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NSW Labor wants to toughen laws it previously said were causing people to self-harm
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey once promised to repeal contentious workers’ compensation laws. Now the Minns government wants to make them even tougher.
- by Michael McGowan
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Inside the fight over who is ‘gaming’ the NSW workers’ comp scheme
Unions NSW is seeking to pressure the government into backing away from a controversial overhaul of compensation rules.
- by Michael McGowan
Knife-edge seat of Bradfield to be decided by absentees
The Liberals are desperately hoping that absentee votes will swing their way to hold Bradfield on Sydney’s north shore.
- by Alexandra Smith
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ICAC
Head of NSW schools agency told staff to ‘change’ demographic data, inquiry told
Jannatun Haque, a senior data expert, refused to inflate population projections which she told the ICAC was “well understood” to be aimed at acquiring more funding.
- by Michael McGowan
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Abortion
NSW Lib MP invokes Nazis in debate over widening access to abortion
The moderate has apologised as the row around women’s access to abortion again erupted on Macquarie Street.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Australia votes
One Liberal leader will be grateful for Dutton’s demise
The opposition leader in NSW, Mark Speakman, would not say it, but the Liberal Party’s disastrous results at the federal election strengthen his hand.
- by Alexandra Smith
The ‘parallel’ NSW schools agency where 26 people earned $500,000 a year
Education secretary Murat Dizdar told the ICAC a former colleague had a “sharp” and “direct” manner that left some colleagues “bruised”.
- by Michael McGowan
As others around her fell, this Liberal MP stood her ground. But she’s not entirely happy
Melissa McIntosh’s seat of Lindsay is one of the Liberal Party’s few remaining Sydney seats. This is how she kept it.
- by Max Maddison and Mostafa Rachwani
Sackings, bullying and lack of oversight: The fears in top schools unit revealed at ICAC
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is holding a public inquiry into the alleged conduct of Anthony Manning, who headed up School Infrastructure NSW unit from 2017 until last year.
- by Michael McGowan
Editorial
How To Poison a Planet
Memo to Sydney Water: It’s time to be upfront with the public about PFAS and our drinking water
Sydney Water should recognise that secrecy and a lack of transparency leads to fear and anxiety.
- The Herald's View
NSW Liberals vow to stick to ‘sensible centre’ as Labor celebrates crushing victory
As his party sifted through the rubble of Saturday’s devastating defeat, NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman issued a rallying cry to appeal to women and multicultural voters and end “wild fluctuations” in energy policy.
- by Michael McGowan
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