Election campaign kicks-off
Candidates begin to emerge for the first Inner West Council election with return bids by former mayors Darcy Byrne and Lucille McKenna.
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‘He’s a nice man. I thought he was dead’
A MAN shot in the head and hand as he sat in a car outside his Sydney home managed to stumble into his house before wrapping a towel around his skull.
Tunnel vision may affect school
WESTCONNEX will choose a massive tunnelling site next to a high school simply to avoid paying millions of dollars in compensation to retail giant Woolworths, the motorway’s critics say.
Mike Baird snares lucrative job
‘CASINO Mike’ has finally hit paydirt. The former NSW premier is in for at least a $1.6 million payrise in his new role at NAB.
Why does Barnaby hate Annandale?
ALBO has invited Barnaby Joyce for a beer in Annandale after the Deputy PM and cow herding pollie repeatedly slagged off the so-cool-it-hurts inner west suburb in Parliament.
Salim Mehajer faces crippling roadblock
SALIM Mehajer has ambitions to be prime minister, but that dream is looking less likely than ever now thanks to a roadblock that’s been put in his way.
Thalis court case to progress
The case to dismiss newly elected City of Sydney councillor and renowned Sydney architect Philip Thalis over an alleged conflict of interest will continue in court.
Seat of Gosford garners interest
POLITICAL jockeying has moved into overdrive to replace Kathy Smith as the next Member for Gosford.
‘One rule for the bush, one for city’
IN A decision that will divide New South Wales, the Government has abandoned its controversial council mergers in the bush but will keep them in Sydney.
PM blackout-proofing his mansion
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull is making his harbourside mansion blackout-proof — by installing hi-tech new batteries.
Fight to name ‘shonky’ colleges
A BATTLE has erupted over the naming and shaming of 11 “shonky” private colleges which have already left hundreds of Coast students high and dry.
MPs caught out in local jobs snub
THEIR mantra is jobs for the Central Coast, but two of the region’s State Labor MPs have been caught out sending expensive, taxpayer-funded printing work to a Sydney company.
Chinese theme park a ‘complete farce’
A ‘CHINESE Disneyland’ once touted to rival the Sydney Opera House as a tourist attraction remains in limbo with the project’s backers yet to pay $10 million for 15.7ha of land on the Central Coast.
Call for inquiry into M1 contraflow delay
THE NSW Opposition is calling for an inquiry into why it took the RMS nearly 10 hours to put the $28 million contraflow traffic management system into effect after Tuesday’s fiery M1 crash.
MP won’t decry Trump ban
HE HAS more than 1000 constituents from Muslim-majority countries on Donald Trump’s visa ban list – but Hughes MP Craig Kelly won’t denounce the President’s attempt to block travellers.
New Minister for Women is pro-life
SHORTLY after being sworn in as the new Minister for Women, Tanya Davies revealed her private views on abortion.
NSW Premier unveils new Cabinet
NEW NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s has announced her new ministerial line-up, prompting a possible early retirement for one MP who missed out.
Controversial pollie barred from US
CHRISTIAN Democrat Fred Nile was blocked from entering the US for Donald Trump’s inauguration, after being classed as a “security threat”.
‘Putting out bushfire with garden hose’
THE new NSW Premier says she is committed to addressing housing affordability, but experts are not convinced she is serious.
Offensive question Premier had to face
YOU know how you can tell there’s a new female leader on the scene? The sexist questions have already begun.
Gladys to clean up Baird’s mess
NEWLY-elected NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is set to begin the business of winding back Mike Baird’s unpopular decisions.
The man who killed Sydney
DESPITE his achievements, outgoing NSW Premier Mike Baird is likely to be remembered for nanny state laws that killed Sydney’s night life.
Alan Jones: Gladys a ‘bad choice’
NSW Treasurer Gladys Berijiklian is almost guaranteed to become the state’s premier on Monday, but not everyone thinks she’s up to the job.
Baird’s awkward start to retirement
OUTGOING NSW Premier Mike Baird spent the first night after announcing his family-focused retirement without his family.
How it went wrong for Mike Baird
NOT long ago Mike Baird was the nation’s most popular politician, but a series of unpopular decisions led to a shock early retirement.
‘The nature of this job makes it tough’
HOLDING back tears, retiring NSW Premier Mike Baird explained the real reason behind his shock resignation.
The sign that Baird would retire
THE retirement of Mike Baird shocked many, including his colleagues, but there were signs last year he was on the way out.
How to say likely Premier’s surname
GLADYS Berejiklian is tipped to replace Mike Baird — but onlookers are wondering how to pronounce the Treasurer’s surname.
Sussan Ley, punk rocker politician
SHE was once described as a rising star of the conservative Liberal Party but Sussan Ley’s past is as colourful as she is spendthrift.
Ley resigns over expenses scandal
HEALTH Minister Sussan Ley will resign from the frontbench after her excessive spending of taxpayer dollars.
Sydney’s underwater rail link approved
THE NSW Government today gave the green light to a $12bn “megaproject” but critics say it’s not the solution to the city’s travel woes.
Merger looms for rebel council
STRATHFIELD Council was given less than a month to respond to the latest manoeuvre by the State Government to forcibly merge the council with Burwood and Canada Bay.
Woollahra faces merger after court loss
WOOLLAHRA Council has spent nearly $800,000 in ratepayer cash fighting a merger and might spend more trying to overturn today’s second knock-back.
Key workers forced to sleep in cars
ESSENTIAL workers like police, nurses and teachers are increasingly unable to afford to live near work with some shift workers forced to couch surf or sleep in their car to cope.
Yes, Sydney is ‘abysmally lame’
A NEW ad was supposed to attract people to Sydney but it’s more likely to drive everyone to its cooler cousin, Melbourne, instead.
Illegal election pamphlet case adjourned
EAST HILLS state independent MP Glenn Brookes has given evidence at the trial of his former campaign manager and ex-Bankstown councillor Jim Daniel before the case was adjourned until March 2017.
‘The most serious corruption’
FORMER NSW Labor Minister Eddie Obeid will appeal a five year jail term. But Premier Mike Baird intends to deliver the one-time pollie another blow.
Concerns over bottlos staying open later
PEOPLE in NSW will be able to buy alcohol from bottle shops after 10pm from Friday, but health experts say it could lead to trouble.
‘An extra 30 minutes? What a joke’
NSW Premier Mike Baird’s changes to the lockout laws have been blasted as “a joke” that will do nothing to save Sydney’s night life.
Council to lobby against rat racing
MOTORISTS dodging tolls on WestConnex could turn residential streets into a “rat run”, but the State Government has no plans to fix the problem until after the project opens to traffic.
Sydney’s new light rail a bit of a fail
SYDNEY’S new tram network will cost at least half a billion dollars more than budgeted for and journeys will take longer a damning analysis has found.
Department ‘unprepared’ for enrolment surge
THE Education Department has admitted it is unprepared to deal with a “once-in-a-generation” influx of primary school students in the inner city.
The same question Baird faced three times
MIKE Baird has faced crisis after crisis in what has been a tough year for the NSW Premier. When he spoke today, one question kept coming up.
PM rejects negative gearing changes
MALCOLM Turnbull says there are no plans for a review of negative gearing, despite rebellion within Liberal Party ranks.
Six months of chemo but no cancer
DOCTORS at a NSW hospital gave chemo drugs to a patient without cancer. They failed her at every point, and she’s not the only one.
This guy isn’t having a good day
THIS guy looks like he’s had a tough day, because he has. He’s about to lose his job after overseeing a disastrous few months of politics.
Orange upset embarrassing for Coalition
THE Nationals are getting flogged in the Orange by-election with swings of up to 60 per cent against the party.
Baird cops it over ‘out of touch’ post
MIKE Baird is continuing his mission to convince us he’s not like a regular Premier, he’s a cool Premier. This time, it’s really backfired.
What will Mike Baird spend $40bn on?
NO WONDER the NSW Premier is happy, he’s got billions burning a hole in his pocket. But what are the big ticket projects now under consideration?
What was Lucy Turnbull thinking?
MOVE the NSW Parliament from Sydney to Parramatta? Seriously? Some people think the idea has merit but the Premier’s not one of them.
Labor retains government in ACT
LABOR in the ACT have declared victory, winning a fifth term in office in a minority government as the Canberra Liberals face 19 years in opposition.
Two arrested by terror cops in Sydney
TWO 17-teen-year-old boys have been arrested by counter-terror police in Sydney’s south west.
Baird to backflip on ‘nanny state’ laws
MIKE Baird’s backdowns are expected to continue with the NSW Premier reportedly preparing to overhaul the state’s tough lockout laws.
‘It looks, smells like a rabbit’
THE lawyer of a greyhound trainer facing animal cruelty charges has come up with an interesting response to allegations.
The man who made Mike Baird cave
IT TOOK a visit to a man with extraordinary influence to convince Mike Baird to reverse his greyhound ban policy.
Baird’s humiliation: ‘I got it wrong’
NSW Premier Mike Baird has apologised for attempting to close down the greyhound industry but said it would only be given “one last chance” to reform.
Can Baird bounce back from ban backflip?
THE greyhound racing ban has become a “poison issue” for the NSW Premier but is a mooted embarrassing backdown a smarter move than we think?
Baird to backflip on greyhound ban
THE controversial ban on greyhounds in NSW looks unlikely to go ahead with reports Mike Baird will backflip on the new laws.
Coles calls in cops for crackdown
COLES has announced a crackdown of self-service checkout theft to reduce its $1.1 billion annual shoplifting debt.
Malcolm Turnbull’s awkward encounter
THE PM copped some unexpected policy advice from an angry rail commuter today as he was harangued while trying to board a train.
Dogs ban whacks Baird’s popularity
MIKE Baird’s approval rating has plunged. It’s an epic turnaround for a Premier who, at one point, had approval ratings at 60 per cent.
Eddie Obeid loses corruption lawsuit
THE former NSW minister has lost his multimillion-dollar civil case against the body that investigated the granting of a coal exploration licence on his family land.
Premier labelled ‘Kim Jong Baird’
SHOCK jock Alan Jones has laid into NSW Premier Mike Baird, claiming he is a liar and no better than North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
Buses missing ‘critically important’ tech
THERE are hundreds of buses that could explode in flames just like yesterday on the Harbour Bridge — and no plans to pull them off our roads.
Big changes to lockout laws
THEY have saved lives but they’re killing Sydney’s night-life — now a review says changes are needed to the controversial laws.
The one insult that upsets Mike Baird
“I’M NOT going to pretend it doesn’t hurt,” says Mike Baird as he’s quizzed on how he’s gone from the most popular premier to being ridiculed.
The barmiest election in Australia
DASTARDLY defections, awkward emails and claims of potty policies, this weekend’s elections have plenty of drama.
Lesson Mike Baird needs to learn
THE NSW Premier is the latest state leader to help cement Clover Moore’s position — and the result will have plenty of repercussions for Sydney.
Clover gives Mike Baird the bird
CLOVER Moore has won a historic fourth term as Sydney Lord Mayor, and she has a message for the NSW Govt.
Do I have to vote this weekend?
YOU just got over the tedious, protracted polling affair that was the federal election, and the voting process is set to be repeated — for some of us.
Clover Moore breaks John Howard’s record
FOR the first time in years, one of Australia’s most controversial political leaders is seriously under threat. Can she survive?
Tiny baby cremated by mistake
THE NSW Health Minister has been forced to admit devastating new errors in hospitals — including two dead babies being mixed up, causing one to be wrongly cremated.
ICAC recommends criminal charges
THE NSW corruption watchdog has recommended criminal charges be brought against three former NSW MPs after inquiry into illegal donations.
Woman more racist than Hanson
PAULINE Hanson’s views about Asian Australians sound mild in comparison to those of her late mother caught on video warning about “the yellow race”.
Mike Baird breaks his back in nasty fall
CONTROVERSIAL NSW Premier Mike Baird is in a lot of pain over his latest, quite literal slip-up. But he’s taking it all in good humour.
We have ‘sucked the life out of Sydney’
A HOLLYWOOD star says the life has been “sucked out” of Sydney and the city has turned into a “pointless place” thanks to controversial laws.
‘If Tasmania can do it, anyone can’
MOVES to allow gay couples to marry are gathering pace with the ACT and Tasmania showing support, but critics have cried foul.
Criminals are treated better than this
CRIMINALS get a chance at parole and redemption, but apparently greyhound racing doesn’t. If this is democracy, it’s gone to the dogs.
‘A huge task but it’s been done before’
IT’S a bold move by TV presenter James Mathison to try and topple Tony Abbott at the election. While he thinks it will pay off it’s going to be a massive battle.
Salim isn’t finished with us yet
SALIM Mehajer was dumped from his controversial role as deputy mayor but that hasn’t dampened his desire to be a political force.
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