More pubs shun Australia Day … now it’s just the ‘long weekend’
Another big hospitality group is snubbing Australia Day, renaming it the “January long weekend” with no reference to the public holiday it revolves around.
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‘Increased risk’: Absconding incident sparks psych warning
Psychiatrists warn the state’s most high risk patients will walk out of emergency rooms and back onto the streets amid psychiatrist shortages, following an alleged absconding incident at a hospital this week.
Docs, health workers to plug psych gaps in health crisis
Doctors and health workers say they are prepared to take on extra roles to reduce the dependence on psychiatrists, under the state government’s plans to reform the mental health system.
Dutton’s pledge as election roadshow rolls into Sydney
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has vowed to bring inflation under control and stop “reckless” government spending, while rallying the party faithful at an event to launch Liberal campaigns in three must-win seats.
Libs choose their candidate to battle Teals for Bradfield
Former premier Gladys Berejiklian’s pick has won Liberal preselection for Bradfield, as the party steels itself for a fight to keep the blue-ribbon federal seat out of the hands of the Teals.
Ex-premier says 1970s-style unions holding NSW to ransom
Former Premier Barry O’Farrell, who legislated a wages cap to keep public finances under control, says the cap’s removal under Chris Minns has led to unions ‘wreaking havoc’.
Watch: CCTV of car alight in anti-Semitic attack
The ex-owner of the home targeted in the latest anti-Semitism to rock Sydney has warned it won’t be long before a person is killed by a similar hate-fuelled attack, as CCTV of a car being torched in the attack emerges.
Train woes continue amid high winds, derailment confirmation
Fallen trees are the latest hurdle to rail travel amid confirmation a train derailed as commuters faced day two of travel chaos, and the federal government reveals why it didn’t intervene.
Commuters get temporary train pain relief … for a week
Sydney’s train network had a tentative return to business-as-usual on Friday morning after the Fair Work Commission ordered unions to temporarily stop widespread strike disruption.
Back to work … for now: Court orders rail chaos to cease for a week
Commuters can breathe a brief sigh of relief – their trains services are back on track after Fair Work ordered industrial action cease until it can hear the case next week. Follow live
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