Politics
NSW
Eleven crucial kindergarten skills that lead to future success
If you want your child to flourish in year 4 science and maths, they need to know 11 key things by the time they start school, new research has revealed.
- by Emily Kowal
Latest
Inside the Qantas nerve centre as war causes traffic jams in the sky
Diversions of two long-haul Qantas aircraft due to the Middle East conflict provide an insight into what airlines deal with on a day-to-day basis.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Updated
State Parliament
NSW Labor staffers will front inquiry to avoid detention, arrest
Legal advice from a leading silk shows that five NSW Labor staffers who defied a summons could be arrested.
- by Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney
Two Sydney motorway projects to blow budgets by combined $209 million
The final bill for one of the motorway projects will hinge on the outcome of negotiations with contractors.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The NSW budget in five charts
Daniel Mookhey’s third budget is unglamorous but disciplined. These charts reveal where the state is heading.
- by Millie Muroi and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Historic child protection overhaul, $1 billion housing guarantee scheme in budget
The NSW treasurer’s third budget features a guarantee to support the building of 15,000 homes and outlines a path to surplus.
- by Alexandra Smith
Analysis
NSW budget
Will NSW Labor’s restrained spending last? The treasurer answered that by saying nothing
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s steady-as-she-goes budget had some strong policies, without any bold reforms.
- by Alexandra Smith
What is Mookhey’s $1 billion housing guarantee, and how will it work?
The NSW government will become guarantor on thousands of low- to medium-density developments to make the projects more feasible.
- by Megan Gorrey
NSW budget 2025 as it happened: Treasurer Daniel Mookhey announces historic $1.2b child protection package; flags more homes ‘for a state that sorely needs them’
The Minns government’s third state budget is expected to remain in the red.
- by Penry Buckley
Analysis
NSW budget
Too safe for its own good? Our experts and the people deliver their budget verdicts
A “canny use of the state’s balance sheet” or a let-down that missed the chance to build the city and invest in healthcare? Here’s our view of the NSW budget.
- by Alexandra Smith, Millie Muroi, Kate Aubusson, Lucy Carroll, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Megan Gorrey, Anthony Segaert and Matt O'Sullivan
Editorial
NSW budget
Mookhey’s latest budget is sensible and sober. It also happens to be his most interesting
The big question is whether the discipline Daniel Mookhey has shown in this budget on debt and spending lasts into a pre-election year.
- The Herald's View
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