This Month
NSW transport bosses paid companies $300m for work they did not win
The NSW auditor-general has urged Treasury to rethink how it handles tenders and bidding costs.
- Samantha Hutchinson
‘A milking cow’: states lash Commonwealth over infrastructure funding
Victoria will get just 1.6 per cent of new priority infrastructure spending over five years, and cuts are expected to cause a $1.6 billion hit to NSW’s budget.
- Gus McCubbing and Samantha Hutchinson
How Australia’s ‘massive traffic muck-up’ stalled Sydney
The NSW government says it has “no intention” to change how lanes are configured on Sydney’s Anzac Bridge despite fury from residents stuck in traffic.
- Jenny Wiggins
‘I’m staring at a car park’: Rozelle chaos delivers hit to retailers
The owner of a popular sports shoe shop says congestion since the opening of the Rozelle Interchange has had an impact on retailers in the busy shopping strip.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Minns unveils plan for 200k homes, powered by Metro rail links
A new combined housing and Metro rail strategy will pave the way for almost 200,000 new homes across Sydney.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Rozelle interchange ‘diabolical’ as workers pay the price
Emergency roadworks are under way to fix traffic snarls at the Rozelle interchange, which have persisted into a second week.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Minns in racing leadership scramble as V’landys condemns ‘lies’
The NSW government has walked away from a contentious plan to extend top racing administrator Russell Balding’s term to 14 years.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson and Zoe Samios
November
Scott Charlton exits Transurban as traffic snarls WestConnex
Driving through Transurban’s WestConnex tunnels, which are tolled, has been smooth, but drivers on public roads surrounding the interchange have been stuck in long traffic jams.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
Horseracing director pushes for renewal amid NSW leadership clash
International racing heavyweight Greg Nichols has urged administrators to prioritise renewal as a NSW leadership spat divides the racing community.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Terrace, duplex vision puts Minns on collision course with councils
Councils controlling low-density residential areas will be forced to allow terraces, duplexes, walk-up flats to be built.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW racing plan threatens to split Coalition party room
A growing number in the crossbench and the Coalition are hardening on the bill to extend the Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding’s term
- Samantha Hutchinson
Horse breeders threaten legal action in Racing NSW stoush
A letter to Racing Minister David Harris threatens to drag the Minns government further into a stoush dividing the top rungs of racing.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Exclusive
- NSW Election
‘Complacency, leaking, infighting’: Libs blasted in election probe
As Liberals plot a path out of opposition and wall-to-wall red governments, a review of planning for the March NSW election said officials put factional power games ahead of victory.
- Samantha Hutchinson
States bicker over ‘fair share’ of infrastructure funds
State and territory governments lashed out at the Albanese government over cuts to key infrastructure projects.
- Mark Ludlow, Samantha Hutchinson, Patrick Durkin, Tom Rabe and Simon Evans
NSW home insurance bills to be slashed under levy change
NSW Premier Chris Minns will scrap a levy that funds the state’s emergency services, which has added up to 40 per cent to some home and contents insurance bills.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW faces $2b hole on roads as states fight infrastructure cuts
Federal Transport Minister Catherine King faces a tough fight from state premiers as a raft of infrastructure projects stand in line for cuts
- Samantha Hutchinson, Mark Ludlow, Tom Rabe and Gus McCubbing
‘The steel rod in Bob’s back’: tributes flow for Helena Carr
Luminaries including former prime ministers and premiers paid tribute to former NSW premier Bob Carr’s wife at the funeral of the businesswoman and a natural peacemaker.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW promises ‘fairness’ for motorists as Sydney toll bill hits $120b
The state government has pledged to make tolls fairer in a shake-up which could also open the door to new entrants to take on Transurban.
- Samantha Hutchinson
October
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
