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'Antiquated' police system failing on domestic violence

NSW Police systems cannot properly record incidents of domestic violence and are in desperate need of an upgrade, a parliamentary hearing has been told.

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Fast rail axed in $2.5bn budget cuts – as it happened

Go-it-alone approach to building network between Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong shelved entirely

The Guardian - AU

Consulting firm EY worked for gas giant Santos while advising NSW on gas policy

Exclusive: Consulting firm did not disclose Santos work before being paid to assist the government’s ‘future of gas statement’ that paved way for Narrabri gas development

The Guardian - AU

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NSW Greens call for more transparency over settlement between PwC and ATO

Claim was not related to scandal involving misuse of confidential government tax plans, ATO says

The Guardian - AU

PwC scandal: PwC Australia reached confidential settlement with ATO months before tax scandal fallout revealed

Embattled consultancy would not divulge details of deal, which was struck two months before the federal government referred the matter to the AFP

The Guardian - AU

‘Slavish obsession’ with outsourcing and consultants has demoralised public sector: NSW union

Exclusive: A NSW parliamentary inquiry will examine how an operating model based on consultants left the public service ‘infantilised’

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How the Greens will pay for the clean energy transition

A NSW Transition Authority with an annual budget of $500million would be established to assist coal-dependent communities transform themselves if the Greens gain the balance of power in next month's state election.

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Greens pitch free public transport to NSW voters

The Greens are proposing to make public transport free, allow pets on buses, trains and ferries and roll back privatisation in the party's pitch to NSW voters.

AAP

NSW hotline for women to ask about partners’ past convictions could give false sense of security, critics warn

No new evidence scheme enhances victim-survivor safety and that resources wouldn’t be better spent elsewhere, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Family law system and NSW child protection system 'misaligned', inquiry finds

Inquiry highlights collision between state and federal jurisdictions that can see children placed in the care of those identified as a risk by child protection.

ABC News

NSW teacher turns to alcohol to cope with overwhelming workload, parliamentary inquiry told

A first-year teacher tells a NSW parliamentary inquiry they turned to alcohol to cope with the overwhelming workload.

ABC News

NSW education system protecting under-performing teachers, inquiry reports

The NSW education system is protecting under-performing teachers who should never have been accepted into teaching degrees, a parliamentary inquiry reports.

ABC News

Prayer is 'absurd' in politics: Greens MP

The NSW Greens are renewing a push to scrap the reading of Christian prayers in the state's parliament, calling the tradition "absurd" and out of touch.

AAP

NSW land tax bound for parliament inquiry

The NSW premier's plan for a land tax option for first homebuyers has hit a speed bump as the government tries to pass the bill before the March election.

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Inquiry says Newcastle bus privatisation a 'disaster'

The Greens and Labor-led committee has found Newcastle's transport network is inferior and more expensive for passengers since Keolis Downer took it over in 2017.

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Privatisation of NSW buses a 'disaster'

Privatising some NSW bus services led to fewer services, longer travel times and terrible outcomes for workers, the chair of a parliamentary committee says.

AAP

Toole sticks by protester 'pest' comments

The NSW deputy premier was involved in a fiery exchange with a Greens MP who called climate activists "peaceful protesters", a label he called "hogwash".

ABC News

Questions raised about NSW Minister for Women's Safety's understanding of need for Illawarra trauma recovery centre

Illawarra domestic violence campaigners say they've been left shocked and confounded by the NSW government's reason for not providing funding to a proposed centre for victim-survivors of domestic violence.

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'Scathing' toll report finds power abused

The NSW government rejects an inquiry finding it abused its executive power by withholding contract details for toll roads, a Liberal committee member says.

The Guardian - AU

NSW premier agrees to meeting on transgender sport after independent Alex Greenwich threatens to withdraw support

Sydney independent says he can’t have a ‘cooperative relationship’ with NSW minority government if the premier continues comments

The Guardian - AU

Greens launch filibuster attempt to stop NSW bill targeting road-blocking protesters

Party plans to move dozens of amendments to bill that introduces new penalties for protests

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