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Property group withdraws proposal for controversial over-55s development on NSW Mid North Coast

Ingenia Communities has informed Nambucca Valley Council of its plans to withdraw the proposal for an over-55s "lifestyle community" at Scotts Head.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

NSW debates petition to end forest logging

Environmental activists are calling for an end to public native forest logging in a motion being debated by NSW parliament.

AAP · Oct 13, 2022

Cannabis offences fall in Hunter, as medical use rises

Cannabis offences continued to fall this year, despite COVID restrictions being lifted.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 9, 2022

Southern NSW irrigators plan to challenge flood plain harvesting legislation in court

For the first time irrigators in northern NSW valleys will have to measure their flood plain harvesting take, but southern NSW water users say they are still allowed to take more than their fair share.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

NSW govt lawyer disputes job offer claim

Evidence given by a former public servant who said she was offered a job that eventually went to John Barilaro was "not correct", the official says.

AAP · Jul 18, 2022

Mirador developer RCL Group open to land swap with Bega Valley Shire Council

A NSW Far South Coast property developer says his company is open to a land swap after community concerns were raised about a residential project's potential impact on biodiversity.

ABC News · Jul 15, 2022

Evidence from NSW inquiry into John Barilaro's US trade job referred to ICAC

Evidence from the parliamentary inquiry into the process that saw former deputy premier John Barilaro given a plum trade job will be referred to NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

Premier 'squibbed it' on Barilaro: Labor

Labor has criticised the NSW premier for failing to sack John Barilaro from his New York appointment, calling it a lost opportunity to show leadership.

AAP · Jun 30, 2022

Medicinal cannabis inquiry looks at driving exemption

Medicinal cannabis users face discrimination at roadside drug tests, compared to other prescription drug users.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 16, 2022

Sydney news: Levels of violent crime involving a weapon stay low in NSW, despite Sydney gangland murders

MORNING BRIEFING: Crime statistics show murders, assaults and robberies involving a knife or firearm are lower than in almost any other year over the past two decades.

ABC News · Jun 15, 2022