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‘Once-in-a-generation transition’: NSW Labor commits $800m to fast-track transmission lines
The Minns government is investing in new overhead powerlines to link regional renewable energy projects to the grid.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Editorial
Education
Pay rises for teachers solve only part of NSW’s education problems
Pay uncertainty still surrounds NSW’s teachers despite the deal agreed between the state government and the union.
- The Herald's View
NSW government raises coal royalties and forecasts you’ll barely notice it on your bill
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the state’s coal producers will be taxed more – and the cost to householders will be less than $6 a year.
- by Max Maddison
NSW government to work with Origin to keep Eraring power station open
However, Energy Minister Penny Sharpe could not say how much it would cost to extend the life of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, or how much longer it would operate for.
- by Alexandra Smith and Colin Kruger
Opinion
Energy
Keeping the lights on at Eraring will only add to NSW energy risk
We can’t justify keeping the unreliable coal power generator at Eraring on life support as it enters terminal decline.
- by Tim Buckley
The ‘secret recipe’ that helped transform results at this Sydney school
It’s an old-school approach, but it’s worked a treat at Yates Avenue.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Energy
Keeping Eraring open could cost $3 billion, says Kean
A report says that keeping Australia’s largest coal-fired power station partially open for an extra two years would boost the reliability of the state’s energy supply.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Jobs
‘Deep in negative territory’: One in four NSW businesses expect to cut staff
Unemployment has been at historic lows, but demand for workers is weakening as higher interest rates bite.
- by Matt Wade
Power up: restoring, not rebuilding, ticks all the boxes
The Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo is to be restored, not rebuilt - a sensible economic and environmental decision.
Social media, birth plans giving parents ‘unreasonable expectations’
Submissions to NSW’s landmark birth trauma inquiry reveal disagreement between those who work in the delivery room about the origins of labour distress.
- by Mary Ward
Anglican Church shows true colours on same-sex marriage
Once again the church is insults and dismisses alternative views.