Politics
NSW
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
Latest
‘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
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State Parliament
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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Middle East tensions
Demonstrators mourn slain Hezbollah leader at protests in Sydney and Melbourne
Amid escalating Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, Australian protesters joined demonstrators around the world in renewed opposition to Israel’s bombing campaign.
- by Michael McGowan
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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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State Parliament
Senior icare managers axed in shake-up of troubled insurer
A review of the NSW workers’ compensation insurer, icare, has led to an exodus of senior staff as the Minns government tightens spending at the agency.
- by Michael McGowan
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State Parliament
‘It’s a workplace’: Premier demands answers over MP’s 4am visit to parliament in boxer shorts
A powerful parliamentary committee has been asked to investigate Gareth Ward’s early morning decision to come to parliament in a state of undress.
- by Michael McGowan
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Greyhound racing
The scandal that’s left a pall over Wentworth Park’s future
Internal government documents reveal animal cruelty claims may derail an audacious bid by the NSW greyhound racing industry to maintain control of the site.
- by Michael McGowan
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