Category: New South Wales

Will the Opus Dei School Investigation Smear the Liberal Party?

Commentary In political commentator James Morrow’s words, the ABC Four Corners program that aired on Jan. 30 smacks of a “smear campaign” against a group of Opus Dei Catholic schools and New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet ahead of the upcoming March state election. Several NSW Liberal MPs, including Perrottet, are alumni of these…


We Need More ‘Catholic Gut’ in Politics: Former Christian Lobby Head

The former head of the Australian Christian Lobby, Lyle Shelton, says ClubsNSW CEO John Landis should not have been dismissed for claiming the state premier’s gaming reforms were driven by his “Catholic gut.” “Why can’t we just debate the merits of an issue? Why does someone who offends an identity group have to walk the…


Schoolyard Scrap Over Funding Promise in State Election

Labor has vastly underestimated how much it will cost to address historic underfunding for the 800,000 New South Wales (NSW) public school students, the state government says. The opposition has promised to boost public school funding to 95 percent of a key benchmark by 2025, two years earlier than planned. The party’s $400 million pledge…


New South Wales Government Proposes Scheme to Ask Police for Partner’s Domestic Violence Record

The New South Wales (NSW) government is proposing to extend a scheme that will allow the state’s residents to check if their partner has a history of domestic violence. The proposal, which the state government plans to implement if elected, means they will expand the pre-existing Right To Ask scheme, which will allow the state’s…


New South Wales Government Proposes Scheme to Release Domestic Violence Records

The New South Wales (NSW) government is proposing to extend a scheme that will allow the state’s residents to check if their partner has a history of domestic violence. The proposal, which the state government plans to implement if elected, means they will expand the pre-existing Right To Ask scheme, which will allow the state’s…


Labor MP Defects, Warns Former Party Will Send State ‘Woke and Broke’

Labor Party defector Tania Mihailuk will join One Nation in the upcoming state election, warning that her former party—which analysts believe stands a good chance of winning power—will send New South Wales “woke and broke.” The MP has long warned the Labor Party of straying too far down the left side of politics—adopting policies like…


A One Tribe Policy: Aboriginal Elder Locks Horns With Advocacy Group Over Tourist Site

Aboriginal groups have blamed an Indigenous advocacy organisation for promoting a “one tribe policy” after it managed to convince the New South Wales government to declare a popular tourist destination a “men’s site” and consider a ban on visitors. The New South Wales government has worked closely with a “Wollumbin Consultative Group” since 2000—according to…


A ‘One Tribe’ Policy: Indigenous Groups Lock Horns Over Popular Tourist Site

Aboriginal groups have blamed an Indigenous advocacy organisation for promoting a “one tribe policy” after it managed to convince the New South Wales government to declare a popular tourist destination a “men’s site” and consider a ban on visitors. The New South Wales government has worked closely with a “Wollumbin Consultative Group” since 2000—according to…


Coalition ‘Thinks Big’ in New South Wales Land Tax Reform

The premier of Australia’s most populated state New South Wales (NSW), says he is focused on creating “policies for the next generation” as he launches a major overhaul of tax settings for first-home buyers in the state. “We need to think big, do things differently and deliver new policies to drive NSW forward,” Dominic Perrottet…


State Opposition Locks Horns With Government Over Housing Affordability

Housing affordability has become the next political battleground in Australia’s most populous state as the state Labor Party offers to cut stamp duty (a one-off tax to the government) for 46,000 first-home buyers. New home buyers around the country have struggled to keep up with rising property prices over the last decade; and while there…