Matt Wade

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Alexandra Smith |Matt Wade

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian elections often throw up ultra-tight contests. But this year’s battle for the seat of Bradfield on Sydney’s north shore has been a roller coaster ride from the start. More than four weeks after election day, only a few votes separated Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian and teal independent Nicolette Boele.

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade

By Matt Wade June 2, 2025 — 11.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A mismatch between where most of Sydney’s care workforce lives and where they work is hampering services that support tens of thousands of vulnerable people and taking a toll on the city’s economy.

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Wade |Shane Wright |Olivia Ireland

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Victorian seat of Calwell has finally been called for the Labor Party, leaving neck-and-neck Bradfield as the sole remaining electorate in doubt from the May 3 election. Held by now-retired Labor veteran Maria Vamvakinou for more than two decades, Calwell – a working-class north suburban seat – should have been safe.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade |Olivia Ireland

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Victorian seat of Calwell is now the only seat in Australia that’s too close to call after Bradfield was tenuously secured by an independent on Monday. Held by now-retired Labor veteran Maria Vamvakinou for more than two decades, Calwell – a working-class north suburban seat – should have been safe.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade |Craig Butt

By Matt Wade and Craig Butt May 19, 2025 — 11.31am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The top 1 per cent of income earners in a ring of Sydney harbourside suburbs take home more than $5 million a year on average, while in another 25 neighbourhoods across the city the best-paid 1 per cent make more than $2 million.