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'I hope this is a process of healing': Apologies for school debacle

Fast-track build promise comes after years of controversy.

The Canberra Times

Years of division end as Bungendore high school shifts to new location

Growing town puts years of uncertainty to rest.

The Canberra Times

NSW town to ‘heal’ after it finally gets a high school eight years after John Barilaro promised it

The then deputy premier announced $71m Bungendore project in 2019 but it was found to breach crown land law. Now Labor is proceeding with its own

The Guardian - AU

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Bungendore pool saved, but revised high school plan has issues

Teaching will still be from demountable classrooms.

The Canberra Times

Which Australian politicians have tried to sue for defamation over the past decade?

Defamation is one of the great Australian pastimes. Crikey took a look back at which politicians have decided to take their tiffs into court.

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Lawsuit against John Barilaro over trade role dropped

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro will no longer be pursued in court over his controversial posting to a plum New York-based trade role.

AAP

‘A room of 30 children’: review of NSW Liberals’ election loss blames infighting and delayed preselections

Coalition could still return to power in four years if key reforms are adopted, party room told

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'An episode of Utopia': Williamtown Special Activation Precinct declared dead

Review finds Williamtown SAP would cost more than $1bill to complete.

Newcastle Herald

Josh Murray made donation to NSW transport minister’s campaign before she appointed him as secretary

Emails released to parliament show former Labor staffer made $500 donation to Jo Haylen’s campaign before party won election

The Guardian - AU

Candidate for NSW transport secretary quit key post after top job went to former Labor staffer

Exclusive: Benedicte Colin stressed her resignation was not linked to appointment of Josh Murray as transport secretary

The Guardian - AU

Appointment of former Labor staffer as NSW transport chief labelled ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’

Liberal deputy leader Natalie Ward says opposition will scrutinise appointment of Josh Murray after minister intervened to select him

The Guardian - AU

Matter of life and Blak deaths

The Coalition’s Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price tells the ABC to rein in ‘activist employees’ after a reporter referred to ‘ongoing genocide’, and former NSW Liberal treasurer Matt Kean lashes out at the NSW ICAC over ‘unacceptable, unexplained and repeated delays’ in reporting its findings on former premier Gladys…

Crikey

A growing NSW town, a $71m unbuilt high school and the ‘absolute epitome of short-term politics’

A new school was promised in the historic NSW town of Bungendore, but three years later plans face delays and legal challenges

The Guardian - AU

Labor's Steve Whan claims victory in Monaro as NSW election vote counting continues

Steve Whan says he is "certain" he will reclaim the seat, which he held from 2003 until 2011.

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Liberals and Nationals lose regional NSW seats, while independents make gains in state's west

The Coalition has suffered massive swings and some losses in several regional New South Wales seats on the way to its election loss on Saturday night, while independents in the state's west have increased their margins.

The New Daily

Chris Minns’ massive gamble revealed as campaign enters final days

Can the NSW Labor leader Chris Minns count to nine? It’s a question that has followed him along the election campaign trail.

The Canberra Times

Still the Whan? 'Safe pair of hands' adds fresh edge to Monaro battle

Labor candidate Steve Whan said Terry Campese's treatment was terrible.

Newcastle Herald

Integrity biggest election issue for regional voters

The voter interest in anti-corruption measures follows a term of government in which the Coalition has been rocked by a series of scandals.

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Barilaro once threatened to sue a fellow Nat. Now her Liberal candidacy has sparked Coalition warfare

A grudge between Coalition partners has played a key role in the Liberals and Nationals battling in two seats in the NSW election.

Crikey

Liberals likely to lose power in NSW as party suffers from Morrison fatigue

The damage the former prime minister has done to the Liberal brand cannot be overstated. And yet it’s only one of many hurdles facing the party.

ABC News

Minister Victor Dominello was targeted by ClubsNSW over poker machine reform. Now he's speaking out

A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government.

Newcastle Herald

King Coal dethroned as focus of campaign in Upper Hunter

It is perhaps a measure of how much the climate wars have calmed in recent times that coal is no longer the word on the lips of the main combatants in Upper Hunter.

ABC News

John Barilaro, Stuart Ayres sued by senior public servant Jenny West, who missed out on plum US trade job

A woman suing John Barilaro and Stuart Ayres says they knew she would suffer "reputational and economic damage" after withdrawing an offer for a plum US trade commissioner job.

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro sued by woman who was initially offered New York trade role

Jennifer West alleges former NSW deputy premier, as well as Stuart Ayres and Amy Brown, acted ‘in breach of [their] obligations’ in public office

Crikey

Cost of Barilaro investigations revealed, as ICAC finds no evidence of corruption

The four inquiries into John Barilaro’s hiring as New York trade envoy have cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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