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NSW
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
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Waterfront walkway to link Sydney Opera House and Parramatta
A 91-kilometre pathway linking the Opera House to Parramatta Park will become one of the city’s longest and most iconic walking and cycling routes.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Electricity
NSW given emergency powers to direct coal companies to provide fuel to electricity generators
In an extraordinary development in NSW’s energy crisis, Kean met the governor late on Thursday to seek the powers, which gives him authority to force coal and logistics companies to deliver fuel.
- by Alexandra Smith
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NSW budget
Ambition confronts its limitations as Perrottet and Kean strive to put their stamp on NSW
Next Tuesday’s budget will be framed by the big goals of the Premier and the Treasurer - and by some hard realities that constrain them.
- by Alexandra Smith
Healthcare workers to receive $883m in incentives to work in remote areas
The four-year funding commitment in next week’s state budget will be targeted at filling critical and “hard to fill” roles with packages of up to $10,000 per worker per year of service in the bush.
- by Lucy Cormack
Accepting gambling repayments without checks increased money laundering risks, Star lawyer tells inquiry
About 500 third-party deposits totalling $70 million were made in four years without any checks completed on where those funds came from, barrister Kate Richardson, SC, said.
- by Lucy Cormack
Fee support for NSW preschoolers in $1.4 billion program
Parents who send their preschoolers to long day care will for the first time receive subsidies from the NSW government.
- by Alexandra Smith
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 to phase out stamp duty, introduce land tax
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s long-held goal to overhaul stamp duty will be a key part of this month’s budget.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Parental leave
Extra parental leave for NSW workers who split child-rearing equally
Teachers, nurses and other public sector workers will be able to access 14 weeks’ paid parental leave under a plan aimed at encouraging both parents to spend equal time raising their newborns.
- by Angus Dalton
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$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