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Education
Crowded classes: Schools promised four years ago yet to start construction
The NSW government four years ago announced that six new schools would be built. To date, none have moved beyond the planning stage.
- by Lucy Carroll
Latest
Labor promises to dismantle state’s scandal-ridden rail corporation
The NSW opposition will take to the state election a policy pledge to abolish the corporation controlling the state’s railway assets.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
State budgets and economies at risk from increasing interest rates
If the Reserve Bank is forced into lifting interest rates faster than expected, it’s not just homeowners at risk. State budgets and economies would also be hit.
- by Shane Wright
Analysis
Dominic Perrottet
Kean’s budget bid to make the 11-year-old Coalition look brand new
Treasurer Matt Kean and Premier Dominic Perrottet need to convince voters that they are a new government. With that needs to come new ideas.
- by Alexandra Smith
Analysis
Stamp duty
Stamp duty catch: what happens when it’s time to sell?
First home buyers could get into the market sooner under a NSW plan to let them avoid stamp duty. But when it’s time to sell, experts warn there’s a catch.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Analysis
State Parliament
The NSW budget in five charts
Everything you need to know about this year’s state budget in a handful of easy-to-understand diagrams.
- by Matt Wade
NSW government promises $27 billion spending spree
In the Coalition’s final budget before a state election next year, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean confirmed a deficit of $11.3 billion, three times higher than it had forecast only six months ago.
- by Alexandra Smith and Jordan Baker
Opinion
Gender equality
We asked the Treasurer to invest in the future of women. He delivered.
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean told me he wanted to deliver a budget with women at its core. On Tuesday, he showed the scale of his ambition.
- by Sam Mostyn
NSW racing industry lands funding boost in gambling tax shakeup
The NSW racing industry will receive a funding boost of at least $265 million as the government moves to hike the tax rate for the booming online gambling sector.
- by Tom Rabe and Lucy Cormack
NSW budget LIVE updates: Matt Kean targets stamp duty reform, families in $27b spending spree; $11.3b deficit revealed
Welcome to the NSW budget for 2022. After a three-week government spending spree Treasurer Matt Kean will today hand down his first budget: the last before voters head to the polls next year.
- by Lucy Cormack and Mary Ward
Editorial
Gender equality
NSW finally sees the light on female workforce participation
The NSW budget has finally acknowledged that one of the simplest ways to boost the economy is to give women the same chances as men in the workforce.
- The Herald's View