BIZARRE: 9 - What They Never Told You

Dutton’s absence from NSW election ‘remarkable’: PM

The prime minister has joined the NSW election campaign to lob bombs at the government, days out from the state election.

The New Daily · Mar 17, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green, Professor Andy Marks and Ashleigh Raper on the NSW election

Voters in New South Wales are heading to the polling booths on March 25. For both Premier Dominic Perrottet and Labor leader Chris Minns, it is their first election as leader. The Coalition government has held power since 2011. Labor needs to gain a net nine seats to form majority…

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

Policy questions remain as NSW election nears

Nine days out from the NSW election, questions linger over key policies launched by the major parties.

The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023

Perrottet's child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour

The “Kids Future Fund” promised by NSW’s Premier Dominic Perrottet if his government is re-elected on March 25 is an idea discussed by social policy experts since the 1990s but rarely embraced by politicians.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023

Integrity biggest election issue for regional voters

The voter interest in anti-corruption measures follows a term of government in which the Coalition has been rocked by a series of scandals.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 14, 2023

Minns baulks on nurses' pay in NSW leaders debate

He'll scrap a public sector wages cap if elected but NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has fallen short of guaranteeing higher wages during an hour-long TV debate.

AAP · Mar 14, 2023

Liberal Party urged to improve vetting as Wyong candidate dumped ahead of NSW election

Premier Dominic Perrottet says the party made the right call in deciding to dump Matthew Squires, but others say it shows that more care needs to be taken ahead of time.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2023

Well Shit: Turns Out Sydney Trains Were Warned That A Fuck-Up Could Happen Over A Year Ago

“They knew that this could put the whole train network at risk but not enough has been done because there is no accountability.”

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 14, 2023

Dominic Perrottet’s future fund contains the seed of a good idea but his version is an inequitable mess

Perrottet’s proposal is a drastically cut-down version of a 1990s proposal to help those without wealthy parents by taxing ‘the bank of Mum and Dad’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023

'Disendorsed and I support that decision': Liberals axe candidate over social media posts

Some posts refer to homosexuality as "perversion"

Newcastle Herald · Mar 14, 2023