A third airport for Melbourne would mean a chance to usurp Sydney as the economic capital of Australia.
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Housing report shines light on undersupply crisis in NSW
The National Housing Supply Council has produced extensive data on the nature of our housing undersupply. And the big problem is in NSW.
ICAC inquiry: Ron Medich details night with sex worker
Multimillionaire Sydney businessman Ron Medich this morning made his long-awaited appearance in the witness box at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
ICAC learns rough kissing meant no breakfast with Tiffanie
“If you knew who I was, you would be surprised.” When Ian Macdonald allegedly said this to an Asian sex worker in a Sydney hotel room in 2009, he could not have imagined that his words would end up in a corruption inquiry.
Medich, the pr-stitute and the cabinet minister: ICAC inquiry begins
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is currently hearing evidence a NSW cabinet minister in 2009 receiving the services of a sex worker paid for by Ron Medich.
Hey NSW government, where’s that missing $9 billion?
Land and other assets totalling more than $9 billion are “missing” or not properly accounted for in the NSW government accounts.
NSW budget: razor gang takes to grassroots arts funding
The NSW budget papers contain a $2.8 million cut to small arts grants. In the small-scale end of the sector that is proverbially impoverished, these budget cuts will be felt keenly.
Mental Health & Housing: vulnerable tenants ignored by department
Public housing tenants are taking matters into their own hands — and a recent ruling by the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal could mean Housing NSW is legally liable if it ignores complaints about abusive, disruptive and dangerous tenants.
So long, good riddance: the dubious legacy of NSW ministers
When the moon spins into its last quarter on March 26, members of the NSW Cabinet will say goodbye to taxpayers — and to the pretty sight of their ministerial offices and parliamentary bonuses we fund.
Fresh from the e drug scandal, Firth fronts the Balmain forum
Twenty-two retiring MPs can’t be wrong. Campaigning to be elected to NSW parliament as a Labor MP in 2011 is a bitch of a task. Crikey went to an MP forum in Balmain to see just how tough it will be for one embattled Labor member.
Keneally’s electricity sell-off a ‘short-term cash grab’
Explosive testimony at a parliamentary inquiry into the privatisation of NSW electricity assets has revealed that the original $5.3 billion profit promised by the Keneally Government was a gross over-estimate.
Crikey Says: Keneally turns off the lights
If voters can’t trust their government to give them the full story how can they trust them enough to vote them back into power? That’s the question that the Keneally government faces in light of the extraordinary events in NSW since parliament was prorogued in December.
Scramble to get NSW energy bosses to give evidence after sell-off
Opposition and cross-bench MPs are scrambling to convince the former NSW energy bosses to give evidence at next week’s inquiry into the controversial sell-off, writes freelance journalist Matthew Knott.
Robbo’s rise a bit of a blur, but the NSW powerbroker stands ready to lead
Life’s just one big blur for John “Robbo” Robertson, the man most likely to be NSW’s next Opposition leader. But as NSW Labor hurtles towards oblivion, at least he is the one member of cabinet smiling all the way to the car crash, writes Candace Sutton.
Essential: state by state breakdown
A new Essential Research poll has the Victorian election too close to call. And in NSW Labor faces a huge swing - though perhaps not as bad as expected.
Crikey Says: A bet and a perve does matter in NSW context
This NSW Government is such a rotting hulk of misconceived intentions and failed policies that any action by one of its ministers is viewed by the electorate through the prism of gross government incompetence.
Nile’s porn excuse doesn’t hold water
We shouldn’t be surprised that Christian Democrat leader Fred Nile was fingered as the Legislative Council’s biggest accessor of porn. US research has shown that social conservatives are the heaviest consumers of online pornography.
NSW kept waiting on promised new police
NSW voters will be kept waiting for at least another seven months for a promised influx of new detectives to investigate violent crime, despite their graduation being just three weeks away.
Will Belinda Neal run as an independent?
Dumped Robertson MP Belinda Neal has again refused to rule out running as an independent at this year’s federal election after Central Coast residents were push-polled over the prospect of a potential Neal solo tilt.
NSW Budget shock
NSW has long been the epicentre of Australia’s growing crisis of housing undersupply. Belatedly, the NSW Government has produced some sensible policies to redirected demand and stimulate supply.
Crikey Says: No amount of spin will save the NSW government
The NSW government is a walking corpse, stumbling Zombie-like towards an election next March that will finally put it out of its misery.
Devine: Turnbull for NSW Premier!
Oh, if Malcolm Turnbull was premier of NSW, the joys that he would bring! writes Miranda Devine. He’d fix the political mess, make Sydney greener, bring in new investments and make state governments prestigious again.
Central Coast in a spin over rumours Obama will sink their battleship
The sinking of the HMAS Adelaide has the local Central Coast community in a spin: local media is in conflict, the State Government is pushing hard, Peter Garrett faces another difficult decision — and the US President might even show up.
