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'Bait and bash' laws welcomed but more action wanted

Perpetrators of violence towards the queer community are being put on notice with laws on the books to punish offenders who boast about their crimes online.

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Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate for an additional two years which green groups say is a ‘disaster’

Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy says

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NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

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Regional towns set to spark from EV charger installing

Electric vehicle chargers will be rolled out across regional hotspots in a bid to attract more visitors to country towns.

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'Massive divisions' while koala park awaits approval

Generating carbon credits from a park to protect koalas could provide a long-term revenue stream and benefit "major emitters", but not everyone agrees.

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Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision

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NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

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'Bullied and exploited': dying man lashes energy group

An energy authority has come under fire over its tactics in trying to acquire a property from a dying man as part of a major transmission line project.

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'One-trick pony' MP bucks off parliament censure motion

Controversial MP Mark Latham has staved off a bid to draw a line under his alleged abuse of parliamentary privilege, hurling more vitriol during debate.

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Mark Latham escapes NSW censure motion for now – but faces privileges committee

Vote on conduct of independent MP delayed until investigation into his handling of information about police chief Karen Webb completed

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Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing

Independent MP Jacqui Scruby says she saw ‘fresh koala scratchings on trees just metres from clear-felling’ in parts of proposed Great Koala national park

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Mark Latham Admits To Sexting During Question Time After Explicit Texts Published

Independent NSW MP Mark Latham has been accused of emotional, psychological and physical abuse by his ex girlfriend of almost three years, claims he denies. However, in his first interview about the allegations, Latham has admitted to sending sexually explicit messages during parliamentary question time.

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Mark Latham denies abuse claims made in court documents by former partner

MP says claims filed in support of an application for a domestic violence order are ‘rubbish’ and that he has not yet been served with an order

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Emission targets on track but nature in 'deep trouble'

NSW is making great strides expanding renewable energy but more needs to be done to address waste management, biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Critically endangered possum found in second state

Ecologists have discovered a "needle in a haystack", finding a rare possum in a national park in a state it was previously thought to be extinct.

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Ill landholder urges compassion in shift to renewables

A rural landowner locked in a battle over a renewable energy project that would affect his property has begged the government to show humanity and decency.

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Power for millions of homes in major clean energy call

Grid access has been granted to ten renewables projects expected to supply electricity to more than half the homes in the country's most populous state.

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This idyllic NSW beach has been a gay haven for decades. Is the freedom it provides now under threat?

Kings beach has long been a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, but a crackdown on nude bathing has sparked concerns

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Iconic venue's future protected by heritage listing

A hotel that became a beacon for the community as homosexuality laws were amended before featuring in a hit movie is being preserved as a heritage venue.

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: what we know about when power and phone coverage will be restored

Here’s what we know so far about when electricity and mobile phone services will come back on, and when schools, airports and workplaces will reopen

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Fears of reduction in promised koala park coming 'soon'

Conservation groups have expressed concerns over the eventual size of a promised Great Koala National Park, with a decision expected "soon enough".

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Aerial shooting ends after thousands of brumbies culled

Thousands of brumbies have been "removed" from Kosciuszko National Park since shooting from helicopters restarted, bringing a key target within reach.

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Sydney’s unusual sewerage system to blame for faecal and fat balls on beaches, experts claim

City invented Australia’s beach culture, environmentalist Richard Gosden says, but all this time ‘it’s been conducted in diluted sewage’

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Ball-shaped debris washes up at Sydney’s Bondi, Coogee, Maroubra and Cronulla beaches

Penny Sharpe says ‘mystery’ debris sent for testing and beaches not closed as there were so few balls

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'Plain nasty': PM, Dutton's tense anti-Semitism clash

The leaders of Australia's two major parties have again clashed over increasing anti-Semitic attacks as counter-terror police investigate more incidents.

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