A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest that is part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

MPs call for state government to end its ‘fiscally irrational’ logging

After government-owned logging company suffered another loss in its native forest operations,cross-benchers again call for the logging to end.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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Former iCare CEO Richard Harding raised concerns about his own regulator,SIRA,and its handling of complaints.

iCare boss blew whistle on insurance regulator for causing ‘additional trauma and distress’ to injured workers

Confidential documents obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald reveal Richard Harding,the former chief executive of iCare,raised concerns a senior executive at SIRA had divulged ‘private and confidential details’ about long-term injured workers.

  • Michael McGowan
Inner West Ale Trail.

NSW wants small businesses to take charge of reviving high streets. It comes at a cost

The state government wants to make it easier for businesses to attract investment via a “strata for the street” scheme,with four new spots in its sights.

  • Megan Gorrey
Danielle and Leon Green at home in Western Australia with photos of their children Sonny and Airlie.

What change must come from these parents’ darkest hour

This is not simply about offering heartbroken parents closure,although it will. Greater genetic testing is also about preventing future tragedies.

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The NSW drug checking trial was announced in December following interim advice provided by the co-chairs of the state’s drug summit.

The alarming letter that made the premier change his mind

The NSW pill testing trial was launched after an urgent warning about a deadly synthetic drug 100 times more powerful than heroin in the state.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Unions NSW Secretary Mark Morey and Premier Chris Minns.

Inquiry hears how icare changes would affect a majority of impaired workers

Proposed reforms of the state’s workplace compensation scheme would disproportionately affect women,a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

  • Max Maddison
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Sharni Sinclair is one of several injured workers whose case was subject to a special inquiry into the conduct of insurance regulator SIRA.

Secretive inquiry found NSW insurance regulator contributed to trauma of injured workers

Injured worker Sharni Sinclair says it is “not good enough” and feels she is being ignored.

  • Michael McGowan
Former School Infrastructure NSW chief executive Anthony Manning during a parliamentary inquiry in 2022.

School building chief asked staff to lie about asbestos after deadly crash,inquiry hears

One former school infrastructure employee voiced concerns about correct processes not being followed. Then she was fired.

  • Christopher Harris
Sydney’s housing crisis.

Labor played the Medicare card in its victory. Now it wants to own housing

NSW party heavyweights want to elevate housing to a “cause not a policy” and reject NIMBYism.

  • Alexandra Smith
GIF:Before and after for Rozelle development.

The Balmain Leagues site has been in limbo for 15 years. It’s about to get 227 new homes

The prominent site,which has been languishing since 2010,will be transformed,but some residents think it’s “as workable in Rozelle as a snowflake is in hell”.

  • Megan Gorrey