Costings cast doubt on Labor’s cashless gambling trial

Costings cast doubt on Labor’s cashless gambling trial

The Parliamentary Budget Office says Labor’s plan to trial 500 cashless gaming machines in NSW would make no difference to the budget bottom line.

  • byAngus Thomson

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Labor’s wages policy is admirable in intention but addled in execution
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Chris Minns

Labor’s wages policy is admirable in intention but addled in execution

Many NSW public service workers deserve pay increases,but Labor’s solution is problematic and the agency scrutinising the cost of election promises has warned Labor may struggle to secure the savings needed.

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Labor to scrap Circular Quay makeover and Cahill Expressway ‘high line’

Labor to scrap Circular Quay makeover and Cahill Expressway ‘high line’

A Minns government would upgrade the Circular Quay wharves and promenade but abandon grander plans proposed for the site.

  • byMichael Koziol
Two towns separated by a bridge,a border – and $28 million lost to gambling

Two towns separated by a bridge,a border – and $28 million lost to gambling

Please Explain visits the border between NSW and Victoria,where the legacy of decades of loose regulation of gambling machines is still being felt today.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Diabolically unfair’:Western Sydney has been screwed and wants payback

‘Diabolically unfair’:Western Sydney has been screwed and wants payback

Residents of western Sydney are fed up with second-class citizen treatment. They are ready to send new people to Macquarie Street.

  • byTony Bleasdale
Gonski endorsed children’s future fund plan and will use it for his grandchildren
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David Gonski

Gonski endorsed children’s future fund plan and will use it for his grandchildren

UNSW chancellor David Gonski,whom Dominic Perrottet consulted on the scheme before it was finalised,demurred when asked whether it should be means tested.

  • byMichael Koziol
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The verdict is in from voters about Perrottet’s future fund for children

The verdict is in from voters about Perrottet’s future fund for children

The majority of people are either undecided or against the NSW premier’s signature election promise to set up a superannuation-style savings fund for children.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Normal people:Booze-free brewers join mega-rich in teal funders’ club

Normal people:Booze-free brewers join mega-rich in teal funders’ club

Climate 200,which is backing teal independent candidates,received donations from non-alcoholic brewers Heaps Normal.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
‘I’m a Liberal,but ...’:Development divides party in Sydney’s east

‘I’m a Liberal,but ...’:Development divides party in Sydney’s east

Woollahra’s Liberal mayor says she “can’t tell people who to vote for” in Vaucluse,and has lashed out at the state government for stripping councils of development powers.

  • byMichael Koziol
Dogs of war:Neighbours battle for greyhound millions

Dogs of war:Neighbours battle for greyhound millions

Inner Sydney might have turned its back on greyhound racing,but it’s a different story out west.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Warning sounded after cost of promises put under microscope

Warning sounded after cost of promises put under microscope

The Parliamentary Budget Office has warned Labor may struggle to secure the savings needed to pay for higher public service wages.

  • byMatt Wade andAlexandra Smith