State Parliament
Premier hits out at pro-Palestine rally organisers ahead of October 7 ‘vigil’
Chris Minns also hit out at organisers of planned demonstrations on Sunday and Monday, accusing them of not representing the communities on behalf of whom they are protesting.
- by Michael McGowan
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Sydney pro-Palestine protest, vigil to proceed after police drop case
NSW Police have dropped objections to pro-Palestine rally on Sunday after eleventh-hour negotiations. Protest organisers also say a planned vigil will go ahead on Monday.
- by Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
Webb gave taxpayer-funded gin to PR firm after ‘professional’ advice
The purchase of 100 bottles of “commissioner’s gin” from the Hope Estate distillery to gift to figures including then Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has become another unwelcome saga for Webb in a year in which she has often dominated headlines for the wrong reasons.
- by Michael McGowan
Madhuri chose her land, paid a deposit and planned her dream home. Now her block is being sold again
More than 150 families bought into a north-western Sydney estate. Now they are heartbroken after a court ruled the land could be put back on the market.
- by Neil Breen
‘High prospect of conflict’: Rally ban gains support as woman arrested
NSW Police has “no alternative” other than to challenge two pro-Palestine protests scheduled for the long weekend, the premier said.
- by Max Maddison
‘Miserable’, ‘torture’ but eventually ‘convenient’: On the buses out of Bankstown as long journey to metro begins
Confusion reigned supreme for commuters after the T3 train line officially closed on Monday morning. But the closure is yet to face its greatest test.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
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Trade unions
As unions rankle government, a peace deal is brokered with firefighters. Sort of
An interim pay agreement between the Minns government and the NSW firefighters’ union is only a truce. But for a government with plenty of industrial headaches, it’s good news.
- by Michael McGowan
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Development
The jet-setting, Bentley driving builder who left 850 defects in his wake
Building contractor Sippy Grewal promises to “bring your dreams to reality”. The building commissioner says some of his work is a “purchaser’s nightmare”.
- by Max Maddison
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COVID inquiry
The ‘morally wrong’ restriction the police refused to follow
NSW’s approach to COVID lockdowns and policing lacked clarity, should have been more localised, went for too long and risked social division, according to a panel of experts.
- by Alexandra Smith and Michael Koziol
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Pollution
The big switch coming for cruise ships heading to White Bay
Cruise ships berthing in Sydney’s inner west will soon be required to hook up to onshore electricity while in port, following years of community complaints about pollution.
- by Mary Ward
Analysis
Renting
More than 2500 days after Labor’s promise, can NSW ban no-grounds evictions?
The premier reckons outlawing no-grounds evictions will boost renters’ rights. The problem is his party’s heard it all before.
- by Max Maddison
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