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James O'DohertyState Political Reporter

James O’Doherty is The Daily Telegraph’s State Political Editor. He joined The Telegraph in 2020 from Sky News, where he worked as a national political reporter in Canberra and a foreign correspondent in New Zealand. James has covered stories of state, national, and international significance across television and print.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 29, 2024: NSW Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig during a press conference to announce additional reforms for renters. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Christmas Day trip to the airport: Ministerial drivers scandal deepens

A ministerial chauffeur drove 71km on Christmas Day to take Ron Hoenig to the airport … 3km from the Local Government Minister’s house.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 3, 2023: NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman with Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders during a press conference at State Parliament on Thursday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Speakman shuts down Nats bid to tackle youth crime

Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders took legislation to crack down on youth crime to Shadow Cabinet last month. Mark Speakman shut it down, reveals James O’Doherty.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - FEBRUARY 04 2025; Minister for Transport Jo Haylen addresses the media in a press conference in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Ministerial driver logs reveal Haylen’s 20+ trips to holiday home

More than 4300 pages of documents released under freedom of information laws have revealed ministers’ trips in taxpayer-funded chauffeur-driven vehicles.

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Roy Butler MP with his 1979 Ford FC LTD that he has wrapped in political branding outside NSW Parliament House . Photo Jeremy Piper

State MP turns back time in 1979 V8

Roy Butler’s 1979 Ford FC LTD is not your usual politician’s car.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 4, 2025, nsw Minister for Transport Jo Haylen leaves her inner west home this morning. She is under fire for her use of comcar and a trip to a winery in the Hunter Valley., Photo Jeremy Piper

Fresh details of Jo Haylen’s winery trip

Fresh details about Jo Haylen’s winery trip can be revealed and it seems Premier Chris Minns’ department may have handed her a “heavily discounted bill”.

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Why you’re slugged $130k per week for ‘legal advice’ on tolls

The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the Minns government’s sluggish attempts to reform the toll network have now cost taxpayers more than $8 million.

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Just one major road to airport city will be completed on time

The NSW Government has identified 16 “major road infrastructure” projects which are needed to service the Aerotropolis. Only one will be done by 2027.

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Elouise and Danny Massa Grieving parents Elouise and Danny Massa have lost their young son Joe to alleged hospital neglect. Picture Thomas Lisson

Police investigate baby Joe’s Northern Beaches Hospital death

Little Joe Massa’s parents demanded answers about why their son died at Northern Beaches Hospital. Now, police have joined the investigation as the first step of a coronial inquest.

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PM snubs Dai Le at Vietnamese celebration

Celebration or snub: Did Albo give Dai Le the cold shoulder?

Labor candidate Tu Le has been invited to an event to celebrate the contribution of Vietnamese Australians over the past 50 years, but Dai Le — the only federal MP of Vietnamese heritage — has not.

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Artist impresion, first look at the $700 million Rouse Hill Hospital, the first major adult hospital built in Western Sydney in over 40 years.

Doubts for new hospital amid land price dispute

A long-promised hospital in northwestern Sydney is at risk of not being built because the Minns government revealed it still has no idea how much it will cost to buy the land.

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