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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.