Catherine Hanrahan

Jun 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Catherine Hanrahan

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has vowed not to impose austerity on the state despite the NSW budget remaining in deficit for the next four years. With an $11.9 billion write-down of GST revenue blowing a hole in the budget there are no large-scale cost-of-living sweeteners for households. These are some of the biggest announcements that could affect you. The government is making a $6.6 billion investment in what is being billed as the largest state-based investment in social housing in NSW history.

Apr 14, 2024 | abc.net.au | Catherine Hanrahan

In short: NSW Police has launched Strike Force Mcauley, an investigation into the deaths of six people at Westfield Bondi Junction in a stabbing attack on Saturday. Tributes have flowed for the six victims, five women and one man, five of who have now been named. What's next: Police are preparing a brief of evidence for the NSW Coroner. A police investigation into the stabbing deaths of six people at Westfield Bondi Junction could take "weeks and months", according to NSW Police.

Dec 20, 2023 | abc.net.au | Catherine Hanrahan

The next two weeks may traditionally be a time to eat, drink and be merry — but it's also the most deadly time of year in Australia's waters. Twenty-two people drowned between Christmas Day last year and January 2. That week represented a quarter of the 90 drowning deaths last summer. Already this summer there have been at least two mass rescues of swimmers at NSW beaches late in the evening.

Dec 16, 2023 | abc.net.au | Catherine Hanrahan

Christmas lunch is the latest victim of the cost of living crisis thanks to skyrocketing food prices. Big jumps in the price of everything has pushed the consumer price index (CPI), which measures rises in the costs of goods, to much higher increases than we've been used to. The CPI has mostly stayed at or below the Reserve Bank's target range of 2 to 3 per cent annually for the past 10 years. But after a COVID-induced dip in 2020, it began rising, shooting up sharply throughout last year.

Dec 7, 2023 | abc.net.au | Catherine Hanrahan

It's the plan that will see residents living near eight Sydney metro and train stations see their suburbs transformed with new housing development. The Minns government this week announced more than 185,000 new homes would be built near metro and suburban rail stations to address NSW's housing crisis. The plan aims to rezone eight areas within 1,200 metres of transport hubs by November next year to build 47,800 homes.