Politics
NSW
NSW Liberals vow to stick to ‘sensible centre’ as Labor celebrates crushing victory
As his party sifted through the rubble of Saturday’s devastating defeat, NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman issued a rallying cry to appeal to women and multicultural voters and end “wild fluctuations” in energy policy.
- by Michael McGowan
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Editorial
Bondi Junction attack
Why we must not look away from this moment of horror
Of all the chilling moments during the first week of the inquest into the massacre at Westfield Bondi Junction a year ago, one stood above the rest.
- The Herald's View
Anthony Albanese has held onto his inner Sydney seat of Grayndler
Labor is projected to win the election and Anthony Albanese has held onto his inner Sydney seat of Grayndler.
- by Bronte Gossling
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Australia votes
‘All polling booths will get a visit’: NSW Police push for calm on election day
The electoral commission says Bennelong and Wentworth have been singled out for bad behaviour on polling booths.
- by Frances Howe, Mostafa Rachwani and Alexandra Smith
The law changes demanded as Sydney tunnel workers face death
The union is urging the government to extend the ability for tunnelling companies to be prosecuted for exposing workers to deadly levels of silica dust.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
Australia votes
How UberEats killed the democracy sausage
More Australians than ever are shunning the Saturday sizzle and voting before election day. I wish they wouldn’t.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW workers’ comp scheme only sustainable for ‘another two years’
Premier Chris Minns has refused to rule out lifting the threshold required for workplace mental health payouts to levels some experts say would be impossible to reach.
- by Max Maddison
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State Parliament
Experts say mental health payouts may become impossible
Changes proposed by the Minns government will effectively kill the scheme by making it next to impossible for injured workers to claim damages from employers, an expert says.
- by Michael McGowan
The ex-Labor councillor trying to stop the party’s 55-year reign in this Sydney seat
In previous elections Carmen Lazar was a Labor volunteer handing out voting cards to a queue of voters. This year she’s handing out Liberal cards with her face on them.
- by Frances Howe
Anzac Day is too important to be hijacked by politics
Sherie Barton and her husband, a Vietnam veteran, were perturbed by the heavy presence of politicians at the Anzac ceremony they attended.
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Corruption
Eddie Obeid to keep his ‘socks and jocks’ along with $30 million
The NSW Crime Commission had been seeking ways to confiscate the $30 million the former NSW MP made from a corrupt coal licence deal.
- by Kate McClymont
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw