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Train dispute and chauffeur scandals: NSW Labor takes a hit

NSW Labor has scored its lowest primary vote since Gladys Berejiklian was premier.

  • Alexandra Smith

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Drew Dowsley was struck by a train in September, just hours after he was turned away from Gosford Hospital in a state of psychosis. He miraculously survived, and now his family is launching campaign with his mother Helen Dowsley to ensure the tragedy does not happen to anyone else. Helen and Drew looking at old photos of Drew as a child, at their home in Mittagong, Tuesday 4th of February 2025. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Drew was in crisis when he was hit by a train. His family want answers

Five months after Drew Dowsley’s miracle survival, his mother Helen still doesn’t understand why he was allowed to leave a NSW hospital in his darkest hour.

  • Angus Thomson

A moment at 5.48pm on Tuesday stopped me in my tracks

The easy road would be to tell you about new race hate laws and leave it at that. But my honest take is that I am conflicted about events in NSW parliament this week.

  • Bevan Shields
Gamblers losses on poker machines in NSW hit a record high in 2024.

Gamblers now losing more than $1m an hour on NSW poker machines

The government has introduced various gambling reforms, but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.

  • Harriet Alexander
The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

Revealed: 171 Sydney spots getting more apartment blocks in pared-down density reforms

The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

  • Megan Gorrey
The government wants to build more terraces and small apartment blocks throughout greater Sydney and surrounds.

These changes promised to deliver 100,000 homes in NSW. Fourteen months later, they’re still not here

Developers and councils are intensifying pressure on the Minns government to finalise the second stage of its divisive medium-density housing reforms.

  • Megan Gorrey
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NSW Premier Chris Minns delivers a speech on antisemitism in parliament last week.

The hate speech laws have cleared the first hurdle. This is why MPs are worried

The state government has faced a broad resistance to the legislation, introduced after a summer of antisemitic attacks in Sydney.

  • Max Maddison
Scott Morrison and Space Centre Australia chief executive officer James Palmer.

Scott Morrison still headed for outer space

The former prime minister, in high demand since Trump’s election win, is headlining a space conference in Sydney in May.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Commuters at Strathfield train station during industrial action.

‘They’re taking the proverbial’: How negotiations with the rail unions unravelled

On Wednesday, the NSW government will again bid to end the rail unions’ industrial action. If that doesn’t work, the premier has not ruled out asking the federal government to invoke its never-before used powers.

  • Michael McGowan
Chief Rabbi Benjamin Elton from the Great Synagogue in Sydney.

Hate speech laws rammed through NSW parliament within hours

New hate speech laws were introduced into parliament on Tuesday. Faith groups involved in the consultation have warned the bill could erode social cohesion.

  • Max Maddison

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