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ClubsNSW drops lawsuits against gaming whistleblower

ClubsNSW has withdrawn all legal action against whistleblower and cancer patient Troy Stolz, who lifted the lid on lax money laundering checks.

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ClubsNSW settles case with terminally ill whistleblower Troy Stolz

Long-running case ends days after lobby group sacked its CEO over comments about the NSW premier’s Catholic faith

The Guardian - AU

NSW deficit doubles, weighed by flood and pandemic

The NSW budget deficit has blown out, but Treasurer Matt Kean says Labor's plans will add further fuel to the inflation fire.

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Coal royalties up by $2.0 billion in NSW half-yearly budget update

The big driver of government revenue is mostly from mines exporting through Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Former MP Daryl Maguire fronts Sydney court on visa and migration fraud charges

Daryl Maguire is yet to enter a plea after being charged over an alleged visa and migration fraud that took place while he was sitting in the NSW parliament.

ABC News

The farmers fighting gas projects in NSW are politically savvy, but they face a giant in Santos

The debate over whether land in the Liverpool Plains is used for agriculture or pipelines is uniting generations of families

The Guardian - AU

NSW mining royalties frozen while coal companies navigate price cap

Deputy Premier Paul Toole refuses to reveal how much revenue the state will lose from the mining royalty rate freeze, but says he's "confident" the announcement will not affect the budget.

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Former MP Maguire faces court for alleged visa scheme

The ex-NSW MP who resigned after an anti-corruption inquiry that exposed his secret relationship with the premier was excused from his next court appearance.

AAP

Perrottet concedes 'challenges' after $1b train blowout

Premier Dominic Perrottet has defended reports the cost of replacing NSW's ageing XPT fleet has blown out by $1 billion and been delayed by three years.

AAP

Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed

Many students are returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was overhauled to include the “explicit teaching of grammar, sentence structure and punctuation in high school”.

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Rent freeze needed for 'cooked' NSW housing: Greens

The NSW Greens say the rental market leaves millions of people feeling like second class citizens, and an independent body is needed to fix the sector.

AAP

Perrottet punts on Victoria adopting cashless gaming

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is calling on Victoria to embrace his proposal to make all poker machines cashless to curb harm and reduce money laundering.

AAP

Police overlooked gay hate in historical NSW murder

A gay man who was strangled to death in Sydney more than three decades ago is one of seven cases where police had blind spots, an inquiry has heard.

AAP

Dominic Perrottet gambles on poker machine reform as a vote winner

Not long ago it would have been political suicide to adopt measures so strongly opposed by ClubsNSW – but time will tell how it plays out at the polls

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Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor vows to leave port legislation intact

The Opposition has confirmed it will not introduce more hurdles to the port developing a container terminal if it forms government.

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Greens propose moratorium on clearing of koala habitat

The NSW Greens want an immediate halt to the clearing of koala habitat in NSW and the creation of a 'Koala Super Highway' under a new plan to save the species

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NSW police minister's brother Kurt Toole in 'harsh' segregation ahead of sentencing for commercial drug supply

A sentencing hearing has heard that Kurt Toole, the younger brother of the NSW Police Minister Paul Toole, remains in harsh segregation ahead of sentencing for commercial drug supply, in case "somebody who doesn't like the police minister, might take things out on his brother".

Newcastle Herald

Family members can ban problem gamblers under pokie reforms

The government's plan includes a ban on political donations from pubs and clubs and a $500 load-up limit on poker machines.

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Native forest logging protests ramp up ahead of NSW state election

Protesters have halted forestry operations after launching protests against native timber logging in northern NSW in the lead up to the state election.

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro’s NY trade appointment showed signs of a ‘job for the boys’, NSW inquiry finds

Committee says former minister Stuart Ayres showed ‘poor judgment’ during ‘flawed’ process

ABC News

Transwoman and country vet Kate Toyer looks back on her transition ahead of World Pride 2023

When vet Kate Toyer let people know she was no longer Adam, her country town embraced her. To her three children, Kate's transition is not a big deal, but they are proud she made the big decision later on in life to live her truth.

The Guardian - AU

New NSW plan for Murray-Darling saves almost no water

The state government’s previous proposal was slammed by experts as lacking scientific evidence. There are concerns the next iteration is no better

ABC News

John Barilaro trade appointment had all the hallmarks of 'jobs for the boys', inquiry finds

A parliamentary inquiry has found former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's appointment to a plum New York trade job had "all the trademarks of a 'job for the boys'."

ABC News

Menindee Lakes water saving project lacked transparency, ignored scientific evidence, study finds

A paper published in an international science journal criticises the government's lack of transparency and community consultation over the Menindee Lakes project unveiled in 2018.

AAP

NSW premier backs plan to house renters with retirees

Using an app to match lonely retirees in large homes with young people locked out of the housing market has merit, the NSW premier says.

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