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Stalled industrial dispute adds $50 million to Sydney Metro costs
Sydney’s biggest public transport project has been swept up in a long-running dispute between the NSW government and rail unions.
- by Tom Rabe
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Thousands still waiting for rental relief after floods destroyed paperwork
Less than 10 per cent of a $250 million rental support fund has been distributed to flood victims months after the natural disaster devastated the state’s north.
- by Tom Rabe
Perrottet says NSW stamp duty overhaul dependent on federal support
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has conceded his radical plan to overhaul stamp duty and introduce a broad-based land charge is reliant on federal government assistance.
- by Tom Rabe
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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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Negotiation breakdown threatens to keep new rail fleet in mothballs
The government and train workers have been at loggerheads for years over the safety of the $2.8 billion fleet.
- by Tom Rabe
NSW government accused of lining private sector’s pockets with toll subsidy
The NSW government will spend half a billion dollars subsidising Sydney drivers for the cost of rising tolls on motorways the state has already sold.
- by Tom Rabe
Pork-barrelling at an ‘industrial scale’ in NSW, ICAC forum told
A Berejiklian government grants scheme that resulted in millions of dollars flowing mostly to Coalition electorates has been described by the head of the NSW corruption watchdog as blatant, politically motivated pork-barrelling.
- by Tom Rabe
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Perrottet says NSW and Victoria will unite to reshape healthcare delivery
The premiers of NSW and Victoria will seize on the change in federal government to also end a long-running state and federal divide.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
NSW premier willing to move residents from flood-prone areas of Lismore
Dominic Perrottet says he would feel personally responsible if lives were lost in another flood in northern NSW.
- by Megan Gorrey, Tom Rabe and Heath Gilmore
Perrottet sets aside more than $600 million for second stage of Parramatta light rail
The Herald on Wednesday revealed the government would push ahead with the second stage of the light rail, despite receiving advice from its independent infrastructure body to delay the project.
- by Tom Rabe
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Premier calls for nation-building funding, not car parks, from Canberra
NSW has taken a swipe at the former federal government’s approach to infrastructure, insisting its commuter car park scheme was shortsighted.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe