NSW budget
States facing credit downgrades due to ‘lax fiscal discipline’
The states have been warned their credit ratings could be sliced due to their inability to control spending.
- Shane Wright
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- Jobs
Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?
The city has both the lowest and some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, which threatens to exacerbate differences in income and wealth.
- Matt Wade
- Analysis
- Public transport
The $167 billion debt that shows why rail workers should make a deal
The state’s budget problems are a big factor in the rail dispute – the Minns government can’t afford to splash the cash.
- Matt Wade
- Analysis
- Jobs
The NSW economic figure at its worst level since 1991
The state government has given its 2025 forecasts a major downgrade after a sluggish 2024.
- Matt Wade
Trump warning as NSW budget slides $1.3 billion further into red
The budget is forecast to be $1.3 billion worse off due to falling stamp duty revenue and amid warnings of inflation risks from Donald Trump’s trade policies.
- Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
- Opinion
- Opinion
The sensible stamp duty thought-bubble buried in a budget reply
The NSW opposition’s budget reply speech, as is customary, was an extended swipe at the government. But there was one good idea.
- Alexandra Smith
‘Simply no justification’: Richest clubs get the biggest tax breaks
Just 5 per cent of clubs received half of the $1 billion in gambling tax concessions granted to clubs in 2022-23.
- Harriet Alexander
- Analysis
- Analysis
The two areas where Daniel Mookhey has made his mark
The NSW treasurer delivered a no-frills second budget on Tuesday, but it was a very Labor one.
- Alexandra Smith
Final price tag for long-delayed intercity passenger trains to top $4 billion
The Korean-built trains require upgrades to equipment including station platforms and signalling, but will start carrying passengers on selected lines in coming months.
- Matt O'Sullivan
NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget
Health, transport, education and a shaky economic forecast: Follow our live coverage as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down Labor’s budget.
- Anthony Segaert
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