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Young Novocastrian of the year challenges Government’s anti-protest moves in Supreme Court

21 November, 2024 - The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port has been under sustained attack by the NSW Government. 2020 Newcastle Young Citizen, ...

Communities left out of developers and government housing deal

15 November, 2024 - The NSW Government has announced a new Housing Development Authority that will cut local councils and communities out of the planning proces...

NSW Labor throwing good money after bad as Greens raise alarm about greyhound injuries at Gosford track

15 November, 2024 - In just one race meeting at Gosford this week, a record 20 greyhounds were injured. There have been at least 228 greyhounds injured on the t...

Anti-protest report tabled 43 days late and ignores community

14 November, 2024 - The NSW Government has tabled a report on the review into the Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2022, 43 days after it was legally ...

NSW Crossbench Unite to End Native Forest Logging

14 November, 2024 - The Minns Labor Government has received a letter from 5 key independent members of the NSW Parliament calling for an immediate halt to loggi...

NSW Labor Escalates Crackdown on Protest

12 November, 2024 - The NSW Labor Government has signalled their intent to further crackdown on the right to protest this week with a new bill to drastically in...

Court Rules in favour of Police over Newcastle Climate Protest

7 November, 2024 - Today the NSW Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the NSW Police Commissioner against grassroots climate action group Rising Tide in the Pol...

University students and staff facing discipline for pro-Palestine views and activism

7 November, 2024 - Students and staff at universities across Sydney are facing a wave of repression for pro-Palestine political views and activism. In what stud...

Lack of supervision caused police dogs deaths?

1 November, 2024 - The death of two police dogs that were not adequately supervised in a police vehicle have sparked questions from the Greens about what protoc...

$19.5 million in hidden grants to Hornsby Shire Council

30 October, 2024 - The current Minister for Local Government was not informed of an additional $19.5 million in grants awarded by the Berejiklian Government to ...

NSW Greens response to Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen

30 October, 2024 - The Federal Government has shortlisted a methodology proposed by the NSW Government as part of their Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) sch...

NSW Police Force attempt to sink Newcastle climate protest

29 October, 2024 - The NSW Police Commissioner has taken the organisers of the planned Rising Tide climate protest at the Newcastle Coal Port to the Supreme Cou...

State of the Beaches Report for Ballina electorate 2024

26 October, 2024 - Most of the Ocean beaches in Byron Shire and Ballina Shire have been given excellent grades in this year’s State of the Beaches report. Water...

Proposed changes to drinking water guidelines for PFAS not low enough: Greens

21 October, 2024 - The NSW Government should be strongly advocating for Australia’s drinking water guidelines to reflect global best practice after draft new gu...

Culture of misconduct in the NSW Police

18 October, 2024 - The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has recommended disciplinary action against three officers in their report following Operation ...