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Alexandra Smith is the State Political Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

Minns gives PM a lesson in how to respond to antisemitism

Minns gives PM a lesson in how to respond to antisemitism

NSW Premier Chris Minns has been quick off the mark to name antisemitic attacks, leaving the prime minister in his wake.

  • by Alexandra Smith

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Sydney rail commuters face disruption from fresh round of work bans

Sydney rail commuters face disruption from fresh round of work bans

A day after an eleventh-hour legal manoeuvre by the government, unions have filed papers seeking the right to ballot members on a new round of industrial action.

  • by Matt O'Sullivan and Alexandra Smith
‘Outrageous allegation’: Premier lashes out after ICAC referral rumours

‘Outrageous allegation’: Premier lashes out after ICAC referral rumours

Chris Minns says the corruption watchdog is being politicised by MPs who want to stop housing. 

  • by Alexandra Smith
Labor pushed on pill testing on final day of drug summit
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Labor pushed on pill testing on final day of drug summit

The Minns government is facing a concerted push from powerful union leaders and MPs to adopt drug reforms such as pill testing and an additional medically supervised injecting centre as the drug summit resumes on Thursday.

  • by Alexandra Smith, Angus Thomson and Michael McGowan
A year ago it was Minns’ mini-city, but was he backing the wrong horse?

A year ago it was Minns’ mini-city, but was he backing the wrong horse?

For all the ribbon-cutting on rail lines, Rosehill may never get its station – or its 25,000 new homes. And that’s a big hole in the premier’s plan to address the housing crisis.

  • by Alexandra Smith
After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear
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After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear

NSW Labor promised a cashless gaming trial, but it was always doomed to fail. Now it has an even bigger problem.

  • by Alexandra Smith
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Cut to IVF rebate a ‘significant step backwards for reproductive health’
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Cut to IVF rebate a ‘significant step backwards for reproductive health’

The former Coalition government had a policy to help address the declining fertility rate. Now NSW Labor wants to means-test it.

  • by Alexandra Smith
He almost became PM, now Latham’s the rank outsider who can’t stop spewing bile

He almost became PM, now Latham’s the rank outsider who can’t stop spewing bile

For a man who has rebuilt his career as the “outsider”, Latham – when he’s not abusing all and sundry – patently doesn’t mind being inside the tent.

  • by Alexandra Smith
The surprise twist in new cashless gaming system

The surprise twist in new cashless gaming system

Gamblers could still use cash and there would be no binding limit to the amount a poker machine player could spend under a draft proposal by the gambling reform panel.

  • by Harriet Alexander and Alexandra Smith
The secret entitlement NSW MPs can spend any way they choose
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The secret entitlement NSW MPs can spend any way they choose

Depending on where their electorate is, politicians are entitled to an allowance ranging from $70,000 a year to $200,000. No one monitors how it is spent.

  • by Alexandra Smith
This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam, and commuters will play the blame game

This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam, and commuters will play the blame game

Transport Minister Jo Haylen likens the transport union to a boa constrictor strangling the rail system, but the government will not escape blame if the city comes to a standstill.

  • by Alexandra Smith

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