Second CEO quits state’s embattled public insurance system

Second CEO quits state’s embattled public insurance system

The head of the state’s insurance regulator has quit his post after being “absent from duty” for several months.

  • byAlexandra Smith

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‘This was a terrible scene’:Joel Cauchi identified as Bondi Junction attacker

‘This was a terrible scene’:Joel Cauchi identified as Bondi Junction attacker

The 40-year-old man was known to Queensland police.

  • byMegan Gorrey,Anthony Segaert,Jordan Baker,Sarah McPhee,Perry Duffin andAlexandra Smith
Six more train stations added to high-density housing plan

Six more train stations added to high-density housing plan

More councils are putting themselves forward for greater density around train stations as the state government’s signature housing policy is due to start.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Corrupt? No. Acceptable behaviour for an MP? Also no
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Corrupt? No. Acceptable behaviour for an MP? Also no

Former minister Tim Crakanthorp’s only punishment for breaching public trust is a seat on the backbench,but his actions could not be more problematic.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Crakanthorp ‘breached public trust’,ICAC finds
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Crakanthorp ‘breached public trust’,ICAC finds

The corruption watchdog’s report into the conduct of Tim Crakanthorp has been released. The former NSW minister says he “should have done more”.

  • byMax Maddison,Alexandra Smith andMichael McGowan
Public schools have an image problem,even without funding cuts
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Public schools have an image problem,even without funding cuts

Enrolments at public schools have been dropping and this is cited as a key reason behind a slashing of schools’ budgets,revealed to principals in an all-staff note earlier this week.

  • byAlexandra Smith
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ICAC ‘terminates’ probe into sacked NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp
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ICAC ‘terminates’ probe into sacked NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp

The Newcastle MP will not be returned to cabinet immediately despite the findings that there were “no reasonable prospects” he would be found corrupt.

  • byMichael McGowan andAlexandra Smith
State’s highest paid public servant quits troubled insurer

State’s highest paid public servant quits troubled insurer

The chief executive of icare,Richard Harding,will leave his $1 million-plus role as the agency has been ordered to rein in its ballooning expenses.

  • byAlexandra Smith
The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney

The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney

Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Sporting codes welcome prospect of $300m roof at Accor Stadium

Sporting codes welcome prospect of $300m roof at Accor Stadium

Accor Stadium’s major tenants have been asked about a roof as part of a feasibility study formally commissioned by the NSW government.

  • byChristian Nicolussi,Alexandra Smith andIain Payten
NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits

NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall,long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce,is quitting state parliament.

  • byAlexandra Smith andJames Massola