Newcastle band 'absolutely gutted' by Splendour In The Grass cancellation The future of music festivals in Australia has become unknown. Newcastle Herald · Mar 27, 2024
NSW ban on gay conversion will 'save countless lives' A ban on gay conversion therapy has been welcomed by LGBTQI advocates after laws passed NSW parliament's upper house. AAP · Mar 21, 2024
Groovin the Moo canned: Greens MP slams 'over-the-top' rules She said festival organisers have had to endure 'onerous' oversight. Newcastle Herald · Feb 15, 2024
Billion-dollar interchange 'debacle' in MPs' crosshairs Traffic gridlock around a controversial underground interchange in inner-city Sydney could take six months to ease, the state government says. AAP · Feb 7, 2024
NSW police accused of ‘killing’ music festivals by charging excessive fees Greens MP and Australian Festival Association say NSW force charging much more than other states to patrol equivalent events The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2023
'Massive rort': review under way into pokie club grants A grants scheme that allows clubs to reduce their gambling taxes is under review as critics call for the controversial scheme to be scrapped. AAP · Nov 14, 2023
Sydney venue moves $26m in pokies profits to NRL club as ‘community development and support’ Canterbury leagues club has given millions to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs since 2014-15 The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2023
2 Men Died After Attending Festivals Over The W/E But NSW Govt Still Won’t Budge On Pill Testing "Heavy police presence, with drug dogs, makes people engage in riskier behaviour such as ingesting all of their drugs at once." Pedestrian.tv · Oct 3, 2023
Renewed call to end festival drug dogs, strip searches Calls to stop using sniffer dogs at music festivals and provide pill testing instead have escalated after damning data about the use of the canines. AAP · Sep 30, 2023
NSW Health warning about high-dose ‘Gucci’ ecstasy tablets sparks fresh calls for festival pill testing NSW premier Chris Minns is ‘burying his head in the sand’ about the risks to party-goers who can’t access pill testing, say testing advocates The Guardian - AU · Sep 27, 2023
Bad smell for drug-detection dogs at music festivals A drug summit next year will likely probe the effectiveness of sniffer dogs after police data showed the canines had a success rate of just 25 per cent. AAP · Sep 27, 2023
Chris Minns rules out underground power lines for controversial HumeLink project due to cost Parliamentary committee recommends overhead transmission but groups opposing 360km of lines being built across regional NSW vow to keep fighting The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2023
Overhead power lines the 'correct approach' despite critics: inquiry Critics branded the result 'a complete sham'. Newcastle Herald · Aug 31, 2023
Strength in numbers: communities band together against 'zombie DAs' Community groups across the east coast of the state have banded together to defend bushland from what they call "inappropriate" developments. Newcastle Herald · Aug 24, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023 Metro West: Parramatta MP Andrew Charlton adds to pressure on Chris Minns to commit to project NSW premier has cast doubt over future of project but federal Labor MP for Parramatta says it ‘needs to happen’
The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2023 Warragamba Dam walls may need to be raised for ‘safety reasons’ despite Labor’s vow to drop plan Exclusive: Controversial plan to raise wall at Sydney’s main reservoir threatens to spill over into Minns government’s first term
ABC News · Mar 24, 2023 Court rules in favour of South West Rocks 'zombie DA' residential development going ahead A NSW court has ruled in favour of a development application lodged 30 years ago at the village of South West Rocks amid concerns that historic plans don't hold up under modern environmental standards.
AAP · Mar 24, 2023 Angry outback town feels abandoned after mass fish kill Frustration and anger is growing in the NSW outback town on Menindee more than a week after millions of fish washed up dead on the Darling-Baaka River
AAP · Mar 24, 2023 Greens confident of federal result repeat in NSW The Greens are hoping to hold the balance of power in NSW even as both major parties gun for a clean sweep into government.
AAP · Mar 22, 2023 Calls for royal commission after Menindee fish kill The NSW Greens want a royal commission to investigate the management of the Murray-Darling Basin, including whether water policies address climate change.
ABC News · Mar 21, 2023 Fish kill clean-up finally underway at Menindee, a week after creatures began clogging up river The clean-up of millions of stinking, rotting, dead fish is finally underway, almost a week after an unprecedented fish kill affected a far-western New South Wales town.
The New Daily · Mar 19, 2023 Politicians call for action on Menindee mass fish deaths Politicians are calling for the urgent removal of the millions of dead fish clogging the waterways of the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee.
AAP · Mar 19, 2023 Emergency operation to deal with millions of dead fish Government agencies are mobilising at Menindee in outback NSW to co-ordinate the response to enormous clusters of dead fish in the Darling-Baaka River.
ABC News · Mar 15, 2023 NSW Greens lash out at Nationals over 'grossly mismanaged' water portfolios in new campaign A plan to drastically change current water management practices in the Darling River has been launched by the NSW Greens, with the aim to oust the National party from water management portfolios.
ABC News · Mar 11, 2023 Greens eye holding balance of power as experts predict tight result in New South Wales election The Greens say they will not support a Coalition government in New South Wales, but the Labor Party still needs to convince them it is "worth supporting" after this month's election.