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NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman and federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

If NSW swings to Dutton, it’s curtains for the state Liberal leader

But if Dutton fails to seize critical seats in the state, it may be a boon for Mark Speakman.

  • Alexandra Smith

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Students protesting at Granville Boys High School on Wednesday.

Students protest at Sydney school after Muslim staffer told to work from home

Granville Boys High student support officer Sheikh Wesam Charkawi was ordered to remove social media posts where he downplayed antisemitic comments made by two Sydney nurses.

  • Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
RPM State politics

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
Bruce McAvaney

How Bruce McAvaney helped Adelaide snare the AFL Gather Round

McAvaney had a hand in the event going to South Australia, although he tried to play it down at Channel Seven’s big reveal of its expanded football coverage.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Jo Haylen.

Unforced errors like Haylen’s are signs of hubris. Voters will have taken note

Jo Haylen’s unauthorised use of a government car and driver begs the question: has the Minns government grown too comfortable with the trappings of power?

  • Alexandra Smith
Sydney housing.

‘Nothing off the table’: Libs offer rare olive branch to help Labor fix housing crisis

The NSW Coalition vowed to work with, not against, the Minns government to solve the housing crisis. What are their ideas? 

  • Alexandra Smith
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Forty arts students and one engineer: What NSW politicians studied at uni

They attend university at a higher rate than their constituents, but when it comes to discipline, most MPs in the state opt for one of a small handful of subjects.

  • Cindy Yin
NSW is falling way short of its home-building targets.

The U-turn on Sydney’s housing crisis no one saw coming

The NSW Coalition suddenly promises to work with the premier to build homes. There will be a reckoning on that pledge.

  • Alexandra Smith
Sydney needs denser housing and more of it. Can our politicians smoke the peace pipe and deliver it?

How a 45-year-old act is holding Sydney hostage on housing reform

This unruly 327-page document is holding Sydney back on housing. Could there finally be a fix?

  • Alexandra Smith and Michael McGowan
NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman says the Pittwater by-election was an “outlier”.

Liberal leader claims ‘overwhelming support’ after heavy Pittwater loss

The Liberals suffered a bad loss in Pittwater on Saturday, but NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says a “perfect storm” conspired against the party and his MPs are still backing him in.

  • Max Maddison

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