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Development
Premier questioned over City of Sydney development exemption
There are calls for Chris Minns to explain why a council won’t be included in the scheme to drive high-density housing across Sydney.
- by Max Maddison
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Big builders on edge about risk of delays to Metro West contracts
The government has been warned that construction companies can’t afford to have staff “sitting twiddling their thumbs” while waiting for contracts to be awarded.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Chris Minns
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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Chris Minns
Minns acted swiftly, but premier’s first ministerial casualty has come all too quickly
Just four months in and Labor has suffered its first ministerial sacking over the smelly combination of property interests and improper disclosure.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
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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Public transport
Opposition targets timing of minister’s meeting with ‘Labor mate’
Transport Minister Jo Haylen met with a former Labor staffer whom she later hired as the state’s top transport official just days after the ALP won the election, raising questions about the hiring process for the job.
- by Michael McGowan
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Liberal Party
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
‘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
Premier flags potential ban on floodplain development
Minns said he found reports “concerning” that Hawkesbury Council was approving development applications for properties unlikely to receive insurance coverage.
- 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
Public servants declare ceasefire in war between planning and transport
Newly appointed head of the NSW Planning Department Kiersten Fishburn has pledged to end the war between transport and planning bureaucrats.
- by Andrew Taylor