Don Harwin
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NSW councils
Revealed: The secret timetable that could have stopped the NSW Liberals’ council fiasco
Secret documents reveal internal party squabbling slowed down a Liberal Party push to be organised ahead of the local government elections.
- by Max Maddison
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Henskens survives NSW Liberals’ crisis talks after text message revelations
The decision to keep the shadow attorney-general on the frontbench came with the party engulfed in crisis over the failure to nominate 140 candidates in the September 14 council elections.
- by Max Maddison
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Liberal Party
Electoral Commission refuses Liberal request for extension to nominate candidates
The party is considering its position overnight and will respond on Sunday, possibly by taking the Electoral Commission to court.
- by Michael Koziol
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NSW councils
Class action on cards after NSW Liberal Party council poll catastrophe
The NSW Liberals sacked state director Richard Shields after a catastrophic blunder left the party without 140 candidates in 16 councils for next month’s local government elections.
- by Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith
Don Harwin elected NSW Liberal president by single vote
The former arts minister’s narrow win was a pyrrhic victory for the Liberal Party’s moderate faction after a decade of dominance in NSW.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
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Art
‘Tough calls’: NSW arts, cultural groups lose $190m in budget cuts
The NSW government is warning that tough calls that are likely to be hugely unpopular have been made in its looming budget.
- by Alexandra Smith
Charlie Teo’s celebrity speaker profile surgically removed from web
The controversial doctor has joined one celebrity speakers’ bureau, selling the embattled surgeon to the world. But a profile with a rival firm has quietly disappeared.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Prize-winning high-rise faces wrecking ball after ‘administrative error’
Architects and heritage groups are calling on the NSW government to reinstate the heritage listing of the MLC Building, one of the city’s first high-rise office buildings.
- by Julie Power
Only a fool would write off the PM, says retired MP Don Harwin
“My life has been really changing quite dramatically since December when I ceased being a minister,” says former Liberal MP Don Harwin.
- by Linda Morris
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City life
Don Harwin to turn in after 23 years
He is expected to tender his notice of resignation to the Governor on Tuesday.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Art
Heartfelt curtain calls for ‘most successful arts minister’
Don Harwin was much admired by the arts community in NSW. His departure as state arts minister leaves big shoes to fill.
- by Annie Whealy
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