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Gangland violence threatens Labor’s grip on outer Sydney
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (988+ words) September 11, 2026 — 5:00am NSW Premier Chris Minns is scrambling to avoid a 2027 state election fought over law and order as frustration grows within Labor ranks at escalating gangland violence on Sydney’s streets. Concerns about the electoral impacts have been compounded by inconsistent…...
Greens strike a deal to support carbon credits for forest protection
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (302+ words) September 10, 2026 — 12:40pm The Greens will not side with the Nationals to kill off a scheme that will allow state governments to earn carbon credits for protecting public forests, defying intense lobbying from former leaders Bob Brown and Christine Milne. The NSW…...
Great Koala National Park: Why a Senate vote on carbon credits has split the environmental movement
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1222+ words) September 10, 2026 — 11:45am In many ways, it’s the Rudd government’s first carbon emissions trading scheme all over again – the famous clash between pragmatism and ideological purity when the Greens voted down climate policy for not going far enough. And it’s all coming…...
‘It’s like a village’: What Woollahra residents really think about 10,000 new homes
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (744+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:37pm Shop owners in Sydney’s east say the state government’s controversial plan to build thousands of homes around the future Woollahra train station would draw much-needed crowds to the suburb’s sluggish high street, but warned it would do little to…...
Eastern suburbs high-rise proposals ignite housing density fight
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (292+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:45pm Proposals to build 30-storey plus apartment towers around the corner would put the wind up most suburbs, but Sydney’s worsening housing crisis is likely to require sacrifices that simultaneously promise a better future while damaging what many residents hold…...
Prime Minister refuses to rule out tobacco excise cut
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (30+ words) SMH.com.au Anthony Albanese says the government is focussed on tackling criminals to stop Australia's tobacco wars. September 9, 2026 — 8:24am...
We’ve been naive. To beat the tobacco mafia, we need to think like the mafia
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (280+ words) September 8, 2026 — 6:00pm Six years ago, the Commonwealth collected $16.3 billion in tobacco excise. That figure will have collapsed to $4.1 billion this year, Treasury estimates, and by the end of the decade it’ll be just $2 billion. Meanwhile, investigations of wastewater by the Australian…...
Garage doors to front doors: The unexpected spaces where Sydney could squeeze new homes
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (820+ words) September 7, 2026 — 11:30am From doors for cars to doors for people. That’s the change architect Peter McGregor says is needed to provide more housing in the overlooked rear lanes behind inner Sydney’s thousands of terraces. Faced with a shortage of affordable housing,…...
Elouise Massa to run for parliament after son Joe’s death
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (596+ words) September 6, 2026 — 7:30pm Elouise Massa has achieved sweeping policy changes that few seasoned politicians could manage. Deep in the fog of unimaginable grief after losing her two-year-old son Joe to catastrophic medical errors at the privately run Northern Beaches Hospital, Massa started…...