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Alexandra Smith is the State Political Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

These illnesses once needed a trip to the GP. Now a pharmacist can treat you
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Healthcare

These illnesses once needed a trip to the GP. Now a pharmacist can treat you

As the number of GPs decreases, the list of treatments pharmacists can handle is expanding.

  • by Alexandra Smith

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The Libs had a man with a plan to fix their problems. If only they’d told him

The Libs had a man with a plan to fix their problems. If only they’d told him

The Liberal Party’s federal executive voted to include Rob Stokes on a committee to take over the NSW division. Stokes was shocked to read about it in the Herald, then declined to accept.

  • by Alexandra Smith
NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco

NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco

Party president Don Harwin will lose his position, as a federal committee which includes former NSW minister Rob Stokes takes charge of the NSW Liberals.

  • by Alexandra Smith
NSW to ban motels, caravan parks as emergency homes for children

NSW to ban motels, caravan parks as emergency homes for children

The NSW government spends as much as $2 million per child each year on emergency housing in motels and caravan parks.

  • by Alexandra Smith
The Sydney doctors forced to choose who lives and dies
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Hospitals

The Sydney doctors forced to choose who lives and dies

Clinicians at Sydney’s busiest hospitals have warned they could be forced to ration a life-saving treatment for patients with kidney failure.

  • by Alexandra Smith
NSW MP charged with child sex offences, quits parliament
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Crime

NSW MP charged with child sex offences, quits parliament

Rory Amon, the former Liberal member for Pittwater, has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy.

  • by Jessica McSweeney, Alexandra Smith, Megan Gorrey and Clare Sibthorpe
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I always knew Sydney school parents had lost their minds. Now I have proof

I always knew Sydney school parents had lost their minds. Now I have proof

Schools catering for gifted kids have an important place in public education, but we have veered well away from this ambition in NSW.

  • by Alexandra Smith
‘Touch one, touch all’: Thousands of union members join CFMEU rally in Sydney
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‘Touch one, touch all’: Thousands of union members join CFMEU rally in Sydney

Thousands of members of the scandal-plagued CFMEU and other unions have gathered in Sydney’s CBD to protest against the Commonwealth’s takeover.

  • by Max Maddison, Harriet Alexander and Alexandra Smith
Something bigger beckons for Georgia Ryburn after Liberals’ council mess

Something bigger beckons for Georgia Ryburn after Liberals’ council mess

The NSW Liberals had hoped Georgia Ryburn would be Northern Beaches mayor before the party’s nomination snafu. Now there are bigger plans afoot.

  • by Alexandra Smith
My night out with the transport minister: 12km, three bars, one new metro line
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Sydney Metro

My night out with the transport minister: 12km, three bars, one new metro line

Who said the metro was for only commuters? From North Sydney to the inner west, bar hopping just became easy. 

  • by Alexandra Smith
How ‘metro mania’ could derail the housing crisis

How ‘metro mania’ could derail the housing crisis

Chris Minns and his government cannot claim credit for building the metro, but he should capitalise on it.

  • by Alexandra Smith

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