A freeze on Opal fares,shiny new hospitals but not much on housing:The Herald’s experts run their eyes over the budget and deliver their verdicts.
There’s $10.3 billion extra for the health system,but from transport to housing and schools and western Sydney,here’s where else the money is being spent.
Two vehicles have collided in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel,sparking traffic chaos among cars heading north on Saturday afternoon.
A blockbuster ICAC hearing has gone beyond friendship,forgery and 40th birthday celebrations to the heart of trust and transparency in local government.
Former City of Parramatta chief executive Gail Connolly finished giving her evidence at 5.05pm,after spending much of the day being grilled by Arthur Moses.
Gail Connolly faced her sixth day in the ICAC witness box and will return on Wednesday.
Connolly is accused of subverting recruitment practices,disclosing confidential information for her own benefit and spying on council staff and an elected official.
Connolly has returned to the ICAC for a fourth day,as she answers questions about information she gave to councillors about the exits of senior staff. Follow live.
On her third day as a witness at the inquiry,Gail Connolly was asked about the departures of former staff members.
“There are different levels of corruption”,one councillor told her colleagues about the allegations aired at the ICAC.