Anne Davies
Anne Davies is a senior reporter and investigations writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
From the Archives, 1993: Mobile phone network launches despite security objections
Australia’s first digital mobile phone network needed the government to override law enforcement agency objections to launch on April 27, 1993.
- by Bernard Lagan and Anne Davies
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More modest $10 million upgrade for Bondi Pavilion kept from councillors
New secret plans have come to light that show officers at Waverley Council had initially planned a more modest $10 million refurbishment of the Bondi Pavilion.
- by Anne Davies
Council amalgamations: Baird government ordered to reveal KPMG's role in mergers
In a potentially explosive development for the Baird government, the Land and Environment Court has ordered it to provide documents about the role KPMG played in implementing the council amalgamation agenda.
- by Anne Davies
Council amalgamations: government push for mergers suffers setback
The state government's council amalgamation agenda is set to come under more scrutiny after Strathfield Council elected to push on with its case against the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole, saying "serious matters" had emerged from documents produced by the NSW government.
- by Anne Davies
Ten seats that will determine the campaign: Fiona Scott's battle to win Sydney marginal Lindsay
For a candidate running in one of the Liberals' most marginal NSW seats, the member for Lindsay, Fiona Scott is proving elusive.
- by Anne Davies
Green ban to halt Waverley Council's plans for Bondi Pavilion
Construction workers have imposed a green ban on the $38 million renovation plan for Bondi Pavilion proposed by the mayor of Waverley Sally Betts, as residents plan more protests against what they say amounts to privatisation of public space.
- by Anne Davies
Election 2016: Battleground Grayndler - Greens' Jim Casey 'feels bad' for Anthony Albanese over Telegraph endorsement
When an older man carrying the Daily Telegraph came into the campaign office of Greens' candidate, Jim Casey, in the seat of Grayndler, staff thought he was looking for directions. Instead he threw down the newspaper in disgust, telling the surprised campaign worker that he wanted to donate. He wrote a cheque for $1500.
- by Anne Davies
Waverley Council mayor Sally Betts uses casting vote to reverse merger decision
Amid rowdy scenes at Waverley Council, the mayor Sally Betts used her casting vote to reverse a decision to hold a plebiscite on a merger with Randwick and Woollahra councils and to block attempts by Labor and independent councillors to get more information on the controversial $38 million Bondi Pavilion upgrade.
- by Anne Davies
WestConnex online criticisms expunged as bill for merger reports revealed
The Greens have claimed the new administrator in charge of the Inner West council has removed postings critical of the Westconnex project made by Marrickville council.
- by Anne Davies
Referenda on council mergers threaten to keep it in the public eye
Waverley and North Sydney ratepayers may be the opportunity to indicate their support or opposition to council mergers via local polls, but the electoral commission says they cant be held on July 2
- by Anne Davies
Waverley votes to hold plebiscite on council mergers amid federal election campaign
Council mergers are set to become a front of mind issue during the federal election campaign in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's own seat of Wentworth.
- by Anne Davies
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