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Doctors demanding more pay and better conditions at Westmead Hospital during a strike earlier this month.

Revealed: What NSW voters really think of their schools and transport

Despite Premier Chris Minns making the restoration of trust in public services central to his election pitch two years ago, fewer than half of voters have positive opinions about most key services.

  • Michael McGowan

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NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott (centre) speaks to NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb.

Hero cop, survivors and victims’ families return to scene of Bondi heartbreak

Loved ones and dignitaries paid their respects on Sunday as the eastern suburbs community marked one year since horror unfolded inside Westfield.

  • Sarah McPhee
Amanda Owen at her home in Baulkham Hills last year.

The building commissioner doesn’t think Sydney has a defects crisis. Tell that to Amanda

What does NSW need to do to solve its defects crisis? It starts by acknowledging there’s a problem – then taking these seven steps.

  • Max Maddison and Anthony Segaert
Maria and John Tsolakis bought an apartment in 2021 but it has had multiple defects which have resulted in multiple water leaks and mould issues in their Ettalong Bay townhouse.

Maria thought her townhouse was ‘perfect’. Then her bedroom ceiling began to drip

Defects are being kept out of strata reports and the building commission is removing defects notices from public view - all of which creates a trap for prospective buyers such as the Tsolakis family.

  • Anthony Segaert
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools

Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

  • Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
There are competing plans for Moore Park golf course.

Teeing off: The turf war dividing Sydney’s eastern suburbs

The Minns government is forging ahead with plans to halve Moore Park’s championship length course for parkland, much to the chagrin of golfers.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Elouise and Danny Massa, and their son Joe (left).

‘It hasn’t worked for Joe’: The law change that will end the Northern Beaches Hospital model

The parents of Joe, who died at the controversial hospital, have welcomed a major shake-up that will reset “our moral compass”.

  • Michael McGowan, Angus Thomson and Frances Howe
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There was a plan to stop Sydney tunnel workers from being killed. It was ignored for five years

A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five years ago. Cost was the primary barrier.

  • Max Maddison
Donald Trump and Joe Hockey on the golf course in Virginia in 2018.

Joe Hockey goes in to bat for US investors in Trump trade dispute with Australia

A group of disgruntled Americans are pushing for millions of dollars in compensation from Australia, as part of US trade negotiations. Now they have a former ambassador on their side.

  • Michael Koziol
Rosehill Gardens at first light on Thursday.

From zero to $5 billion: Premier denies 15-year mini-city ‘land flip’ will hit budget

Chris Minns has denied that a proposal for taxpayers to buy the 25-hectare Rosehill Racecourse is a major departure from the original plan.

  • Michael McGowan

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