Raising of dam wall on floods agenda
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pushing the Albanese government to commit to raising the Warragamba Dam wall in a 50-50 joint funding split, as community anger grows at inaction over Sydney’s disastrous floods.
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Minister’s ‘approval’ refutes Perrottet
Documents signed by Stuart Ayres appear to contradict Premier’s claim Barilaro chosen for plum job after no suitable candidate was found.
‘Beyond contempt’: Albanese fires up
The Prime Minister has hit out at critics for playing politics as parts of NSW face the worse flooding event in decades.
Albo, Dom caught up in testy exchange
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to flood-ravaged Windsor wasn’t all smooth sailing as he toured the area with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.
ATAGI opens up fourth Covid vaccine dose to over-30s
Australians over the age of 30 will have access to a fourth dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine as early as Thursday.
Political storms on horizon for Perrottet
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet faces more political headwinds with the findings of a corruption inquiry into his predecessor Gladys Berejiklian likely to be released close to the state election.
Albo’s plan for flood victims
Anthony Albanese has revealed his next steps as he sets his sights on tackling the flood crisis.
Albanese defends overseas travel amid NSW floods disaster
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will join NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet on Wednesday in dealing with the floods disaster, and has defended his Europe meetings he returned from today.
‘Lack of faith’: Dom escalates union fight
Dominic Perrottet has asked a watchdog to step in to curtail union action after drivers said they’d refuse to staff foreign-made trains.
Disaster averted: ‘heroes’ save cargo ship
A potential environmental disaster has been avoided after a three-man crew battled swells of up to nine metres, as fresh evacuation orders are issued for Sydney’s southwest.
‘Life and death’: bizarre call on masks
A Victorian Minister has confirmed the state has no plans to bring back mask mandates despite soaring Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile the ADF has been deployed as weather emergency brews.
Pressure on Premier over Barilaro affair
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet faces internal government discord over his handling of former deputy John Barilaro’s appointment to a $500,000-a-year trade commissioner’s job.
Clark to quit Vic Liberal presidency
Liberal elder Robert Clark will step down as the party’s Victorian President in August, just three months out from the state election.
NYC? Barilaro won’t make it there
NSW has shown how a good candidate is undone by a poor process.
The dangers of ‘softening up’ in the wage battle
The first wage battle is taking place in NSW as the Perrottet government seeks a clamp on pay increases as unions demand the ‘Albanese’ five per cent rise or more.
Premier’s ultimatum to ‘idiot’ protesters
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is putting his faith in harsher protest laws to crack down on a climate blockade which is causing a second day of disruptions across Sydney.
Daisy Turnbull spurns Perrottet’s political pitch
NSW Premier fails to convince Malcolm Turnbull’s daughter to run for the Labor-held seat of Coogee.
Police blast ‘criminal’ Sydney CBD climate protest
Hundreds of Blockade Australia protesters descend on Sydney, obstructing peak-hour traffic, with Premier Dominic Perrottet calling them ‘bloody idiots’ as police make arrests | WATCH
‘Bloody idiots’: Dom’s fury after Sydney chaos
As police comb through CCTV footage of Monday’s “dangerous” protest in Sydney, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has had his say.
Barilaro job probe to focus on emails
The Perrottet government faces a growing crisis as an inquiry into former deputy premier John Barilaro’s plum New York posting homes in on emails sent in the days before he quit politics.
Dominic Perrottet: father knows best
Stepping into the shoes of a female premier, a father of seven has dragged Australia’s biggest school system into the 21st century.
‘Barilaro job’ costs Perrottet traction
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has been distracted from promoting his big-spending pre-election budget for the third day in a row.
‘Lucky few’: Labor’s scathing budget reply
The NSW Opposition Leader has accused the government of creating a budget for the “lucky few” while gutting services.
Premier pressured over Barilaro job
Dominic Perrottet is under pressure to halt the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a New York trade commissioner’s job on a $600,000 salary package.
NSW on fast track to slim surplus despite pandemic
The NSW budget is projected to return to surplus within three years despite the Omicron outbreak, flooding and the Perrottet government splashing $27bn.
Perrottet in Barilaro ‘jobs for mates’ row
The NSW Premier has been dragged into a potential scandal over his unilateral appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a New York trade post.
Dom’s $440m anti-corruption move
The NSW government is promising to pump $440m into integrity agencies, including one that cost Gladys Berejiklian her job.
Dom’s flag pledge amid ‘outrageous cost’
The NSW Premier says the $25m cost to fly an Aboriginal flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge is ‘pretty ridiculous’ and has agreed to this one thing.
In a flap over $25m flagpole
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says a third flagpole will be built on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge so the Aboriginal flag can be flown permanently – but he “doesn’t know” why it will cost $25 million.
Perrottet to keep up cash splash
The NSW government will release a big-spending state budget that attempts to keep voters onside ahead of an election in March.
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