Ley resigns over expenses scandal
HEALTH Minister Sussan Ley will resign from the frontbench after her excessive spending of taxpayer dollars.
Politics
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.
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