Audit Office takes aim at department over Park’nPay procurement

Audit Office takes aim at department over Park’nPay procurement

The Department of Customer Service awarded a company $1.26 million to develop the parking app. The Auditor-General found a litany of issues in the rush to announce the service in 2019.

  • byMax Maddison

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Park’nPay app on NSW budget chopping block but FuelCheck spared
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Park’nPay app on NSW budget chopping block but FuelCheck spared

The Minns government has confirmed the popular parking app will be axed as it tries to find savings to the state’s bottom line.

  • byMax Maddison
Pressure mounts on Minns for gambling royal commission

Pressure mounts on Minns for gambling royal commission

Newly released documents have prompted calls for a royal commission into the gambling industry and for mini-casino style clubs to be regulated as such.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Within 10 minutes,$20,000 was cashed in and out of two pokie games without a single stroke of play

Within 10 minutes,$20,000 was cashed in and out of two pokie games without a single stroke of play

Liquor and Gaming investigators were starting to uncover the extent of money laundering through poker machines in NSW. But,suddenly,they stopped.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Labor to take first steps in writing AI rule book
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Labor to take first steps in writing AI rule book

Sources say the government has been in talks about a discussion paper on artificial intelligence and is preparing for public consultations.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Ryde called for Liberals following vote recount

Ryde called for Liberals following vote recount

Liberal candidate Jordan Lane won by a narrow margin against Labor’s Lyndal Howison in the north-west Sydney seat.

  • byAmber Schultz
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ClubsNSW chairman holds talks with government amid CEO fallout

ClubsNSW chairman holds talks with government amid CEO fallout

Dominic Perrottet said the sacking of ClubsNSW chief Josh Landis would not change the government’s plans to implement cashless gaming and again vowed to implement the key reform.

  • byLucy Cormack andTom Rabe
‘Catholic gut’ attack cheap,offensive and a serious strategic miscalculation

‘Catholic gut’ attack cheap,offensive and a serious strategic miscalculation

ClubsNSW can either be a helpful participant and good social citizen or continue its destructive and divisive tactics.

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Why Perrottet won’t risk an election-eve reshuffle

Why Perrottet won’t risk an election-eve reshuffle

The NSW premier is relying on his trusted frontbench lieutenants to sell the Coalition’s message,even if many of them will not be there after the vote.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Metro stations open door to relieve Sydney’s housing crisis

Metro stations open door to relieve Sydney’s housing crisis

With Sydney’s population booming,new transport hubs are the perfect opportunity for the state government to use surrounding areas for high-density housing.

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‘Maximise profits’:Facial recognition tool used to target high rollers
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Gambling

‘Maximise profits’:Facial recognition tool used to target high rollers

Facial recognition technology has been hailed as a measure to minimise problem gambling. But one tech company is marketing it differently.

  • byHarriet Alexander