Declining levels of public housing, non-existent rent controls and聽annual investor tax concessions are some reasons for the spiralling cost of housing, argues Andrew Chuter.
property developers
It鈥檚 one thing to be displaced by a hurricane. It鈥檚 entirely another matter when real estate developers and US investors take advantage of the archipelago鈥檚 disaster for profit, writes Lola Rosario.听
Rachel Evans reports on growing community opposition to the proposed redevelopment of Blackwattle Bay.
The ICAC inquiry has shown that NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian knew enough to know she should not completely know something. Jim McIlroy聽 and Pip Hinman argue she should stand down.
Pork-barrel politics and scare tactics have dominated the final weeks of the 鈥渓ongest election campaign ever鈥. Voters in marginal seats have been warned to 鈥渧ote carefully鈥, to not 鈥渨aste your vote鈥 or 鈥渞isk a protest vote鈥 which might result in 鈥 shock horror 鈥渢he chaos of a hung parliament鈥.
We have had 鈥渢radies鈥 in political ads trying to convince workers that the Liberal National Party (LNP) is their party, and Labor trying to convince the public that they have 鈥渞ediscovered鈥 labor values.