One of the more bizarre stories of '24: On Wednesday, the editor of a regional paper referred the local MP to ICAC. By Thursday, the deputy mayor was outed as being behind 'Louise Werrington', the person who sparked the saga. But it didn't end there.

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Exclusive: New SCG members are up in arms after being told they won’t get club cards, having waited years to enter one of Sydney’s most sought-after institutions smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…

🇦🇺 Male MPs' Bipartisan Support For DV Action

▫Perrottet joins cross-party call for royal commission into violence against women
▫Max Maddison Alexandra Smith Michael McGowan Natassia Chrysanthos

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Exclusive: Dominic Perrottet has joined a cross-party coalition of male MPs calling for an interrogation of the systemic cultural issues fuelling DV against women, with the former Liberal premier saying he supports a RC. (With Alexandra Smith & Mick)

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Exclusive: The Minns govt’s push for a multipartisan front on coercive control has splintered, with the Liberal Party and Greens refusing to back in NSW Labor’s education campaign as it grapples with the worsening domestic violence crisis. Alexandra Smith smh.com.au/politics/nsw/n…

🇦🇺 Domestic Violence: Premier Orders Crisis Meeting

▫Pressure grows for NSW royal commission into domestic violence
▫Alexandra Smith Max Maddison

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Exclusive: Swaths of Rosehill racecourse, a future site for a “mini-city” of 25,000 new homes and metro, could be inundated during major flooding events, with some areas considered “unsafe for all vehicles, children and the elderly”, modelling showed.

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Exclusive: The ATC told the Minns government that Rosehill Racecourse was one of its premier racetracks and insisted there was “definitely no plan” to relinquish it for housing only a fortnight before proposing to do exactly that. (with Mick)

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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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