$600 million development to transform Central Coast ‘eyesore’
More than 500 new apartments will be built on a Central Coast site after developer ALAND was given the green light to transform a long-time eyesore. Read all the details here.
State Election
Profiled: Byron council hopefuls battling for your vote
Away from Byron’s A-listers and wellness influencers, issues like a lack of affordable housing and homelessness are banging on council’s door. Here’s what these candidates plan to do about it.
Battle on the border: Who’s who in Tweed council election
Housing, housing, housing. It’s one of the key priorities in the Tweed for many of the council candidates running in the 2024 Local Government elections. Here’s their campaign pitches.
Embattled mayor addresses DV allegations in new video
Just weeks out from an election, Byron Mayor Michael Lyon has opened up after being accused of assaulting his wife – and revealed his next campaign move.
Perrottet hails Monica Tudehope as ‘probable premier’
Former premier Dominic Perrottet has described his successor, Monica Tudehope as a “probable premier” declaring his former staffer would bring intellectual firepower to the NSW Liberals.
Toole clings on as Nationals leader… for now
A challenge for the NSW Nationals leadership was unsuccessful on Wednesday, but Paul Toole may not be safe in the seat for long after a shock vote result, it can be revealed.
The Liberal MPs begging Perrottet to stay
As the bloodletting from the Coalition’s election loss continues, scores of angry Liberal MPs and staff say there were multiple failures in the lead-up to polling day.
Minns’ secret weapon: A touch of Kevin ‘07
Chris Minns’ close-knit election-winning team included a couple of secret weapons, including party elders — and a star staffer from the Kevin ’07 campaign.
Labor concedes as Liberals hold on to tight regional seat
Liberal MP Wendy Tuckerman has been re-elected to the seat of Goulburn after Labor challenger Michael Pilbrow conceded defeat.
Labor candidate voted against Penrith Stadium upgrade
Questions have been raised about Labor’s commitment to upgrading Penrith Stadium in light of the local candidate’s voting record.
Perrottet’s big ideas put a big target on his back
Big ideas make you a big target, so if you’re going to take a truly reformist policy to an election, you’d better hope your team is across the detail, writes James O’Doherty.
Libs accuse Labor of billion-dollar bungle on nurses
A billion or $175m? What is the real cost of bringing in strict nurse-to-patient ratios in NSW hospitals? It depends on which party you ask.
‘Leave the mines alone’: Voters fear coal-less future
Upper Hunter residents are divided on who will get their vote in the NSW election but are united in one key issue saying loud and clear “leave our mines alone”.
‘Disgusted’: NSW Liberal candidate condemns racist smear pamphlet
A Liberal candidate in SW Sydney is ‘disgusted’ after racist fake pamphlets were distributed targeting her Muslim faith and bearing the slogan “let’s promote Islamisation vote for me”.
‘How dare they?’: What Kiama really thinks of polarising MP
Extremely confident, Gareth Ward chats affably with the a group of ladies surrounding him for a photograph, yet they all know the man is under a cloud as he heads into his biggest election battle yet.
Kean sputters over basic policy questions
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has struggled to answer basic questions over his party’s signature ‘super for kids’ policy.
True cost of Labor’s ambo helicopter pledge revealed
Labor’s pledge to build three regional helicopter ambulance bases could include almost $150m in operating costs as it was revealed only the construction price has been accounted for.
$485m budget blowout puts Minns’ key policy in jeopardy
A key Labor election promise has been put under the microscope, and it’s been revealed it may cost a Labor government three times more than they had budgeted for.
New science labs, workshops in pitch for bush votes
The Coalition are going hammer and tong on school infrastructure in their campaign for re-election, making a new $120 million pledge for bush classrooms.
Dom denies border kids could miss out on cash fund
Dominic Perrottet announced a revolutionary plan to give every NSW child a state-managed savings account — now we know exactly how much it will cost.
Education debate boils over as NSW MPs trade barbs
A civil debate between prospective education ministers turned heated after Labor’s Prue Car was unable to say how much her party would want to pay teachers after scrapping the wage cap.
Premier blasts Sydney council’s speed limit plan
The NSW Premier has called a Sydney council’s proposal to lower the speed limit of all CBD roads “ridiculous”.
‘Palpable anger’: Regions turn their back on major parties
Regional voters are getting ready to send a message to both major parties not to take them for granted or hurt their local economies with net zero policies determined by city dwellers, new polling has revealed.
Labor declares war on key Sydney seat
A south west Sydney seat could be the scene of one of the biggest political ambushes in the 2023 election, with Labor insiders quietly talking up their chances of knocking off a sitting Liberal Minister.
Treasurer’s challenge to test kids on $49k ‘future fund’ promise
Helping NSW’s next generation afford a house, car and education is the cornerstone of a Coalition election plan unveiled by Dominic Perrottet, while a new school challenge is set to test kids’ money savvy.
More paid leave for childcare workers in major Labor scheme
Labor leader Chris Minns has unveiled a $22 million plan to make sure the early childhood workforce is highly educated, fully staffed and ready for universal pre-Kindergarten.
Vote 1 for Number 2: Chris Minns’ Chinese translation gets flushed
Cantonese speakers say that posters for the Labor leader translate his name in a way that, when spoken aloud in their dialect, can cause a stink.
‘Knee-jerk’: Voters split, unaware of Lib’s ’super for kids’ reveal
Sydney voters were split on, or even unaware of, the Liberals’ ‘superannuation for kids’ policy announced on Sunday, with one calling it a “knee-jerk reaction”. See what they said.
Labor’s big NSW election change to road toll charges unveiled
Labor has moved to appeal to NSW motorists again, with their latest election pledge set to save drivers millions of doallars a year.
Cost of living to decide Sydney’s newest election battleground
Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns’ aproaches to cost of living and infrastructure look set to decide a key seat in Western Sydney that hasn’t existed until the 2023 election.
Candidate dumped over sexist, racist Twitter posts
A Coalition candidate who made sexist and racist tweets before deleting them has been dropped two weeks out from the state election after the posts were recovered. Read this and more in The Sauce.
Dom hopes to pull on parents’ heartstrings
Premier Dominic Perrottet will today unveil his biggest election policy to date, with a “game-changing plan” he claims will secure the financial future of NSW’s children.
Minns plugs his $250 power rebate
About 1.6 million NSW households will have $250 slashed off their electricity bills under a $485 million Labor plan. About 320,000 small businesses will receive $315.
Lizard Rock stoush: ‘Get all pollies off our lands’
The Indigenous landowners of a proposed development site have called in the police to take action against protesters and politicians it claims are trespassing on their land.
15 days to pull off impossible
Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons has just 15 days to win a seat she does not live in and save her political career — but she’ll have to beat an old friend to do so.
Premier busts out the Macarena … with extra cheese
Is this Dom’s first election campaign cringe moment? The Premier busts out his best Macarena while announcing more protections for seniors. SEE THE VIDEO.
‘Win it back’: Dom determined he can claim Coogee
Premier Dominic Perrottet joined the Liberals’ Coogee candidate on the campaign trail — as the battle to turn the seat blue heated up with a gauntlet laid down in the tight Sydney marginal.
‘I know I got panned’: Minns laughs off invisible status
NSW Opposition leader Chris Minns reveals his family have jumped on The Daily Telegraph’s snap survey in his electorate which revealed 60 per cent of respondents didn’t recognise him.
Ex-Caltex exec now a teal candidate
A Climate 200-backed teal candidate running in the upcoming election says she is ‘not ashamed’ of her career as a fossil fuel executive after facing claims of hypocrisy.
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