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Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith is the State Political Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

A wild ride: former premier Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-partner Daryl Maguire, centre. Clockwise from top left, short-lived Labor leader Jodi McKay, former premier Dominc Perrottet, ex-Labor leader Luke Foley, 90-minute upper house speaker Natasha Maclaren-Jones, Fred Nile with Alex Greenwhich, and jailed former Liberal MP Gareth Ward.

After eight years in this mad house, I’ve seen it all – including surprising friendships

This is my last column as state political editor. It’s been a wild ride.

  • Alexandra Smith

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Data centres and the virtuous cycle.

Your every swipe, tap and click goes through one of these buildings. They are also driving the NSW economy

Data centres are “depicted as energy vampires, water hogs and job killers”. Not in Australia, according to the peak body for the tech super hubs.

  • Matt Wade and Alexandra Smith
The High Court last year ruled in favour of a land claim over the abandoned Paddington Bowling Club.

Why the battle for NSW bowlos and surf clubs just got bigger

A local Aboriginal land council had a major victory last year when it won a claim over land in Sydney’s east. But the government is moving to tighten the laws.

  • Alexandra Smith
Wendy Tuckerman in parliament.

The embarrassing email blunder that revealed NSW Libs’ stance on gun laws

Opposition leader Kellie Sloane has indicated the Liberals, who are under threat from One Nation, would be prepared to rethink NSW’s new gun laws.

  • Alexandra Smith
CCTV footage shows the unexpected moment that sparked chaos at the Town Hall protest against the visit of Isaac Herzog.

The premier faced criticism over chaotic protests. Most voters back his actions

Chris Minns has defended the chaotic scenes at last month’s anti-Isaac Herzog protest, insisting he was keeping the city safe through his anti-protest laws.

  • Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney
On the rise … One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

This party has no MPs and no candidates. So why are NSW voters so infatuated?

Why are almost a quarter of NSW voters, according to the latest Resolve polling, prepared to back Pauline Hanson’s chimera of a party as it stands in this state?

  • Alexandra Smith
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Chris Minns, Kellie Sloane. And ‘other’.

‘Cannibalising Labor’s vote’: One Nation’s insurgence into NSW

One Nation is yet to announce a single candidate ahead of next year’s state election, but its polling results do not reflect that.

  • Alexandra Smith
Alex Osipovich has a mechanical workshop at BP Clovelly and also owns an independent service station, Bobbinhead Petrol Station.

Fuel reserve released as farmers warn of food price hit

The government has authorised the release of up to 760 million litres of petrol and diesel, giving priority to regional areas that have been running short.

  • Jessica Yun, Paul Sakkal, Alexandra Smith and Cindy Yin
The state developer Landcom wanted to buy Victoria Barracks. The federal government knocked it back.

‘Gems that belong to the national estate’: Keating’s attack on Defence land sale

The former prime minister says the department has no right to sell significant public assets, including Sydney’s Victoria Barracks.

  • Alexandra Smith
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich had decided to call time on his political career.

‘Saw fear in their faces’: The reason Alex Greenwich had a change of heart

The independent Sydney MP had decided to call it quits on public life. But two things have convinced him otherwise.

  • Alexandra Smith