Coutts-Trotter to lead NSW Treasury

Former DPC head Michael Coutts-Trotter has been appointed Secretary of NSW Treasury.

21 May, 2023

Interim report shows more reporting needed on Indigenous expenditure

Not enough money is being spent on access to services for Indigenous people, a new report from NSW Treasury has revealed.

18 November, 2021

Developers decry new tax slug on foreign property investors

Claims new surcharge will pump up prices.

23 May, 2016

Developers back business, union push to replace NSW Stamp Duty

Treasury not buying tax reform. Yet.

5 April, 2016

NSW Office of Finance and Services hunts for new boss

Change agent sought for innovation agenda.

3 November, 2014

Lord Howe Island tilts at renewable energy independence

Solar, wind and storage set to slash big diesel bills.

29 July, 2014

NSW ministers forced to sacrifice Harbour Views

By Paul Hemsley The iconic views of Sydney Harbour once par for the course in the plush office suits of New South Wales government ministers are set to become a perk of the past after the O’Farrell government revealed it will be vacating Governor Macquarie Tower (GMT) to move a few city blocks downtown to […]

21 November, 2013

Reforming councils without amalgamation

By Chris Johnson* With council elections in NSW complete and submissions to a government review of the viability of local government submitted in September, now is the time to rethink the third tier of government. Many councils seem to want to remain as they are, but research shows that up to half of NSW councils […]

2 January, 2013

Council rates at risk in NSW land valuation bungle

By Julian Bajkowski Substantial miscalculations in the value of rural land have come back to bite the New South Wales bureaucracy after Broken Hill City Council confirmed it wants the state to stump up almost $7 million in overcharged rates that were levied on mining company Perilya. NSW Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce […]

30 November, 2012