
Michael McGowan
State Politics Reporter at Sydney Morning Herald
State politics reporter for the @smh 🤙🏼
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5 days ago |
smh.com.au | Max Maddison |Michael McGowan
By Max Maddison and Michael McGowan June 2, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Transforming Sydney Harbour’s last working port on Glebe Island into thousands of high-density apartments is shaping up as a key plank of Premier Chris Minns’ plans to increase housing after the collapse of his $5 billion deal to transform Rosehill Gardens racecourse into a “mini-city”.
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6 days ago |
smh.com.au | Michael McGowan |Max Maddison
By Michael McGowan and Max Maddison June 1, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. NSW Labor denies it has struck a deal with the conservative Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party to support paying bounty hunters to shoot feral animals, despite Premier Chris Minns’ abrupt decision to change the government’s stance on the controversial policy.
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watoday.com.au | Michael McGowan |Max Maddison
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watoday.com.au | Michael McGowan
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1 week ago |
smh.com.au | Michael McGowan
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A long-time friend and colleague of former School Infrastructure NSW boss Anthony Manning received millions of dollars in contracts which either “pushed the boundaries” of, or breached, government procurement rules, the state’s anti-corruption watchdog has heard.
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NSW gov accidentally reveals plans to build 45k homes around eight metro / heavy rail stations + build metro west @michaelkoziol https://t.co/LV4nV8a29k

The Minns government’s electricity supply review has raised concerns about whether the agency tasked with delivering NSW’s multibillion-dollar renewable energy zones is up to the job, finding there is “significant risk” with the program in its current form https://t.co/HmcuPH7e0X

Mark Latham has quit One Nation after accusing the party of financial impropriety in an explosive letter sent to the state government – allegations that have been referred to the electoral commission, from @maxmaddison https://t.co/4ULQGiG4AL