Politics
NSW
Opinion
Public transport
The 2026 high-speed train is slower than 1964. Will it be better by 2060?
I really want to get on board with this iteration of the high-speed rail plan. But something tells me this train may never arrive.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Analysis
Housing crisis
How Melbourne beats Sydney on housing crisis solutions
NSW has been urged to follow Victoria’s lead in planning reforms.
- by Matt Wade
Women rush to firearms training ahead of NSW gun buyback
A leading sporting shooters group is reporting an increase in women seeking firearms training as applications for new gun licences surge.
- by Jessica McSweeney
NSW electorates with the most solar panels. They are not the ones you’d expect
One-third of all homes in NSW now have rooftop solar, making the state the leader in Australia for the clean energy source.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Property development
The 1950 housing headline that is still relevant in NSW 76 years later
NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane has warned the NSW Liberals will become “the natural party of opposition” if they do not renew focus on home ownership.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Extremism
Australian neo-Nazi group included women bashers, stalkers, drug dealers and accused paedophile
The core membership of the National Socialist Network which held an anti-Jewish rally outside NSW parliament last year was a beacon for criminals.
- by Michael McGowan
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NSW State Parliament
‘Lives at risk’: former emergency service leaders blast government over development ‘lunacy’ in Sydney’s west
“Developers’ profits are trumping community safety” over plans to develop in Hawkesbury-Nepean valley.
- by Max Maddison
Analysis
NSW State Parliament
Protests and power: How violence in Sydney streets put a premier under pressure
Chris Minns presents as the Mr Nice Guy of NSW politics, but fractures among Labor ranks have some party faithfuls questioning who he wants to keep onside.
- by Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney
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Extremism
ADF member who trained with neo-Nazis allegedly caught with child abuse and extremist material
Jonathan Salter, 25, a former Australian Defence Force member, is facing more than a dozen charges.
- by Michael McGowan
‘Reminiscent of Trump’s America’: Labor faithful condemn protest response
Concerns are growing among rank-and-file members over the response to last week’s violent rally and the government’s protest laws.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Planning
Why the battle over this Sydney site is more than a war on NIMBYs
Calls to sell off Victoria Barracks to the highest bidder are wrong. It can provide both open space and housing.
- by Alexandra Smith