This Month
NSW vows to slash emissions by 50pc by 2030
Energy Minister Penny Sharpe insists the state will hit its targets even if it strikes a deal to keep the Eraring power station open.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Minns rules out Victorian empty homes tax for NSW
NSW Premier Chris Minns will tackle housing affordability by building more homes, rather than imposing ‘use it, or lose it’ measures on landowners to boost supply
- Samantha Hutchinson
September
Fels scores $1m for NSW toll review, documents reveal
The Minns government promised to clamp down on highly paid consultants. Meet the two mandarins who are the exception.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Analysis
- NSW budget
The real challenge hiding in a low-key budget
The NSW budget’s promise of better service delivery is setting up a serious challenge for the new state government led by unassuming Chris Minns.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Minns wages policy to be put to test by unions asking 30pc
Budget papers have revealed NSW’s uncapped wages policy could blow out initial estimates of $46 billion as unions prepare to ask for hefty pay rises.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
NSW uses fund for ‘transformative’ infrastructure for truck stops
A $1.5bn fund set up to build “once in a lifetime, transformative infrastructure” will be spent on regional roads, an aged care facility upgrade, and ambulance bases.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Mookhey cops ratings agency doubts about budget surplus pledge
Ratings agencies have poured doubt on NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s pledge to return NSW’s finances to surplus after his first budget revealed almost $8 billion to boost public sector wages and baked in expensive election promises.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Analysis
- NSW budget
Mookhey uses property developers to solve a social problem
The state budget takes modest steps to deliver more homes in the intransigent Sydney suburbs where people want to live the most, using a tax on construction.
- Aaron Patrick
The winners and losers in the NSW budget
Coal miners, EV drivers and property investors will pay the price for Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s first stab at budget repair. Public sector workers, first home buyers and regular toll road users will do better.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Mookhey plots NSW’s return to surplus in two years
The state’s treasurer is promising voters “immediate assistance ... with long-term reform” in the Minns government’s first budget.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson
Mental health compo drives $2.5bn hit to NSW Budget
Rising costs and liabilities in the government’s insurance schemes will lengthen the odds of a surplus in coming years.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
Mookhey clears runway for AAA credit rating loss from NSW budget
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has signalled the NSW government is prepared to lose its top-tier credit rating, arguing its impact on the cost of debt is falling.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- NSW budget
Time for NSW premier to act has arrived
Tuesday’s budget represents an opportunity for the state’s first Labor government in a decade to define itself as more than a reaction to the Coalition.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW’s AAA rating at risk as energy transition stalls
Energy policy and new government-led investments in the state’s energy infrastructure could make-or-break it’s two AAA credit ratings, analysts say.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Miners urge Minns to speed up mine approvals after $2.7bn royalty hike
A coal royalty hike has dented investor confidence according to mining giants including BHP, Glencore and Whitehaven
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson and Elouise Fowler
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey announces an increase in coal royalties
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey announces an increase in coal royalties.
- Updated
NSW admits it needs coal-fired power for longer
The state Labor government will open talks with Origin about keeping Eraring power station open beyond it’s scheduled closure date to ensure reliable supply.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson and Angela Macdonald-Smith
August
Overland plan to link Sydney to Snowy 2.0 risks more NIMBY delays
Renewable energy infrastructure across NSW could face more community roadblocks because of the Minns government’s refusal to put transmission cables underground.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW deficit to blow out to $2b: Treasury
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is under pressure to rein in spending after new Treasury modelling revealed a gloomy outlook.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Arts
A conductor proposed merit in arts; he was called a racist
Ukrainian-Australian conductor Vladimir Fanshil received a hostile reception when he complained about subsidies based on minority representation.
- Aaron Patrick
