Stamp duty out, land tax in: Plans to fix housing crisis
Scrapping stamp duty and replacing it with land tax is one of a raft of proposed solution to our housing crisis, to be debated at a conference this weekend. Tell us what you think.
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NSW Nationals leader took RFS plane to Hunter Valley
Nationals leader Dugald Saunders took a taxpayer-funded NSW Rural Fire Service plane to fly from his electorate in Dubbo to the Hunter Valley in order to attend a series of wineries for meetings.
We’re back on track: Fair Work bans Sydney train strikes until July
Fed-up commuters will be spared more chaos on Sydney’s rail network – for now – after the Minns government won a major legal victory stop to ongoing industrial action. See how much the dispute has cost NSW this year.
‘Toothless tiger’ no more: Major reforms for SafeWork NSW
The state’s workplace safety regulator SafeWork NSW, will undergo a restructure and be given ‘more teeth’ one year after a scathing report into the watchdog’s practices.
‘Unrealistic’: Premier hoses down calls to sack rail workers
Premier Chris Minns says it would be “unrealistic” to sack union rail workers amid an ongoing industrial dispute, but has not ruled out calling in the prime minister to intervene.
‘Utter failure’: Sydney council mergers cost ratepayers millions
Most Sydney councils are paying tens of millions more on staffing costs than the equivalent council areas were prior to 2016’s amalgamations.
Clover Moore steps back from plan to reject contacts with Israel-linked companies
The controversial proposal by City of Sydney councillors has been scrapped prior to a meeting, with the Lord Mayor’s team gutting the Greens-led motion.
‘Cutting red tape’: New housing body rubber stamps 6800 homes
Eleven massive housing projects to create 6800 new homes have been green-lit after just two hours of the first meeting of the Minns government’s new housing delivery body.
Harbourside Barangaroo green light after decade-long battle
A 104,000 sqm concrete slab “wasteland” that has been left vacant at Central Barangaroo for more two decades, will finally be built into a world-class commercial hub, with construction set to start by the end of the year.
Text messages revealed: Train workers told to reject shifts
Sydney commuters face days of chaos on the train network, with union bosses warning Monday could be “worse” than last week as hundreds of rail workers are expected to not show up to work.
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