Museum's boss relegated to history
Andrew Taylor, Anna Patty One of NSW's most senior female indigenous officials is set to lose her job.
O'Farrell still opposed to second airport despite Melbourne deal
Anna Patty, Matt O'Sullivan, Jacob Saulwick Premier Barry O'Farrell has refused to budge from his opposition to a second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek after Victoria announced it would build a second international airport.
Milestone hailed as nurses quota is finally met
Anna Patty, Eamonn Duff NSW hospitals have recruited an extra 4000 nurses since the O'Farrell government was elected, fulfilling an agreement the former Labor government struck with nurses to lighten their workloads.
Call to reinstate fine arts funding at TAFE
Anna Patty Funding slashed from TAFE fine arts courses should be reinstated, a state government taskforce has urged.
Greens MP champions right to die bill
Anna Patty Loredana Alessio-Mulhall is not ready to die. But NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann wants to help her when she is.
Tough new property tax to hit Greeks in Australia
Anna Patty Thousands of Greek Australians face paying higher taxes on their properties in Greece and fear their Australian earnings are also under threat of being doubly taxed.
Gillard accused of vote mongering
Asher Moses, Anna Patty, Daniel Hurst Australian technology industry figures have condemned Prime Minister Julia Gillard for ''desperate vote mongering'' over ''outrageous'' comments she made accusing IT firms of abusing the skilled...
Premier takes shot at PM, but it backfires
Anna Patty THE issue of gun-crime control turned into a blame game after the NSW Premier accused the federal government of being too soft before he was pulled up for failing to deliver promised regulations on...
How schools fail to curb bad behaviour
Anna Patty School suspensions have risen by more than a third over the past six years but do little to improve the behaviour of children, research has found.
Islamic council linked to cash shift
Anna Patty PRIVATE schools receiving up to $15 million in government funding each year have transferred large sums to the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, which operates six schools around the country...
Only 10% learning to talk the PM's message
Anna Patty JUST under 10 per cent of NSW public school students are learning Asian languages - far short of the Prime Minister's ''Asian Century'' target to give every child the opportunity.
Extra students to be squeezed into existing schools
Anna Patty The average primary school class size will increase from 24 to 31, according to the NSW Opposition.
Double whammy as school cuts hit twice
Phillip Coorey, Anna Patty REDUCED education spending by state governments in recent years will cost private schools about $150 million in federal funding this year, a figure that will worsen once the latest funding freeze by...
Big earners to be hit by education 'crusade'
Phillip Coorey, Anna Patty HIGH earners are set to bear the brunt of a new round of budget cuts to help fund Julia Gillard's annual $6.5 billion education ''crusade'', which will begin if Labor wins the next election.
End to leave loading will recoup 'small beer'
Anna Patty THE abolition of annual leave loading and other benefits would achieve only relatively small savings and is likely to enrage public sector workers, according to a human resources expert.
Clarify school profit rules, Garrett says
Anna Patty RESTRICTIONS that prevent schools from operating for profit should be tightened to legitimise taxpayer subsidies, the federal Education Minister, Peter Garrett, said yesterday.
Private schools warn of fee rises
Anna Patty, Kim Arlington SOME schools could lose up to $3.9 million a year under a proposed national funding system, forcing them to increase school fees, the NSW Association of Independent Schools has warned.
Prison officers stood down after bashing video released
Anna Patty Three NSW corrective services officers have been stood down after they bashed a prisoner who had spat in the face of one of the officers.
MPs moved by heaven and earth
Anna Patty One morning late last year, Mike Baird was having coffee near his city office when an executive from Deutsche Bank, where he once worked, stopped to chat about the global economy.
Gonski report not government policy, insists Garrett
Anna Patty The Federal Government has given its clearest indication yet that it has stepped back from tackling the flawed system of schools funding.
