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NSW Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos interacting with Year 1 students at Maroubra Junction Public School. She says statewide phonics testing with that age group has shown encouraging results.

Is life getting better in NSW? Here’s how the government is finding out

The state has been measuring our wellbeing, not just budget dollars and cents.

  • Matt Wade

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey.

In a gloomy time for NSW’s finances, there is one reason the state won’t enter a recession

The NSW economy is forecast to grow by only 1 per cent in the year ahead, a significant drop from only six months ago.

  • Michael McGowan
Premier Chris Minns says NSW hasn’t got its fair share from the federal budget.

NSW short-changed by Chalmers on key infrastructure funding

The federal government’s investment in state infrastructure will leave NSW with less road funding per person than Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.

  • Max Maddison
Data centres and the virtuous cycle.

Your every swipe, tap and click goes through one of these buildings. They are also driving the NSW economy

Data centres are “depicted as energy vampires, water hogs and job killers”. Not in Australia, according to the peak body for the tech super hubs.

  • Matt Wade and Alexandra Smith
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the GST system is broken.

NSW warns GST system is ‘broken’, wants WA’s sweetheart deal watered down

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the GST system is irreparably broken – and it has to be fixed or the entire federation is at stake.

  • Shane Wright
Minns and Allen

Biggest winners and losers in $103 billion GST carve-up

Victoria’s GST allocation will be about $1.7 billion more than NSW’s, despite having a smaller population.

  • Matt Wade and James Hall
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Daniel Mookhey, NSW treasurer

Revealed: The one big threat to the NSW economy in 2026

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the NSW economy is gaining strength, but there are challenges. These five charts show what’s expected in 2026.

  • Matt Wade
John Howard and Peter Costello.

Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail

Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
The systems that govern the country – and your tax dollars – are fundamentally broken.

With crises all around, it’s time to reform federalism

Australia’s tax grab will surpass $1 trillion, but it is not buying a better future.

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Victoria could be home to interstate prisoners, raising money for the state while reducing pressure on the nation’s prison system.

The state that could gain from a new convict era in Australia

A record 44,400 people are in the nation’s jails. A plan has emerged that would allow at least one state to make money as a result of overcrowding elsewhere.

  • Shane Wright