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The U-turn on Sydney’s housing crisis no one saw coming

The U-turn on Sydney’s housing crisis no one saw coming

As far as new year’s resolutions went, no one saw this coming. Could it be that in 2025, an opposition party in NSW takes the unprecedented step...

08.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

The PM has been shown how to respond to antisemitism, but not by Peter Dutton

Here is a tale of two Labor leaders. On Friday night, Premier Chris Minns was at Sydney’s Central Synagogue, supporting a community stunned by a...

11.12.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

A year ago it was Minns’ mini-city, but was he backing the wrong horse?

NSW Labor (and plenty of trainspotters) celebrated some highs in 2024, largely thanks to the government having the good fortune of being able to...

04.12.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear

To buy itself more time and escape the wrath – and campaigning prowess – of the state’s powerful clubs and pubs ahead of last year’s election,...

03.12.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

He almost became PM, now Latham’s the rank outsider who can’t stop spewing bile

The one-time federal Labor leader Mark Latham – who has a history of defecting to political parties willing to take him – finished the 2024...

28.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

This shutdown will turn Pearl Jam into traffic jam, and commuters will play the blame game

The one-time Liberal transport minister David Elliott used to boast about his collegial relationship with the all-powerful Rail, Tram and Bus...

21.11.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Who cares? Voters will if NSW nurses start quitting state of origin

Colette Duff is angry and ready to quit her job. Duff, a registered nurse with 30 years of experience, works in the emergency department of...

14.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

I loathe private health insurance. Do I have it? Of course

It is easy to begrudge private health insurance. It is even easier to begrudge private health insurers. They are the smaller cousins to the big...

30.10.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Damaged Liberals can’t blame Scott Morrison for latest teal trouncing

On Sydney’s insular peninsula, which has always voted blue except for a dalliance with an independent in 2005, the NSW Liberals were not prepared...

23.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Can someone fix the diabolical rental market before I evict my kids?

Like most parents with young kids, I assume mine will live with us forever. Or at least far longer than most of my generation stayed at home. It...

09.10.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

The NSW Liberals have many problems but they are finally fixing one

The looming byelections in Epping, Hornsby and Pittwater are somewhat unusual for the NSW Liberals. Not because two of the seats were left empty by...

12.09.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

The PM is sigma, but his social media ban belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media. As a mother of an almost...

11.09.2024 1

WA Today

Alexandra Smith

The PM is sigma, but his social media ban belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media. As a mother of an almost...

11.09.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

The PM is sigma, but his social media ban belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media. As a mother of an almost...

11.09.2024 3

The Age

Alexandra Smith

The PM is sigma, but his social media ban belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media. As a mother of an almost...

11.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Alexandra Smith

The Libs had a man with a plan to fix their problems. If only they’d told him

If we needed a further reminder of the Liberals’ woeful ability to carry out basic admin critical to the party’s functions, it was on full...

04.09.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

My night out with the transport minister: 12km, three bars, one new metro line

23.08.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

How ‘metro mania’ could derail the housing crisis

From little kids waving cardboard signs to trainspotters, long-suffering commuters and people – like me – who simply love being part of...

21.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Liberals’ spectacular council failure could not have been more disastrous

The catastrophic administrative bungle that has plunged the NSW Liberals into chaos will have long-lasting impacts for a party that needs to...

15.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Forget the metro delay, why is my mother of a train trip not getting faster?

Sydney has become accustomed to the eternal wait for trains. Whether it’s the go-slow network every time heavy rain hits the city or missed...

14.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her

When a senior public servant is lurching from controversy to controversy, any misstep can explode into a full-blown crisis. NSW Police Commissioner...

08.08.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith

The crazy WFH experiment is over. Water coolers are the biggest winners

It was a blunt and unexpected message from NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns. Public servants, who make up the biggest workforce in the country, are to...

07.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alexandra Smith