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Queensland and NSW are spending addicts — and it’s the lenders who win
Both the NSW and Queensland governments have the same disease as Victoria, the federal government and Tasmania: addiction to ...
NSW Labor claims $400m dividend from cutting debt
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says state debt has stabilised as he prepares to hand down a budget on Tuesday that shows gross debt will reach $178.8 billion by June 2026.
The Minns government cries poor while squibbing reform that could raise hundreds of millions
Daniel Mookhey is a good treasurer. But on poker machine tax reform he has revealed himself to be disappointingly weak ...
Arrest threat a dangerous path for NSW parliament
The threat by an upper house committee to arrest five senior Minns government staffers who have refused to appear before it ...
Minns, Mookhey cosy up to business owners at Cronulla workers comp forum
Small businesses in Mark Speakman’s backyard have called for the Coalition to back workers’ compensation reforms to stop ...
Threatened arrests in the premier’s office? Now that’s explosive
The premier refuses to face an upper house inquiry into the “Dural caravan incident” – and he’s telling his staffers not to ...
NSW Budget: Treasurer Daniel Mookhey cuts $10 billion in government debt
Gross government debt will be almost $10 billion lower in June next year than forecast before Labor took office, with ...
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NSW’s path back to surplus is built on wishful thinking
History is littered with rosy budget projections that never came to pass, and there is little evidence that NSW will be the exception.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey confirms Sydney’s housing ‘Plan B’ won’t be in Tuesday’s budget
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has definitely ruled out any announcement on the government’s “Plan B” for housing in next ...