Politics
NSW
School hours are ‘sexist’, should be extended to 6pm to help working women: MP
New Ryde MP Jordan Lane wants school hours extended so mothers aren’t “forced to choose between their own career progression or raising children”.
- by Michael McGowan
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Sydney congestion overblown, more inner-city density needed, say developers
The head of developer lobby Urban Taskforce says the eastern suburbs are “ripe” for increased density following calls for increased building heights in inner Sydney.
- by Michael McGowan
‘North Korea would be proud’: Labor to unwind Coalition ‘get Clover’ laws
The laws give businesses and property owners in the City of Sydney two votes. They were widely seen as an unsuccessful attempt to oust Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
- by Michael Koziol and Michael McGowan
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Sydney house prices
Sydney’s richest suburbs need to be higher, denser to solve housing crisis: productivity commissioner
The NSW productivity commissioner wants Sydneysiders to get used to living in apartments, and has called for increased density in the inner city.
- by Michael McGowan
Rogue taxi drivers could harm Sydney’s reputation, says minister
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen says taxi drivers who do not turn on their meters will face increased fines.
- by Alexandra Smith
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State Parliament
‘Dangerous and reckless’: Government and Coalition clash over Sydney Water bill
The inclusion of Sydney Water in the NSW Constitution will be a major battleground in state parliament this week.
- by Alexandra Smith
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State Parliament
Fashion giant guilty of hundreds of underpayment offences
The retail group whose stores include Millers, Rivers, Katies, Rockman, and Noni B has pleaded guilty to underpaying long service leave to 223 staff.
- by Alexandra Smith
Health workers ramp up strike action at state’s busiest hospital over wages
Paramedics will be among workers who walk off the job on Wednesday with a focus on the state’s busiest hospital, Westmead.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘The system did this’: After Clare Nowland’s death, a reckoning on who polices the police
The death of the grandmother has shone a spotlight on a swath of policing issues, from oversight, their presence in aged care homes and the use of Tasers.
- by Michael McGowan and Perry Duffin
Crime Commission to investigate claims money laundering documents withheld
Independent MP Alex Greenwich has claimed that Liquor and Gaming failed to provide all relevant documents about the extent of money laundering in pubs and clubs.
- by Alexandra Smith
Vital information about money laundering in pubs and clubs was kept secret, says Greenwich
The independent Sydney MP has made explosive claims that the NSW Crime Commission may not have been given full access to information revealing the true extent of money laundering in pubs and clubs.
- by Alexandra Smith