Extend stamp duty cut to all homes
PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian has admitted there is “no doubt” the state must consider stamp duty exemptions for first home buyers that go beyond just new homes.
Politics
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.
‘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.
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