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Stolen ballot boxes, corrupt officials: The fake information targeting NSW voters
Heard the one about election officials using hidden graphite under their fingernails to change your vote?
- by Alexandra Smith
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Political leadership
Liberals’ new game plan to take on teals – and it involves women
The NSW Liberals ran male candidates in seats where a majority of voters are women. Was it surprising that female teals prevailed?
- by Alexandra Smith
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Housing crisis
How the rental crisis ate its way into the middle class
Renters will prove a political powerhouse at the 2027 election. Will the Minns government have done enough to help them?
- by Max Maddison and Nigel Gladstone
‘No place for arrogance’: Minns says poll dip is a serious wake-up call
The NSW premier said he would tell his team to focus on the cost-of-living pressures facing families, conceding the fall in Labor’s primary vote was concerning.
- by Michael Koziol
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NSW Labor trailing Coalition for first time in two years
NSW Labor is preparing to celebrate its first year in power this month. But voters are unforgiving of their bumpy first 12 months.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Ex-MP’s eight proposals to fix the NSW Liberal Party
A phone hookup with Liberal powerbrokers on Thursday night will be the first step in implementing the major reforms proposed by the party’s state president.
- by Max Maddison
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Liberal Party
NSW Liberals set their sights on winning over Gen Z
A post-mortem of the March election loss has suggested a major shift for the party if it is to win back power.
- by Max Maddison
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‘Hey Chris Minns, remember us?’: Paramedics turn on premier in TikTok tirade
Two paramedics have taken to social media to accuse the NSW premier of using them to help him win government, saying they feel betrayed over public sector wages.
- by Alexandra Smith
Staff cuts underscore GetUp’s slide into irrelevance
The progressive activist group has seen far better days.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
NSW Liberals fly close to the sun with donations from property interests
NSW bans property developers from donating to political parties. No worries if you’re a construction company building shiny new apartment complexes.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
NSW governor Margaret Beazley’s staff keep on quitting
Four staff have left Government House in the last month, after a series of departures over the past few years.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell