Fortune in native title cash lost, group says
Louise Hall A GROUP of Aborigines who won the first native title claim on the Australian mainland have been accused of frittering away the $740,000 paid in compensation by the NSW government.
'Finally, we had a minister with real vision'
Louise Hall, Sean Nicholls and Brian Robins GRAHAM WEST entered politics wanting to make the world a better place for the disadvantaged after working alongside Kristina Keneally at the Catholic charity St Vincent de Paul.
I did it my way, insists Premier as Joe has a quiet word
Louise Hall and Conrad Walters Less than a hour after sitting next to Joe Tripodi at an Italian Republic Day festival, the Premier, Kristina Keneally, was again forced to defend herself against claims that he and fellow right-wing...
Disabled children face years in crisis care
Louise Hall CHILDREN and teenagers with disabilities have been stuck in crisis accommodation, some for more than eight years - at a cost of up to $1.
Funding fails to cut surgery list
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS THE number of people waiting for elective surgery in NSW has risen by more than 4500, despite the allocation of $38 million in federal funds to cut waiting lists.
Cleaning up after a day of muckraking
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS THE mood was sombre yesterday afternoon as the Governor, Marie Bashir, presided over the eighth cabinet swearing-in ceremony in 20 months.
Flueless: heater study still a secret
Ben Cubby and Louise Hall THE state government has asserted privilege to suppress a report that shows unflued gas heaters have unspecified health effects on children in NSW schools.
Barber's chair but no haircuts, and towel-free Friday nights
Louise Hall KEN'S at Kensington is considered ''a veritable Sydney institution'', according to the Explore Gay Australia website.
Keneally accused of 'palming off' family in disability row
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS A SYDNEY family who saved the NSW government $1 million in construction costs by sending their wheelchair-bound son to an independent school has lost $25,000 a year in teacher's aide funding.
Warning to go out over council bribes
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS BRIBES and gifts to public officials are so ''prevalent and problematic'' that an education campaign in multiple languages should be launched, the corruption watchdog says.
ICAC finds councils at high risk of corruption
Louise Hall LOCAL councils are highly vulnerable to corruption yet do not use adequate risk controls such as audits, the corruption watchdog says.
Greens push to outlaw 'unsafe' solariums
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS SUNBEDS and tanning clinics should be banned, the Greens say, after a government audit found nearly 40 per cent of the businesses were operating illegally.
Disgraced MP faces allegations over super
Louise Hall The NSW opposition has accused the disgraced former MP Karyn Paluzzano of deliberately delaying her confession to the Independent Commission Against Corruption until she became eligible for a...
ALP braces for 'massive flogging' in disgraced MP's seat
Brian Robins and Louise Hall THE state government faces the loss of the seat of Penrith in a byelection expected to be held in late June after the sitting member, Karyn Paluzzano, yesterday decided to quit Parliament.
Cabinet prefers stick over carrot
Louise Hall, STATE POLITICS A RADICAL plan to overhaul the laws and policy regarding young offenders has been rejected by the NSW government.
Aboriginal head to ease tension at department
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS The new head of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs, James Christian, has promised to clean up an alleged culture of bullying and mismanagement that staff say has flourished for almost a decade.
They ran the state, and now in retirement they're running up bills
Louise Hall STATE POLITICS RETIRED premiers spent more than $1.2 million in taxpayer-funded expenses last year on top of their parliamentary pensions.
From ghetto to grove, a housing success story
Louise Hall THE Gordon Estate in Dubbo had long been a ghetto of welfare dependency, hopelessness and crime when it gained national notoriety with an alcohol-fuelled riot on New Year's Day 2006.
NSW increases fines for damaging Aboriginal sites
Louise Hall DEVELOPERS and farmers who unwittingly damage an Aboriginal object or site will face fines of up to $1.
It's only been four months, but Kristina's now Kevin's best mate
Andrew Clennell and Louise Hall KRISTINA KENEALLY was enjoying the most successful day of her four-month-old premiership yesterday, gloating in parliament about helping Kevin Rudd win his agreement with the states, which secured $1.
