The problems at one northern beaches school are just the tip of the iceberg as the state education system grapples with budget cuts and frozen funds.
With the unenviable task of compiling his 2024 budget in the face of significant economic headwinds,Daniel Mookhey’s playlist has shifted again.
The NSW government will pour an additional $840 million into hospital upgrades in its upcoming budget as rising building costs hit the state’s bottom line.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is already warning of a bad-news budget,but it just got even worse after bean counters uncovered a big problem.
A NSW Treasury audit shows the gallery’s $344 million expansion has not delivered on its forecast boost to its commercial activities,and more jobs may have to go.
Economic headwinds across the city and state are adding to pressures on the NSW budget.
Essential workers,including police and nurses,have been offered 10.5 per cent over the next three years,which the Minns government argues outpaces forecast inflation.
Daniel Mookhey blasted the “absurd” GST carve-up which will see taxpayers pay billions to prop up a 2018 deal that has allowed resource-rich Western Australia to deliver six consecutive surpluses.
The peak domestic violence group in NSW says an extra $80 million is funding is required to deal with the crisis gripping the state.
In June,the Minns Labor government will respond calmly and methodically to the biggest-ever cut in our share of GST.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the state’s AAA credit rating will almost certainly be downgraded as a result of the GST “rip-off”.