incident” – and he’s telling his staffers not to appear. But they face arrest if they don’t.

  • Alexandra Smith
Communications consultant Kathy Jones and former School Infrastructure NSW chief executive Anthony Manning

Schools boss signed off on $67,000 ‘fungus bench’ that was flagged as biosecurity hazard

The former school building boss has denied showing favouritism, despite his “communications fairy godmother” writing the brief for a tender her company won.

  • Michael McGowan
NSW gets a new budget next week. Here’s what we already know.

What we already know about this year’s NSW budget

From the “need to build, build, build” to pledges for transport, hospitals and schools, this is what we know about what will be in the NSW budget next week.

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

Workers’ compensation legislation suffers blow after key MP turns

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey accused a Greens MP of “deliberately misleading” the public during a heated second public hearing considering the government’s workers’ compensation reforms.

  • Max Maddison
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The schools boss, the 120 messages and a multimillion-dollar contract

The former head of the NSW school building unit has conceded that he should have disclosed his relationship with the director of consulting firm Paxon Group.

  • Lucy Carroll
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Alan Stockdale and Richard Alston

Liberals firm on dumping Victorian elders after ‘assertive women’ comments

The Liberal Party’s federal executive will meet on Tuesday to consider the fate of the NSW division. Sources said the two Victorians in charge would be replaced.

  • Max Maddison and Paul Sakkal
NSW MP Mark Latham will determine whether the government’s contentious workers compensation reforms return for a vote in late June.

Government relying on Latham for workers’ compensation reforms

In April 2023, Premier Chris Minns ruled out working with rogue MP Mark Latham. Now he needs the former Labor leader to pass his contentious workers’ compensation scheme.

  • Max Maddison
Anthony Manning arriving at the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Sydney on Friday.

‘I probably should have’: Manning makes admission to ICAC inquiry over friendship

Anthony Manning went through lengthy questioning about his friendship with a consultant whose company earned more than $3 million between 2018 and 2022.

  • Michael McGowan
Punters will soon be forced to register themselves if they want to play the pokies in Victoria.

NSW Labor will not change laws for Crown Resort’s Sydney casino

Premier Chris Minns has made his position clear on a push for 500 pokies to be added to Sydney’s Crown casino.

  • Alexandra Smith and Harriet Alexander

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