Heated exchanges marked the first New South Wales (NSW) election debate as the premier and opposition leader locked horns over big issues facing Australia’s most populous state. Voters of NSW will take to the polls on March 25 to decide whether they want to keep the centre-right Coalition, which has governed the state for 12 years…
‘You’ve Got to Make the Tough Decisions’: New South Wales’ Leaders Debate Gets Fiery
February 9, 2023
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Labor Candidate Pulled out of Election Race Following Revelation About Lavish Personal Spending
Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour has stepped down as a New South Wales Labor candidate after reports emerged about his lavish spending during a council trip in Tokyo. The Daily Telegraph on Friday reported Asfour charged ratepayers $120 for a health spa treatment, claimed hundreds of dollars for alcohol and thousands of dollars for luxury clothing spent…
From Labor to One Nation, Will Tania Mihailuk’s Woke Warning Come True?
January 19, 2023
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Commentary Ten weeks out from the New South Wales (NSW) state election, Tania Mihailuk, the independent member for Bankstown, has announced that she will run for an Upper House seat on the One Nation ticket. Formally of the Labor party, Mihailuk has been a member of the NSW Parliament since 2011 and served as the…
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…
New South Wales Labor to Address Affordability Crisis With $30 Million Build-to-Rent Scheme
January 11, 2023
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New South Wales (NSW) Labor has promised to deliver a $30 million (US$21 million) build-to-rent pilot scheme to increase the supply of rental homes to tackle the growing affordability crisis ahead of the next state election. “Teachers, doctors, and tradies are forced to live in cars in the regions because they can’t find rentals,” NSW…
State Opposition Locks Horns With Government Over Housing Affordability
January 8, 2023
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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…
New South Wales Labor Wants to Ban Phones in Schools
The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…
NSW Labor Proposes Banning Phones in High Schools
The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…
Labor MP Dismissed From Shadow Cabinet After Accusing Fellow Party Member of Corruption
September 23, 2022
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New South Wales (NSW) Labor MP Tania Mihailuk has lost her position in the shadow ministry after criticising a fellow party member running for the state’s upper house. Labor opposition leader Chris Minns on Friday said he had dismissed Mihailuk from his cabinet, accusing her of making “political attacks by parliamentary privilege.” But NSW Liberal…
New South Wales Labor Pledges to Ban Phones in Public High Schools
Mobile phones will be banned in New South Wales (NSW) high school classrooms if the Labor party wins the next state election in March. A blanket ban on phones is already in place in primary schools but is optional for high schools to implement. NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns said he would extend the blanket…
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