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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 ...

Greens rally against Minns on protest as community stand united

17 October, 2024 - Today the Greens, alongside spokespeople from the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, the Maritime Union of Australia, Rising Tide, Extinction R...

Nature Negative, Global Summit an embarrassment

8 October, 2024 - The NSW and Australian Labor Governments have kicked off the first Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney this morning despite the recent app...

Premier Chris Minns' latest attempt to stifle right to protest masquerades as "User-pays"

8 October, 2024 - Following the huge crowds that attended peaceful anti-war protests over the weekend, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has spoken out about the poss...

Pro-Palestine and Peaceful Protest wins the day

3 October, 2024 - The NSW Police application in the Supreme Court to prohibit pro Palestine assemblies in Sydney on 6 and 7 October has failed. After a day of h...

Flower Boxes cited as major safety concern in NSW Police Force attempt to block peaceful protest

2 October, 2024 - The NSW Police Force has made an application to prohibit upcoming Pro-Palestine rallies on October 6 and 7 citing “safety concerns”. Its notic...

Shutting Down Protests is an Attack on Democracy, Says Greens MP Kobi Shetty

2 October, 2024 - NSW Greens MP and party spokesperson on Democracy, Kobi Shetty, has voiced strong opposition to the NSW Government’s efforts to stop protests ...

New mines equal to 11 times NSW annual emissions

25 September, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government has approved three coal mine extensions in the NSW Hunter Valley that will contribute eleven times more emiss...

60 day cap kicks in today for Byron Shire

23 September, 2024 - From 23 September the community in Byron Shire is the first in NSW to have a legally enforceable means to regulate holiday letting beyond t...

Productivity Inquiry into early childhood education recommends a Universal free sector

20 September, 2024 - This week the Federal Government tabled the final report of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into early childhood education and care (...