The Herald’s specialist reporters deliver their verdicts on the budget.

The Sydney project costs that hang over the state’s finances like a cloud

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.

  • Kate Aubusson,Megan Gorrey,Christopher Harris,Matt O'Sullivan,Anthony Segaert andMatt Wade

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Health gets an extra $10.3 billion.

Bedblock-busting pilot program aims to aid hundreds of stranded aged-care patients

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.

  • Kate Aubusson,Megan Gorrey,Christopher Harris,Matt O'Sullivan,Anthony Segaert andMatt Wade
LiveTraffic NSW’s live camera shows traffic banked up around Woolloomooloo.

Harbour Tunnel crash brings northbound traffic to standstill

Two vehicles have collided in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel,sparking traffic chaos among cars heading north on Saturday afternoon.

  • Anthony Segaert
The Pink Ladies tried to take over Parramatta. It all came undone

The Pink Ladies tried to take over Parramatta. It all came undone

A blockbuster ICAC hearing has gone beyond friendship,forgery and 40th birthday celebrations to the heart of trust and transparency in local government.

  • Michael Ruffles andAnthony Segaert
Gail Connolly leaves the ICAC on Wednesday after completing her evidence.

Sacked Parramatta Council boss admits lying to lord mayor in long day at ICAC

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.

  • Anthony Segaert
Connolly arrives at the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the Sydney CBD.

Sacked Parramatta council boss spied on councillor’s emails,phone records,ICAC hears

Gail Connolly faced her sixth day in the ICAC witness box and will return on Wednesday.

  • Anthony Segaert
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City of Parramatta’s Gail Connolly is still being examined by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

‘I shouldn’t have said that’:Sacked Parramatta council boss makes concessions on the ICAC stand

Connolly is accused of subverting recruitment practices,disclosing confidential information for her own benefit and spying on council staff and an elected official.

  • Anthony Segaert
Connolly walks to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The ‘vibes’ that made a council boss think she’d be sacked a year before she was

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.

  • Cindy Yin andAnthony Segaert
Connolly arrives.

Sacked council CEO denies saying staff ‘dressed like homeless people’,ICAC hears

On her third day as a witness at the inquiry,Gail Connolly was asked about the departures of former staff members.

  • Anthony Segaert andCindy Yin
ICAC is investigating Gail Connolly,Roxanne Thornton and Angela Jones-Blayney.

As Parramatta ICAC inquiry hears of alleged corrupt conduct,councillors debate its severity

“There are different levels of corruption”,one councillor told her colleagues about the allegations aired at the ICAC.

  • Anthony Segaert