The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Koalas endangered listing a national failure, ACT environment minister says

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

The Canberra Times · Feb 10, 2022

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

Sydney news: Federal government lists koalas as endangered in NSW, Queensland and ACT

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

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

NSW, Qld, ACT koalas officially endangered

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

AAP · Feb 10, 2022

NSW by-elections to be held in Bega, Monaro, Willoughby and Strathfield this weekend

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.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

‘Quite alarmed’: NSW auditor general says she will reconsider approval of state’s finances

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

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

Regional towns vie for street (art) cred

Flying fish and 18 metre-high emus put NSW towns on the public art map

Newcastle Herald · Feb 10, 2022

NSW activists ‘delighted’ as high court rejects Kepco’s coalmine in Bylong Valley

Environmental advocates tell South Korean miner to ‘pack its bags’ as company considers next steps

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

NSW to revisit economic gender disparity in the wake of Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins

Expert women’s panel will look at ways to close gender pay gap, make childcare more affordable and accessible, and get more women into the workforce

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

High Court rejects South Korean company's request to appeal Bylong Valley coal mine in NSW

A South Korean company's last-ditch bid to build a new coal mine in regional New South Wales has been dismissed by the High Court.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022