New South Wales
Everything you need to know about local council elections
And after weeks of rigorous debate, intense competition and some classic council chaos, it comes down to this. Here’s everything you need to know.
- by Anthony Segaert
Latest
Northern Beaches deputy mayor Georgia Ryburn to take on teal in Pittwater
Ryburn’s preselection paves the way for a tough contest with teal candidate Jacqui Scruby, who narrowly missed out on claiming the seat in 2023.
- by Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Jewish academic says Sydney Uni became ‘toxic’ after October 7 attacks
A former Sydney University academic has lodged a SafeWork complaint alleging the vice chancellor failed to protect Jewish students from “psychosocial harm”.
- by Daniella White
Exclusive
Education
Eddie Woo’s expert maths team cut back under education department restructure
The Maths Growth Team that mentors other teachers will be reduced as part of a major restructure within the NSW Education Department.
- by Lucy Carroll
Power outages as earthquake shakes the Hunter and Sydney
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has rumbled across the NSW Hunter region at a depth of about 5km early on Saturday morning, with more than 800 people across Sydney and NSW reporting the quake to Geoscience Australia.
- by Nigel Gladstone
‘It was a shock’: The limit on foreign students for every university revealed
Vice chancellors say they were blindsided by limits that kneecap institutions that achieved strong growth this year.
- by Daniella White
Editorial
State Parliament
Cloaking government briefing documents in secrecy creates suspicions
NSW government briefing documents are being blocked from release, but the Federal government has no compunction about releasing similar sorts of discussion papers.
- The Herald's View
Levelling the playing field on school sport
Participation in school sport gives young children an opportunity to sample a range of activities. Education should be viewed as an investment, not an expenditure.
Editorial
Australian economy
Anaemic economic growth sets the scene for election battleground
Australia’s annual growth rate slumped to the lowest in 33 years. How will Labor explain that to the electorate?
- The Herald's View
Editorial
Casinos
NSW government’s rejection of tax relief for Star is right decision
The Minns government has rightly rejected the beleaguered Star Entertainment Group’s appeal to the public purse for rescue funds.
- The Herald's View
Ward on wrong track on trains blame game
South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty, on test, for many months. They are a ghost fleet.