Bega
Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip
From truffle foraging, to potato sack fashion parades, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn and winter.
- by Bianca Hrovat
Latest
Unexpected NSW regional towns where rents rose most
Instead of moving to big name coastal hotspots for the lifestyle, a wave of city dwellers are moving to under-the-radar towns due to the cost of living.
- by Sue Williams
Opinion
NSW Votes
Why the hardest lesson for Liberals is in Willoughby, not Bega
Don’t fall for the traditional wisdom that state byelections have no implications for federal elections. While the Liberals will retain Willoughby, the huge swing against them is a sign of the damage that strong independents can do in the party’s heartland seats.
- by Michael Yabsley
NSW Premier blames byelection loss on local issues
Dominic Perrottet insists his handling of the pandemic is not to blame for major swings against the government.
- by Lucy Cormack
Coalition on track to lose Bega, suffers swing against it in Willoughby
Dominic Perrottet has conceded the Liberals will lose Bega, while his government has suffered a swing against it in Gladys Berejiklian’s former seat in Saturday’s byelection.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Battle for Bega: Angry South Coast electorate ready to punish politicians
Senior NSW Liberal figures are worried they could lose Bega for the first time in history.
- by Tom Rabe
Exclusive
NSW byelection
Doubts over byelection date due to COVID, digital voting concerns
The NSW Opposition has written to the NSW Parliament Speaker urging him not to delay looming byelections amid concerns over the Omicron outbreak.
- by Tom Rabe
Exclusive
State Parliament
South Coast doctor backed as Labor candidate for Bega byelection
The state of the South Coast healthcare system is set to become a key focus of the looming Bega by-election, with Labor leader Chris Minns backing a Moruya obstetrician to wrestle the regional seat off the Coalition.
- by Tom Rabe
'It helped that we were both passionate about books': the Bega shop owners writing a new life chapter
After Myoung Ypma and his wife Marianna met on a Sydney street in 1997, they headed to South Korea to teach English. Years later they returned to Australia – where the next thing they knew, they owned a bookshop.
- by Amanda Hooton
Andrew Constance: 'I was incredibly traumatised ... I have zero filters towards political work now'
The NSW Transport Minister has become an informal spokesman for communities affected by the summer bushfires. He discusses religion, his near-death experiences and how he deals with grief and trauma.
- by Benjamin Law
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