Matt Kean
NSW energy supply ‘healthier’ as generators switch back on
NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean says he is unlikely to need emergency powers after “healthy” improvement to the state’s energy supply.
- by Lucy Cormack
Latest
Childcare sector to get $5b boost in signature NSW budget policy
Private childcare operators will be paid to expand or build new centres, creating an extra 47,000 places in a historic move by the Perrottet government.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW budget
$598m boost to national park firefighters, radio networks after Black Summer bushfires
A further $93.7 million in the state budget will go towards a climate change adaptation strategy embedding risk assessments and planning for floods, drought and bushfires across government.
- by Lucy Cormack
Opinion
NSW budget
Budgeting for an election? Go figure
The state election next March is the context for every dollar pledged - and it’s a fraught exercise for Labor as well as a government showing signs of fatigue.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Stamp duty
An offer from Perrottet the federal Treasurer can’t refuse - if he wants to make us all richer
The NSW premier’s offer to overhaul property tax is a rare opportunity for major reform, and one that Jim Chalmers should grasp while it lasts.
- by Brendan Coates
Government ‘not ruling anything out’ as it calls gas crisis meeting
State and federal ministers will meet on Wednesday to discuss solutions to the gas crisis as they look to protect local manufacturing from supply shortages.
- by Angus Thompson, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Lucy Cormack
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Childcare
NSW to push ahead with childcare reform despite federal Labor win
Labor’s federal election win means NSW’s expenditure is now likely to focus on making care more accessible for families.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Childcare
‘Postcode lottery’: The suburbs where families are living in ‘childcare deserts’
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean will make childcare central to his first budget, warning women are being held back from working because of a so-called childcare desert.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Roads
Inconsistent, confusing network of Sydney tolls in the spotlight
The inequity of the sprawling toll road network and its effect on cost of living will be key focuses of a sweeping review by the NSW government.
- by Tom Rabe and Matt O'Sullivan
Federal election campaign week two in five minutes: what you need to know
The second week of the election campaign is wrapping up, so what got people talking? And what were the key issues for the leaders this week?
- by Billie Eder
Matt Kean sets gender diversity targets for Treasury corporations
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean hopes that the gender diversity targets will set an example for the business community around equal employment opportunities.
- by Sarah McPhee