NSW budget
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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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Bushfires
$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
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Property market
Stamp duty reform on table as Chalmers backs states’ property tax talks
A radical overhaul of property taxes – including the possible phasing out of stamp duty – will be discussed at a meeting of state treasurers next month.
- by Josh Gordon
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Exhibitions
Sharks! Sydney’s upcoming summer blockbusters will tear you off the couch
Jurassic World by Brickman will run an extra five weeks through the school holidays until July 17 while a deep dive into sharks is planned to replace the popular exhibition in September.
- by Linda Morris
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State Parliament
NSW to create religious advisory council as part of multicultural funding boost
A specialist council will be set up to advise on safety and security concerns around churches and mosques and engage with multi-faith communities.
- by Tom Rabe
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Women's health
$40.3m funding boost to support women facing ‘debilitating’ reality of menopause
Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor knows all too well the discomfort of sitting around a board table “and being so hot you want to open every window.”
- by Lucy Cormack
Opinion
Matt Kean
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
Palliative care to get $743m boost in NSW after Perrottet concedes failures
Premier Dominic Perrottet vowed to “fix” palliative care funding during the debate into voluntary assisted dying.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Industrial relations
Perrottet’s wage offer is a pay cut, so we have to strike
A real and decent pay rise for NSW’s public sector workers is not just ethically sound, it’s economically smart. But the NSW premier has other ideas.
- by Nicole Jess
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Russia-Ukraine war
NSW set to write off $30 million frozen in Russian equities
The state government planned to dump $75 million worth of Russian assets from a state investment fund after Vladimir Putin launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine, but it has been unable to retrieve almost half of that sum.
- by Lucy Cormack
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State Parliament
One-third of NSW households to access payments for solar, white goods
One-third of NSW households will have access to 10 years of upfront payments to put towards a solar system or white goods.
- by Alexandra Smith