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A NSW Government artist impression of Woollahra train station, to be completed by 2029.

Eastern suburbs to get new railway station, up to 10,000 new homes

Plans to complete an abandoned stop at Woollahra to allow for new housing can be revealed.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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Local residents are opposed to plans to build hundreds of homes in bushland at Lizard Rock, Belrose.

How new planning rules could stop emergency services blocking housing

A contentious plan to build hundreds of homes near Lizard Rock in Belrose could be the beneficiary of planning reforms being mulled by the state government.

  • Max Maddison
Kiama candidates Serena Copley (Liberal), Kate Dezarnaulds (independent) and Katelin McInerney (Labor) have a new challenger in the form of serial pest Andrew Thaler. 

Three women are running for NSW Parliament. A male serial pest wants to stop them

Andrew Thaler was twice suspended from his council position and proudly says he wants fewer women in politics.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Former premier Dominic Perrottet, Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes and former transport minister Andrew Constance.

How Merivale’s powerful political ties helped move a light rail stop

The hospitality giant’s chief executive, Justin Hemmes, has spent a decade cultivating his contacts at the top of the Liberal Party.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun is serving his third term on the council.

The anonymous email that plunged a council into chaos

Tensions were already flaring within the council when an email sent to politicians and the state’s anti-corruption watchdog raised the prospect of job cuts.

  • Megan Gorrey
Chief executive John Ajaka (right) was dismissed after a bitter falling out with Mayor Ned Mannoun (left).

The council job cut rumours, the Ray Hadley interview, and the ‘dead man walking’

A council worker claimed a tractor he was driving was shot at after the mayor posted remarks suggesting union members were racist, an inquiry has heard.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Thousands of children have been assessed as being at risk of significant harm but have yet to assigned a caseworker.

Vulnerable child ‘left at police station’ amid caseworker shortage

Thousands of the state’s most at risk children are waiting weeks for caseworker intervention, data provided to this masthead shows.

  • Amber Schultz
Then Regional Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison during budget estmates.

The $334 million Labor ‘slush fund’ for regional roads

Nearly 90 per cent of projects in the state government’s Regional Roads Fund projects are in Labor-held seats. Now the Auditor-General is examining the scheme.

  • Max Maddison
StartingBlocks.gov.au rating website.

‘That’s all they care about, is money’: Childcare chain sets debt collectors on assaulted kid’s mother

Corporate childcare chain Edge Early Learning is facing further scrutiny, while a NSW inquiry has unearthed a case of a baby being dropped and parents not notified.

  • Dan Nolan
Katelin McInerney is Labor’s candidate for the Kiama byelection.

In the race to replace Ward in Kiama, there’s one thing everyone agrees on

Both major parties are claiming underdog status in the campaign for Kiama as the shadow of Gareth Ward looms.

  • Jessica McSweeney