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Minns sacks minister from cabinet for ‘conflict of interest over family holdings’
NSW Premier Chris Minns has sacked Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Minister Tim Crakanthorp for failing to disclose “substantial private family holdings in the Hunter region”.
- by Max Maddison, Michael McGowan and Carrie Fellner
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Hospitals in crisis
Sydney hospital hit with claims patients ‘manhandled’ and sleeping on bare mattresses
Cumberland Hospital staff are pleading for Health Minister Ryan Park to intervene at the troubled facility, with morale “at an all time low”.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Development outrage
‘I’m gonna hurt them’: Jean Nassif hits back in extraordinary tirade from ‘rehab’
The wanted developer has broken his silence, labelling the police “lying dogs” and making false claims against David Chandler and Ray Hadley.
- by Lucy Cormack, Carrie Fellner and Sue Williams
Across the water from his palatial mansion, developer’s empire in $1b implosion
Administrators have warned up to 20,000 homeowners could be affected in what they dubbed one of Australia’s largest property collapses.
- by Carrie Fellner
Almost 600 arrested in statewide sting on domestic violence offenders
Those apprehended in the four-day operation include 139 of NSW’s most dangerous domestic abusers.
- by Carrie Fellner
Faith no more: owners of Toplace apartments fear being left with defects bill
Innocent buyers are in a state of high anxiety as dangerous flaws riddle their building.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Development outrage
‘Like the Jenolan Caves’: Toplace residents detail nightmare of defect-riddled blocks
Residents of the Botany apartment complex have described a building with tiles laid over tiles, cupboards without shelves, a missing driveway and water streaming into wardrobes.
- by Carrie Fellner
Pictures reveal devastation facing owners as Toplace empire crumbles
Frantic apartment owners will find out next week whether the construction company will survive after it was placed into administration amid ongoing concerns about serious defects.
- by Carrie Fellner and Sue Williams
Jean Nassif’s property development empire Toplace goes into administration
The decision will plunge thousands of apartment owners into uncertainty as they fight to repair their troubled buildings.
- by Carrie Fellner
Staff in revolt as ‘thousands of scans’ go unchecked at Sydney hospital
A Sydney hospital boss is facing a second controversy in five years amid claims staff cuts are leading to missed diagnoses.
- by Angus Thomson and Carrie Fellner
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Pollution
Defence was warned about forever chemicals. They kept it quiet for three decades
Documents show Defence took steps to protect its workers from toxic chemicals while tens of thousands of Australians were exposed.
- by Carrie Fellner