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New paper reveals unfit forest surveys killing wildlife and driving the extinction crisis

5 August, 2024 - Groundbreaking research published today by fourteen of Australia’s premier forest scientists has revealed the extent of the destruction of nati...

LECC report exposes inadequate police investigations almost buried Keneally’s lies

2 August, 2024 - The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has today published its final report into Operation Tambre , concerning the conduct of Constable ...

NSW Forestry Corporation fined $360 thousand for logging breaches

31 July, 2024 - The NSW Forestry Corporation has today been convicted and sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court for offences relating to native f...

Tamara Smith MP Visits Wollongbar Pods, Addresses Housing Crisis for Flood-Affected Families

30 July, 2024 - Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP, today visited residents of the Wollongbar temporary accommodation pods, following Ballina Shire Council's r...

No Positive Plan for Nature - NSW extinction crisis will continue under Labor

17 July, 2024 - The Government has finally released its long awaited and highly anticipated response to the Ken Henry Review - the five year statutory review in...

Rozelle Interchange Inquiry Report Finds Local Community Sacrificed for Toll-Road Profits

15 July, 2024 - The long-awaited findings and recommendations from the Parliamentary Inquiry into the disastrous Rozelle Interchange project have been handed do...

The future of e-bikes and e-scooters to go under the microscope with NSW Upper House Inquiry

11 July, 2024 - The future of e-bikes, e-scooters and other similar transport options will go under the microscope as part of a NSW Upper House Committee Inquir...

Anti-protest laws see 21-year-old wrongly thrown in prison

9 July, 2024 - Another young woman in NSW has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment for protesting about climate change. 21 year-old Laura Davy was sentenced...

Urgent injunction ordered at Wallum to pause works

5 July, 2024 - On 4 July, the Federal Court granted an injunction that will stop work being undertaken at the Save Wallum site, other than the installation...

Internal police reviews continue to leave women to die

1 July, 2024 - The death of another woman, Sarah Miles, at the hands of a domestic partner in Casino, and why it took police more than an hour to respond to a c...

Targeted logging in future National Park

28 June, 2024 - Analysis undertaken by the Forest Alliance NSW shows forests in the proposed Great Koala National Park are being targeted with logging at a...

Billions of dollars to be handed over to the Catholic Church with new Bill: Greens

19 June, 2024 - The Catholic Church is set to earn billions of dollars from a bill before Parliament this week that will hand it control of a significant share ...

Mixed bag budget

18 June, 2024 - Today as the New South Wales Budget is handed down by the Labor Government, Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina, welcomes some positive outcomes...