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Jacqueline Quinlivan and her husband Lyndon Quinlivan. Lyndon was killed after he inhaled poisonous fumes at his workplace in Albury in 2018 but no inquest was held into his death.

‘Nobody wanted to listen’: Wife’s painful fight for answers after husband’s death

Families grieving the loss of loved ones in potentially preventable incidents have expressed dismay over the NSW government’s failure to act.

  • Carrie Fellner and Michaela Whitbourn

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Shane Fitzsimmons, Resilience NSW, is pictured during the inqury into the response to major flooding across New South Wales at State Parliament on 15 June, 2022.

Shane Fitzsimmons backed by minister despite damning flood report

NSW Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke has voiced her “full support” for embattled Resilience NSW boss Shane Fitzsimmons, even as her government plans to disband his agency.

  • Catherine Naylor

NSW rejects key recommendations of Indigenous custody inquiry

The state government rejected five key recommendations of a report into the high numbers of Indigenous people in custody, while supporting another 16.

  • Cameron Gooley
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Voluntary assisted dying bill draws multiparty support across NSW Parliament

Twenty-eight MPs from across the NSW Parliament will support new legislation to legalise voluntary euthanasia, the highest number of co-sponsors to a bill in the history of any Australian parliament.

  • Lucy Cormack and Tom Rabe
Labor MP Penny Sharpe.

Senior Labor MP disappointed by ‘juvenile, destructive’ party antics

Simmering tensions between rival Labor factions boiled over amid a looming leadership challenge to Jodi McKay.

  • Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
Malcolm Turnbull and Matt Kean.

‘Thuggery’: Turnbull blames media beat-up for dumping from climate role

The Berejiklian government has dumped former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull from his role as head of an advisory body on climate change, saying the focus of the position should not be based on personality.

  • Peter Hannam
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Composite image of John Barilaro and a koala.

Cash for koalas: NSW government considers paying farmers to preserve habitat

Farmers would be paid by the government to preserve core koala habitat on their properties under a new plan.

  • Tom Rabe
On the way out: AGL's coal-fired power plants in the Hunter Valley, Liddell (foreground) and Baywater, are slated to close in 2023 and 2035, respectively.

NSW's coal heartland to host state's newest renewable energy zone

The Hunter Valley, heart of NSW's coal industry, is to become the home of the state's fourth renewable energy zone after a last-minute change to the Berejiklian government's energy legislation.

  • Peter Hannam
The Independent Planning Commission rejected a proposal by the Star casino to build a 237-metre tower in Pyrmont.

Independent Planning Commission to be final arbiter only on state's most contentious projects

The Productivity Commission has recommended the IPC be retained, but it must make decisions faster.

  • Julie Power
Mr Searle says there is "a crisis of confidence" in the state's planning system.

'Development fatigue': Sydney's spread of homes needs 'rebalancing'

New infrastructure is not keeping pace with Sydney's fast-growing population, adding to widespread resistance to rising development, Labor's planning spokesman says.

  • Megan Gorrey

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