NSW budget
Opinion
Opinion
The sensible stamp duty thought-bubble buried in a budget reply
The NSW opposition’s budget reply speech, as is customary, was an extended swipe at the government. But there was one good idea.
- by Alexandra Smith
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‘Simply no justification’: Richest clubs get the biggest tax breaks
Just 5 per cent of clubs received half of the $1 billion in gambling tax concessions granted to clubs in 2022-23.
- by Harriet Alexander
Analysis
Analysis
The two areas where Daniel Mookhey has made his mark
The NSW treasurer delivered a no-frills second budget on Tuesday, but it was a very Labor one.
- by Alexandra Smith
Final price tag for long-delayed intercity passenger trains to top $4 billion
The Korean-built trains require upgrades to equipment including station platforms and signalling, but will start carrying passengers on selected lines in coming months.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
NSW budget 2024 as it happened: State faces decade in the red as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down budget
Health, transport, education and a shaky economic forecast: Follow our live coverage as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey hands down Labor’s budget.
- by Anthony Segaert
Analysis
Analysis
The NSW budget explained in five charts
Five key data points on the state’s economy and finances show it is not all gloom.
- by Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
The people’s verdict: What you made of the NSW budget
From builders and electricians to health workers and concerned parents, here’s what the people made of Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.
- by Angus Thomson, Anthony Segaert and Michael Koziol
Editorial
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Sydney’s housing misery underwrites Labor’s second budget
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey and Premier Chris Minns are cursed by Sydney’s absurd property market yet blessed by it.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
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Our experts give their verdicts on the NSW budget
From the gravity of the housing crisis to the weight of tolls, schools and housing, we break down the economic and political implications of Daniel Mookhey’s no-frills second budget.
- by Alexandra Smith, Matt Wade, Matt O'Sullivan, Michael Koziol, Lucy Carroll and Angus Thomson
The NSW budget in five minutes
The government is spending billions in some areas, but is relatively restrained in others.
- by Max Maddison and Christopher Harris
Forty-four sites for new homes as state intervenes in housing
A $5.1 billion investment in public housing is the centrepiece reform of the government’s budget.
- by Michael Koziol