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Coal mine stalled in 'groundbreaking' climate decision

A community group has successfully challenged the 22-year expansion of an open-cut coal mine, arguing the local effects of climate change should be considered.

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‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions

Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter

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Torres Strait leaders lost their landmark case. How can governments be held to account on climate?

Experts and advocates say it’s time for the law to change after judge says matters based on climate policy cannot be decided by courts

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Hannah Thomas was punched in the face by a police officer, her lawyers claim

Former Greens candidate will sue the state of NSW alleging excessive use of force, solicitor says

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Hannah Thomas’ Lawyers Launch Civil Action Against NSW Police: ‘She Was Punched’

Thomas' lawyer Peter O’Brien said body-cam footage from the arrest made him “satisfied that Ms Thomas was punched in the face by a male police officer, causing extensive and serious injury to her eye”.

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Hannah Thomas: NSW police drop emergency riot powers charge against pro-Palestine protester

State Greens member Sue Higginson had complained to police watchdog alleging extraordinary powers applied ‘unlawfully or retrospectively’ against Thomas

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Belmore Protest & Hannah Thomas’ Arrest: Was The Police Response Lawful?

With five people charged, and one person seriously injured, questions linger around the police's response and “draconian" protest laws in NSW.

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Wong meets Rudd in US ahead of Quad meeting – as it happened

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NSW Police Declare Ex-Greens Candidate Hannah Thomas’ Arrest A Critical Incident

After Hannah Thomas sustained a brutal injury during an arrest at a pro-Palestine protest, NSW Police have declared it critical incident.

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Lawyers investigate whether Hannah Thomas could sue police over alleged excessive use of force at Sydney protest

Critical incident investigation declared into arrest of former Greens candidate who says she could lose sight in right eye

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Probe called into violent arrest at pro-Palestine rally

Police have initiated an internal probe into the break-up of a pro-Palestine protest that left a former federal Greens candidate with a serious eye injury.

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Greens call for investigation into NSW police arrest that injured former candidate

Sue Higginson demands critical incident be declared after Hannah Thomas taken for surgery, but acting police minister says matter does not ‘meet the threshold’

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Greens candidate undergoes surgery after protest arrest

There are calls for an investigation after a protester who clashed with police was hospitalised with facial injuries.

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Former Greens candidate may lose sight after being arrested in Sydney protest at alleged Israel technology supplier

Hannah Thomas, who ran against Anthony Albanese in the Sydney electorate of Grayndler, sustained facial injuries

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Premier's staff do an about-face after arrest threat

Arrest warrants would have been sought for a premier's chief adviser had a stand-off between Labor and parliament not ended overnight, a senior official says.

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NSW political staffers to appear at caravan plot inquiry after being threatened with arrest for failing to attend

Staff for premier Chris Minns and police minister Yasmin Catley to attend voluntarily after upper house president indicated warrants would be sought

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‘We are in a housing crisis’: Lismore residents accuse NSW government of demolishing homes that should be relocated

People are demanding greater transparency around decisions made as part of the government’s buyback scheme on city’s flood plain

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Axe falls on loggers' plan to avoid battle over gliders

The High Court permitting individuals and groups to prosecute state loggers is a win in the eyes of advocates but they'd rather it wasn't left to citizens.

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Koalas 'closer to extinction' with new disease outbreak

A potentially devastating disease has been found in one state's last healthy koala population, further endangering the species.

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Convicted baby killer Keli Lane allegedly sexually assaulted by notorious prison guard Wayne Astill

Lane reported the alleged serial abuse to another staff member only to be told ‘you’re not special’, parliament hears

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Minns accused of ‘fuelling division’ after Lismore residents allegedly harassed on squatters’ street

Police called after reports of abuse, thrown objects on street where NSW premier ordered homes to be demolished

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Chris Minns and NSW police minister should face inquiry over ‘fake terrorism plot’ and antisemitic attacks, critics say

Questions raised over whether premier and Yasmin Catley misled parliament over Dural caravan plot as Labor rushed through hate speech and places of worship laws

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'We want an arrest': new push over exhumed teen's death

His grave has been dug up and fresh evidence handed over, but the battle by the family of Lewis Kelly for justice for the Indigenous teen continues.

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Adelaide to Fiji flight makes unscheduled landing – as it happened

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NSW farmer fined record $1m for wiping out critical koala habitat for private airstrip larger than Sydney airport

Ronald Greentree and his company Auen Grain cleared 1,262 hectares of land home to 30 threatened species, NSW government says

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