Anne Twomey on proposed job-sharing federal MPs: unconstitutional, illegal and the intending candidates don't have a clue what they are talking about.

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Exclusive: An elderly Grafton woman died of a cardiac arrest after the Northern Rivers town was temporarily left without ambulance coverage because the only available paramedic had been redirected to cover horse races under an agreement with Racing NSW.

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Exclusive: Labor's amendments to the Electoral Act may have inadvertently made up to 20 councillors prohibited donors, causing chaos ahead of the local government elections in September.
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🇦🇺 Lock Parents Up Over Knives: Police

▫NSW police want tougher penalties for parents who let kids carry knives
▫Michael McGowan Max Maddison

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Brilliant from Brandon Jack

'People will ask you why you’ve taken up running not because they’re genuinely interested, but because it’s the generic follow-up question everyone asks after someone announces ... they now self-identify as a runner.'

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Exclusive: Two NSW Liberal MPs have urged the party to embrace renters, by adopting policies like providing landlords who offer long-term rental agreements of three years or more tax breaks and replacing bonds with “simple insurance products” smh.com.au/politics/nsw/f…

Former NSW Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp was “cognisant” a major redevelopment near property owned by his wife’s parents could be financially beneficial to them and his participation in meetings about the renewal breached public trust.

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Breaking: ICAC has terminated its preliminary investigation into former Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp.

'There are no reasonable prospects of finding Mr Crakanthorp’s conduct is sufficiently serious to justify a finding of corrupt conduct, it has terminated its investigation.'

Part 2 of my series on the politics of the Minns government’s housing reforms. With renters becoming a powerhouse of NSW politics by the 2027 election, will the Greens be able to take advantage and will the premier be forced to do more to tackle the crisis smh.com.au/politics/nsw/h…

“The potential age dynamic at play for the 2027 + 2031 elections is evident across nine marginal seats across Sydney – Balmain, Winston Hills, Epping, Oatley, Drummoyne, Ryde, Holsworthy, East Hills and Riverstone – where the median age is 40 & under”

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“Costi says an insidious, systemic culture of bullying and abuse is pervasive across the legal profession, aided by ruthless competition, a silence-is-best attitude embedded among younger graduates, and the protected status of senior perpetrators at firms” smh.com.au/politics/nsw/l…

Mad as a Katter - Bob sees red in Orange

Exclusive: Waverley councillor Sally Betts told a private WhatsApp group chat for Liberal women “the gay boys are … a bit (sic) issue and carry a lot of power” after a female candidate was soundly defeated in her bid to be preselected in the seat of Cook. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/l…

Exclusive: NSW One Nation is at risk of losing its sole MP as speculation mounts that United Australia Party (UAP) national director Craig Kelly will join Pauline Hanson’s party in a bid to get elected in Macquarie Street.

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Exclusive: The bureaucrat hand-picked by the Albanese govt to run its new high-speed rail authority was found to have engaged in “serious misconduct” as part of an investigation ordered by the NSW transport dept into allegations of “… corrupt conduct”.

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