Bulk-billing relief as treasurer ends stand-off with doctors

Bulk-billing relief as treasurer ends stand-off with doctors

Doctors had warned practices would close or they would hike appointments by $20 if they were forced to pay payroll tax on GPs previously considered contractors.

  • byAngus Thomson

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NSW’s population growth is predicted to halve. It may come at a cost

NSW’s population growth is predicted to halve. It may come at a cost

The budget has projected the state’s population growth will plunge over the next four years. Treasury fears migration slowing could create risks for the economy.

  • byMax Maddison
All the winners and losers in the NSW budget

All the winners and losers in the NSW budget

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has splashed the cash,but not everyone will be smiling.

  • byChristopher Harris
Billions for housing in a budget of ‘must-haves’

Billions for housing in a budget of ‘must-haves’

Making a doctor’s visit more affordable and a $5.1 billion investment in new public housing are at the centre of NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.

  • byAlexandra Smith
We were told the state’s finances were a wreck. The budget papers show something very different

We were told the state’s finances were a wreck. The budget papers show something very different

Sydney’s booming property market is generating billions of dollars in unexpected revenue,giving the Minns government some much-needed breathing room.

  • byMatt Wade
NSW points finger at Canberra as the state faces a decade of budgets in the red

NSW points finger at Canberra as the state faces a decade of budgets in the red

The Minns government is forecasting deficits for at least the next four financial years as it blames a federal GST carve-up for short-changing the state.

  • byAlexandra Smith andMatt Wade
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NSW is about to get a new budget. Here’s what we already know

NSW is about to get a new budget. Here’s what we already know

Amid an unfortunate accounting error and a huge blow to revenue,the budget is set to be one of restraint. But before it is released,there’s a lot we already know.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill

Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill

Waiting room chairs,hallways and overflow tents:If you’ve been to a NSW hospital this year,you know the challenge facing the health minister.

  • byAngus Thomson
$2.5 million to enforce engineered stone ban after inspections reveal worksite issues

$2.5 million to enforce engineered stone ban after inspections reveal worksite issues

A national ban on the use,supply and manufacture of engineered stone,commonly used in shiny kitchen benchtops,will begin next month.

  • byMary Ward
Doing more with less:Mookhey’s battle to bring the budget into the black

Doing more with less:Mookhey’s battle to bring the budget into the black

Domestic violence,the GST saga and a COVID hangover – the NSW treasurer is presiding over a complicated budget picture.

  • byMatt Wade andAlexandra Smith
Trump is the ‘biggest threat’ to NSW economy and jobs,treasurer warns

Trump is the ‘biggest threat’ to NSW economy and jobs,treasurer warns

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey warns the trade policies of a second Trump presidency would “have a huge effect”.

  • byAlexandra Smith andMatt Wade