Coalitionâs grant schemes now hopelessly politicised
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Deputy Premier John Barilaro is wrong to accuse Greens MLA David Shoebridge of politicising bushfire funding (âBushfire damaged areas get zero fundsâ, February 8). The politicisation occurred when the NSW government decided to allocate these funds on the basis of whether the electorate is held by the Coalition. As is the case with so many grants programs in NSW, decisions are no longer based on need or merit, but on the political benefit to Barilaroâs party and its Coalition partner. -
Undermining IPC betrays Barilaroâs deeper loyalties
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The Independent Planning Commission has rejected the application of the Dendrobium mine expansion saying the project risked irreversible damage to Sydneyâs drinking water (âBarilaro rakes IPC over coals on mine rulingâ, February 6-7). Deputy Premier John Barilaro, not happy with this outcome, wants to shoot the umpire, overturn the result and disband the IPC, leaving the decision to the experts in NSW Planning (who deemed the mines âapprovableâ last year) before any serious environmental investigation took place. I would like to thank the good people at WaterNSW, who have taken a strong, science-based opposition to the project because of the expected draining of swamps, and subsidence and cracking and damage to water quality. An appro
Governor Philip Lowe says the bank is now open to financially supporting a broader range of think tanks as he pushed back at claims his recent JobSeeker comments exceeded his mandate.
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TAFE teachersâ award is a dead weight on new ideas and reform
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The biggest problem facing the countryâs leading training provider, TAFE NSW, is aspects of the award under which teachers are employed which is so generous they only have to teach for 36 weeks a year, according to a former deputy director-generalof TAFE NSW, Robin Shreeve.
In December, a damning investigation by the NSW auditor into a failed restructure of NSW TAFE found that governance in the organisation was ânot fit for purposeâ and its commercial objectives conflicted with the social objectives demanded of it by law.