Nigel Miles

The four-day week won’t happen overnight, but it could transform how we live and work

Reduced working hours could lead to important changes in how society is organised.

Working from home is part of the new normal. Bosses need to lay off

Happier, more productive workers and cheaper office space: working from home means everyone’s a winner

This is the weakest economy outside of a recession. Here’s what the GDP figures show

The economy hasn’t been this weak outside of a recession since the 1980s. GDP per capita has fallen for six consecutive quarters – the longest period in records going back to the 1970s.

Peter Dutton has revved up Australia’s climate war

… and scientists and business are in despair.

Why being an Archibald finalist can mean a lot more than fame

On Thursday, 57 artists will be announced as Archibald finalists, and the winner of the Packing Room prize will be revealed.

It could cost you thousands, so how do you pick a good super fund?

Many of us don’t think twice about what super fund we get put in, but poor performance can cost you thousands. Here’s what you should look out for.

Housing is Sydney’s biggest crisis. Now targets are here, the hard work starts

The plan is clear: the city’s west will keep expanding, but now the east and north must too. Above all, the housing must be delivered.

Don’t let Molly Ticehurst die in vain. I don’t care if we restrict civil liberties

Sometimes the most terrible things provide the opportunity for us to change things for the better.

Rentvesting gathers pace - The Telegraph

DEMAND FOR DATA AFTER ROAD TOLL SPIKE - The Telegraph

Minns must explain how cutting school budgets is in Labor’s DNA

Reports that NSW public schools will have their budgets slashed by up to $148 million at first glance risks making a mockery of Premier Chris Minns’ election pledge to improve public education.

Public schools have an image problem, even without funding cuts

Enrolments at public schools have been dropping and this is cited as a key reason behind a slashing of schools’ budgets, revealed to principals in an all-staff note earlier this week.

Kristy worked on flood rescue all night. When she got home her town was covered in coal

Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.

State’s highest paid public servant quits troubled insurer

The chief executive of icare, Richard Harding, will leave his $1 million-plus role as the agency has been ordered to rein in its ballooning expenses. 

‘Squid game’ for school drop-off and Balmain abandoned: Fury over Rozelle chaos

Surveyed residents give Transport for NSW a one-out-of-10 rating for its response to the traffic problems created by the opening of the interchange.

NSW cut public school budgets. Now it’s asking for an extra $8 billion

The NSW government and Commonwealth are at loggerheads over funding contributions to the state’s public schools.

‘A big problem for a large part of society’: Sydney rents hit record highs

A typical house or unit in Sydney now costs $80 or more than a year ago, with scant relief for renters in sight.

$148m cut to NSW public school budgets a 'necessity', government says

Education Minister Prue Car says the slashed budget reflects declining public school student numbers as well as an over-staffed executive cohort.

The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney

Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.