The NSW Police Force and the police union insist changes to their insurance scheme are “a better deal for police officers” but the scrapping of the lump sum payment has caused an influx of psychological injury claims.
Despite the failure of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, the Minns government has appointed three commissioners to conduct a year-long ‘listening tour’ to work out how to create a state Indigenous treaty process.
Politicians are often asked the cost of milk or fuel to prove they’re in touch with voters. Police Minister Yasmin Catley failed the equivalent test when she talked about the cost of a bag of cocaine.
Kiama MP Gareth Ward’s 4am walk to parliament in nothing but underwear and a T-shirt will be investigated by parliament’s Privileges and Ethics committee.
Farmers near Tamworth say the bushland along the proposed route for transmission lines is home to not only a significant koala population, but other threatened species.
NSW’s $50 billion tourism industry is under threat from a 150,000-worker shortfall in the next decade, a yet-to-be released government report reveals.
Massive transmission lines transporting energy from wind and solar farms will be built on the top of significant koala habitat, two separate reports have found.
The Minns government has announced the location of 10 government-owned sites earmarked for new housing across Sydney and Newcastle. See the list.
There are longer waits across emergency departments and chemotherapy and elective surgeries are cancelled as NSW nurses and midwives walk off the job for 24 hours in pay dispute.
Landlords and real estate agents will no longer be able to charge renters extra fees when they pay their weekly rent or refuse pets without a good reason under proposed new laws.
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