Michael McGowan
Michael McGowan is state political editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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- NSW State Parliament
Mark Latham lists sprawling estate for sale with $2.4 million guide
The NSW MP quietly listed his home on Sydney’s outskirts, but denies it’s linked to growing legal costs in his feud with political rival Alex Greenwich.
- Jessica McSweeney and Michael McGowan
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Drone ban lifted at Coogee Beach after woman mauled by shark
The government will work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Surf Life Saving NSW to make the exemption permanent.
- Amber Schultz, Michael McGowan and Riley Walter
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- Legal Cannabis
‘It will normalise impaired driving’: Trauma surgeons condemn Labor’s cannabis changes
The Minns government’s proposed changes to drug driving laws have been slammed by a group of experts who say the legal threshold is not backed by medical evidence.
- Michael McGowan
- Opinion
- NSW State Parliament
Chris Minns is taking an uncharacteristic risk with new drug driving laws
The famously risk-averse NSW premier has announced “commonsense” changes to the laws around THC and driving. Not everyone is happy.
- Michael McGowan
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- Police
Police admit ‘harm and damage’ to Hannah Thomas after protest arrest
Court documents from the civil case launched by former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas also reveal police have conceded she is entitled to damages and have offered to pay her medical expenses after she suffered permanent damage to her vision.
- Michael McGowan
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- NSW State Parliament
Two Labor figures face charges over alleged illegal donations to premier
Former MP Ernest Wong and restaurateur Jonathan Yee will both face prosecution over allegations they were involved in a scheme to circumvent NSW donor laws in Premier Chris Minns’s electorate 11 years ago.
- Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
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- NSW State Parliament
Law change prompts judge to warn of ‘desperate people’ left with ‘no rights’
A memo from the president of the court responsible for dealing with workers’ compensation claims in NSW warned staff to prepare for “harrowing” encounters with injured workers due to changes to the scheme passed by the Minns government.
- Michael McGowan
- Opinion
- Secrecy
Why the secrecy, premier? It’s got our attention
When the Minns government asked a judge to review its hate-speech laws, it knew he would arrive at a conclusion. So let us have it.
- Michael McGowan
‘We see the human cost’: Reverend Bill Crews joins call for cuts to pokies
The Uniting Church minister is backing a proposal by Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne that would also give MPs a conscience vote on reform in the NSW parliament.
- Michael McGowan
The senior ministers, an unholy alliance and the documents the government doesn’t want you to see
Debate inside the NSW Parliament this week felt like a glimpse into the world’s most dysfunctional family dinner.
- Michael McGowan