'Missed opportunity for Sydney':secret plans for Cockatoo Island

'Missed opportunity for Sydney':secret plans for Cockatoo Island

The Cockatoo Island Foundation Limited wants to transform the prize Commonwealth-owned site into a “permanent art island for Sydney”,complete with major art installations,permanent and art exhibitions.

  • byDeborah Snow

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Liberal senator backs plan to put prized Sydney Harbour sites up for grabs

Liberal senator backs plan to put prized Sydney Harbour sites up for grabs

It comes as a community group warned of attempts to weaken the checks and balances on the lucrative leases.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Storm brews over future of harbourside lands as proposal puts jewels up for grabs

Storm brews over future of harbourside lands as proposal puts jewels up for grabs

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is under review. At stake are some of the harbour's most iconic sites.

  • byDeborah Snow
Billion dollar NSW privatisation plan delayed by bushfire crisis

Billion dollar NSW privatisation plan delayed by bushfire crisis

The potential billion dollar lease of NSW forestry assets has been delayed by the bushfire crisis,putting the government's major privatisation plan of 2020 at risk.

  • byTom Rabe,Carrie Fellner andAlexandra Smith
Then there was one:WA left with just one private prison with Melaleuca to change hands

Then there was one:WA left with just one private prison with Melaleuca to change hands

The contract was due to finish in 2021 but will fall back into public hands on April 4,2020.

  • byHamish Hastie
Malcolm Turnbull urges British PM to fight back against'absurd'health claims
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Malcolm Turnbull urges British PM to fight back against'absurd'health claims

Jeremy Corbyn's claims about the future of the National Health Service bears the hallmarks of Bill Shorten's controversial 2016 Mediscare tactic.

  • byBevan Shields
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Sydney power outages could last to Sunday

Sydney power outages could last to Sunday

By Saturday morning,9550 residential and business customers on Sydney's north shore and northern beaches remained without electricity.

'Guys taken off jobs':Union blames budget,privatisation for power outages
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'Guys taken off jobs':Union blames budget,privatisation for power outages

Extended power outages across Sydney's north could have been fixed faster if not for budget cuts and privatisation,one of Australia's largest unions said.

  • byMatt Bungard
'Don't do what the UK did':Aussies sound warning at Dutton's visa plan

'Don't do what the UK did':Aussies sound warning at Dutton's visa plan

When the UK privatised its visa processing system users were hit by worrying delays and hefty new fees. Now Australia wants to go down the same path.

  • byNick Miller
Public or private housing? There's an in-between solution
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Public or private housing? There's an in-between solution

Instead of a mass sell-off,the Victorian government could seize the opportunity to increase the amount of “third market”,or quasi-private housing.

  • byEmily Sims
'A shocking betrayal':Berejiklian government to privatise bus services

'A shocking betrayal':Berejiklian government to privatise bus services

The privatisation of bus services is expected to spark a furious response from trade unions,including the Rail Tram and Bus Union.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan