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A major overhaul of tax settings for NSW first home buyers has been rolled out, with Premier Dominic Perrottet saying thousands will opt in to the reforms.

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NSW won't scrap stamp duty: premier

Dominic Perrottet has long wished to rid NSW of stamp duty in favour of a land tax, but has reportedly conceded reform will need to include both.

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Report suggests ditching new Sydney tunnel

A parliamentary committee has recommended the NSW government scrap plans to build a controversial tunnel to the Northern Beaches.

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Higher costs coming for NSW businesses

NSW workers' compensation premiums will need to dramatically increase to shore up the health of the insurance scheme, Treasury has warned the government.

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Financial model tips $733m state port liability

The state government could have to pay NSW Ports more than $700 million in compensation over the next 40 years if Port of Newcastle goes ahead with a container terminal, according to modelling seen by the Newcastle Herald.

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NSW’s UK trade boss says it’s ‘offensive’ to suggest his was a ‘jobs for the boys’ appointment

Stephen Cartwright, NSW agent-general to the UK, has given evidence for the first time to the long-running inquiry into his appointment.

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Top choice for plum UK trade role sidelined after Barilaro’s ‘unofficial’ candidate hunt, inquiry hears

A Labor MP has claimed the preferred candidate for a plum UK trade role was ‘pushed aside’ in favour of a late applicant who got the job through a parallel hiring process.

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NSW land tax bound for parliament inquiry

The NSW premier's plan for a land tax option for first homebuyers has hit a speed bump as the government tries to pass the bill before the March election.

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NSW Labor vows to protect gig economy workers if elected in March following deaths in 2020

A portable leave entitlement scheme is among the promised changes announced by the Opposition ahead of the March state election in a bid to "modernise" industrial relations in NSW.

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NSW govt defends transport assets body

The entity set up to hold the state's transport assets has attracted much criticism but the government says it just needs time to deliver its promised benefits.

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NSW land tax plan to cover most home sales

The NSW government says most properties sold in the state would qualify for first home buyers choosing to pay annual land tax instead of upfront stamp duty.

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NSW Labor promises an extra 1200 nurses

The NSW nurses' union has welcomed Labor's commitment to recruit 1200 new nurses and midwives if elected but still wants better nurse-to-patient ratios.

AAP

NSW minister quizzed over 'flying cars'

The NSW roads minister has clashed with Labor MPs over a plan for flying cars at a budget estimates hearing dominated by the issue of toll roads.

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Sydney news: Labor MP Tania Mihailuk 'completely rejects' bullying claims and is backed by leader Chris Minns

MORNING BRIEFING: A NSW state Labor MP accused of bullying says she "completely rejects the assertions" in claims raised just days after similar allegations were levelled at a colleague.

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NSW government forced to spend $1.9bn bailing out workers' insurance scheme icare

The scandal-plagued state workers' insurance scheme icare has now needed almost $4 billion in bailouts over past three years, the NSW Treasurer says.

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Barilaro made 'outlandish claims': Kean

The NSW treasurer has been grilled over correspondence with John Barilaro about a US trade job that was later handed to the former Nationals leader.

ABC News

Sydney news: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's role in lucrative London trade role recruitment scrutinised

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition is questioning the role Premier Dominic Perrottet played in the recruitment and appointment of the state's London-based agent-general.

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London agent-general's brief 'massaged' before appointment, emails to NSW parliament reveal

Emails sent before the recruitment of the state's agent-general to the UK, Stephen Cartwright, are "disturbing", says the Opposition, and raise serious questions about the appointment process for the role.

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Dominic Perrottet’s chief of staff gave ‘strong opinion’ on salary for London trade role, inquiry told

Evidence comes as John Barilaro tells NSW inquiry ‘I wish I’d never applied’ for New York trade role

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Aged care wage rises would help narrow gender pay gap, Labor says – as it happened

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Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro told Dominic Perrottet, Stuart Ayres and Matt Kean he wanted US job, inquiry hears

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has told an inquiry he wishes he did not apply for a lucrative US role he was controversially awarded, describing the process as a "s**tshow".

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Public Service Commissioner would not have endorsed Barilaro appointment had she known of ministerial interventions

NSW Public Service Commissioner Kathrina Lo has told the John Barilaro inquiry she would never have signed off on the former deputy premier's appointment as New York trade commissioner had she known of the level of ministerial involvement.

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A ‘female focus’ and short shortlists: the long road taken to fill NSW’s New York trade role

A series of revelations has raised new questions about how former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro ended up appointed to the trade commissioner job

ABC News

John Barilaro invited to front inquiry over lucrative US trade role

Former deputy premier John Barilaro is asked to appear before parliamentary inquiry investigating his controversial appointment to a plum trade role.

AAP

Barilaro to appear at NY trade job inquiry

John Barilaro will appear at an inquiry probing his appointment to a New York trade job, as the NSW investment minister rejects claims he misled the parliament.

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