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Linda Silmalis has been covering politics for more than two decades, breaking both state and federal stories and investigating issues that impact NSW voters. As author of The Sauce political gossip column, she goes behind the scenes to expose what really goes on in the corridors of power.

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Sydney,Australia - November 2,2014: A 'Waratah' train approaches Central Station with a local service.

Retired train drivers begged to fix crisis

Long-retired Sydney train drivers and trainers are being urged to come back to work as the State government scrambles to fill 150 vacancies to break an impasse with the rail unions over pay.

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Strike strife derails relationship

THE train union boss and the NSW Premier seemed to have developed a cosy affinity over seven years. It’s not the same after the current rail bust-up.

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Labor's candidate Kristina Keneally reacts as she accepts defeat against John Alexander for the seat of Bennelong at the Phoenix room at Club Ryde in Sydney, Saturday, December 16, 2017. (AAP Image/Ben Rushton) NO ARCHIVING

Fallback position for ‘Senator’ Kristina

FORMER NSW premier Kristina Keneally looks certain to replace disgraced Labor senator Sam Dastyari in Canberra after failing to win her own place in the lower house.

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Bennelong: Alexander clinches it for Libs

UPDATE: Bennelong voters swung towards Labor but not enough to send star candidate Kristina Keneally to Canberra, meaning John Alexander, who vacated the seat over the citizenship saga, will be returned as MP.

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Powerbroker Obeid a jail librarian

HE’S turning over a new leaf — disgraced Eddie Obeid has slimmed down and taken on a job as a librarian behind bars.

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bc134100 Cash for Cans outlet Samford Road, Mitchelton 16/1/08

Job loss fears in cash-a-can ‘debacle’

IT WAS heralded as the one of the biggest litter reduction schemes in NSW, but the revamped “cash-a-can” scheme has turned into a farce with Government’s own MPs labelling it a debacle and warning of job losses.

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Drone, smokes and phone on prison roof

SAFEGUARDS to stop drones breaching prisons will be ramped up after a broken remote-control device, a mobile phone and two packets of tobacco were found on a roof at the country’s toughest jail.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 11/11/17Liberal politician for the seat of Bennelong in Sydney, John Alexander announces his resignation at a press conference in Putney today after revealing he may be a dual citizen. John's family in the background.

Voters to suffer for bungled MP crisis

VOTERS in the federal seat of Bennelong have been forced into a by-election with long-serving Liberal MP John Alexander quitting over doubts about his citizenship status.

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Car being removed from Banksia Road Primary School in Greenacre after a Female driver crashed her Toyota Kruger into the school killing two students and badly injuring at least nine students. Picture: Jonathan Ng

The risky driving endangering our kids

SHOCKING figures showing reckless and dangerous driving around schools support the calls for increased safety measures to protect students.

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Alexander quits: Is this knockout blow for PM?

MALCOLM Turnbull encouraged Liberal MP John Alexander to do the “right” and “honourable thing” and resign from his marginal seat on account of his likely British citizenship, in an extraordinary move that will see the PM preside over a minority government.

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