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State Parliament
Minns government on cusp of rewriting Sydney housing density reforms
The NSW premier’s plans to let developers build higher and denser, in return for affordable and social housing, have been branded “impractical and unfeasible”.
- by Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
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Eastern extension of $25 billion Metro West line back on drawing board
Transport officials have been told to provide urgent advice to the government on a “potential eastern extension” to Australia’s biggest public transport project.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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State Parliament
Liberal documents reveal election fears as donations dry up
Internal NSW Liberal Party documents warn that lacklustre fundraising and “dysfunction” within the party could hamper its chances at the next federal election.
- by Max Maddison
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Education
Indigenous experience of colonisation mandatory under school history overhaul
Indigenous Australians’ perspective of European colonisation will be taught to all year 7 to 10 students under proposed changes to the NSW history syllabus.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘Incredibly disappointing’: Environmentalists question Minns’ call on gas
NSW will not follow Victoria’s ban on new gas connections, but environmental groups have questioned how the state will meet its emissions targets.
- by Max Maddison
Labor under pressure for drug reform after Sydney’s spate of shootings
The state government has been accused of dragging its heels on key drug reform as Sydney grapples with a spate of cocaine-related shootings.
- by Amber Schultz
Sydney’s love affair with cocaine and the carnage it has created
More than almost anywhere else in the world, Sydney loves cocaine. But its craving comes at a cost, and bystanders are paying.
- by Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan
Marvel of engineering, Sydney Harbour Bridge cut through neighbourhoods, razed homes
When the first sod was turned at North Sydney 100 years ago today to mark the beginning of construction, it was a day of hope-filled ceremonies and speeches.
- by Julie Power
Review
Enmore
This Enmore local is the perfect definition of an Australian restaurant in 2023
A training ground where young-gun chefs can flex, Osteria Russo & Russo is more concerned with deliciousness than “authentic” cuisine.
- by Callan Boys
Shade Solutions owner charged for failure to stop operating
Andrew John Valk, who is accused of swindling tens of thousands of dollars from customers in Victoria and NSW, has been charged by the consumer watchdog.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
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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