NSW budget
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Revealed: The $95 billion shock hidden in Sydney toll road proposal
A confidential Treasury analysis reveals the staggering cost of a major change to toll roads that had been recommended by a review.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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- State Parliament
The boom industries NSW must rely on to avoid a grim decade
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says NSW this year must focus on planning reforms – but delivering much-needed housing is not the only reason.
- Matt Wade and Alexandra Smith
The number of school students forecast to come to every suburb in NSW
Demographers say there will be an additional 51,926 primary and 40,497 high school students over the next 10 years to 2034.
- Christopher Harris and Nigel Gladstone
States facing credit downgrades due to ‘lax fiscal discipline’
The states have been warned their credit ratings could be sliced due to their inability to control spending.
- Shane Wright
- Analysis
- Jobs
Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?
The city has both the lowest and some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, which threatens to exacerbate differences in income and wealth.
- Matt Wade
- Analysis
- Public transport
The $167 billion debt that shows why rail workers should make a deal
The state’s budget problems are a big factor in the rail dispute – the Minns government can’t afford to splash the cash.
- Matt Wade
- Analysis
- Jobs
The NSW economic figure at its worst level since 1991
The state government has given its 2025 forecasts a major downgrade after a sluggish 2024.
- Matt Wade
Trump warning as NSW budget slides $1.3 billion further into red
The budget is forecast to be $1.3 billion worse off due to falling stamp duty revenue and amid warnings of inflation risks from Donald Trump’s trade policies.
- Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
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- Opinion
The sensible stamp duty thought-bubble buried in a budget reply
The NSW opposition’s budget reply speech, as is customary, was an extended swipe at the government. But there was one good idea.
- Alexandra Smith
‘Simply no justification’: Richest clubs get the biggest tax breaks
Just 5 per cent of clubs received half of the $1 billion in gambling tax concessions granted to clubs in 2022-23.
- Harriet Alexander
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