‘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.
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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.
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