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Domestic violence
NSW domestic violence services raise warning over $5000 grant program
A sector leader says there could be ‘dire consequences for victim-survivors’ if the program does not improve.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Senior NSW ministers begin work on new laws after secret police briefings
The NSW government began working on new laws dealing with proceeds of crime and unexplained wealth after secret briefings from top-ranking police.
- by Alexandra Smith, Tom Rabe and Clancy Yeates
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Childcare
‘Postcode lottery’: The suburbs where families are living in ‘childcare deserts’
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean will make childcare central to his first budget, warning women are being held back from working because of a so-called childcare desert.
- by Alexandra Smith
From the Archives 1932: NSW premier Jack Lang is dismissed
90 years ago, NSW Premier Jack Lang’s tussle with the Commonwealth over the state’s loan repayments came to a dramatic conclusion.
- by Staff writers
NSW government attacks rail unions over mothballed $2b train fleet
A new inter-city fleet that unions say is unsafe is sitting in sheds unused at a cost of $30 million a month, Treasurer Matt Kean says.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Healthcare
Eye on the prize: the reason Labor ditched nurse-to-patient ratios
The typical Sydney family will see a real wage cut of $6000 a year at current inflation, state Labor MPs were told at a meeting last week. And that means tough decisions.
- by Alexandra Smith
Liberal MP accused of ‘making up lies’ while doubling down on claims about Labor rival
Reid MP Fiona Martin accused her opponent of being ousted by Kristina Keneally in Fowler, prompting Labor candidate Sally Sitou to question if she was confusing her for another Asian-Australian.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
‘I feel let down:’ Lismore MP’s message for Premier over slow flood support
More than 40 per cent of business support applications have been rejected as ineligible and a further 40 per cent is awaiting assessment.
- by Lucy Cormack
Ministers must show reasons for pork-barrelling: grants report
The state’s two top public servants also said grants must be publicly available on a central website, including any record of a minister deviating from the advice of public servants.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Australia votes
Artists paid one-year wage to create works under proposed plan to revive the arts
Emerging artists could be paid more than $700 week for one year to enable them to pursue their creative works under a Greens election promise.
- by Alexandra Smith
Window of opportunity to resurrect Lismore closing, banks and insurers warn
Flood-hit Lismore urgently needs the details of key actions, resources and timing for any future rebuild.
- by Heath Gilmore