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Environmental groups say the federal government's decision to upgrade koalas from "vulnerable" to "endangered" in three jurisdictions is "grim" but "important".

The new listing is recommended by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.

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MORNING BRIEFING: The federal government says changing koalas' status from vulnerable to endangered forms part of a plan to protect the iconic animal.

For four generations, members of the Osborn family have farmed land by the Hunter River at Pitnacree, and they hope there will be a fifth generation, but they now worry that has been cast into doubt because of a proposed NSW government rule that will cut into when they can…

Voters in four NSW electorates will head to the polls on Saturday in the first electoral test of Premier Dominic Perrottet and Labor's Chris Minns.

The NSW government has met business leaders to plan a revival of Sydney's CBD, as the state reports another 19 deaths and 8950 infections.

The two plants selected for early shutdown currently produce about 7% of Australia’s total carbon emissions

The conservation status of the koalas has been downgraded from vulnerable to endangered across Queensland, NSW and the ACT.

Thousands of votes have already been cast for this weekend's by-elections, but Green says with an extended deadline for mailed-in ballots we're not likely to know who's come out on top for quite some time.

Margaret Crawford says audit needs to be ‘reaffirmed’ after transport secretary casts doubt on approval of $5.2bn rail funding