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Jenny Leong is the NSW MP for Newtown

‘Rebel’ MPs speaking out over Israel doing a good thing

If breaking ranks means thinking responsibly and speaking independently on an issue of the utmost urgency and concern as presented by the disproportionate Israeli response to the ungodly Hamas attack on innocent citizens, then such rank breaking is surely a good thing.

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Thousands of people attended a pro-Palestinian rally in the Sydney CBD on Saturday.

Thousands join Sydney rally in support of Palestinians

Crowd at pro-Palestinian rally warned against antisemitism and racism, as speakers criticised Australia’s support for Israel.

  • Andrew Taylor
NSW Premier Chris Minns has declared war on NIMBY councils.

Chris Minns declares war on NIMBYs in fight against housing crisis

The NSW premier has fired a warning shot at recalcitrant councils, saying he will look to extraordinary planning reforms if ambitious housing targets are not met.

  • Max Maddison
Chris Minns

‘We can’t produce miracles’: Minns rules out rent cap, promises supply drive

The premier doubled down on his dismissal of an ACT-style limit on rental increases despite the median Sydney unit rent soaring to $620 in March.

  • Michael Koziol
Newtown MP Jenny Leong

NSW Greens lay down ultimatum for Labor as parties prepare for hung parliament

Cashless gaming cards and rent controls are on the list of demands if Labor wants the Greens’ support in the event of a minority government.

  • Alexandra Smith
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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
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reached the requisite number of signatories to trigger a parliamentary debate on Wednesday afternoon.

NSW Parliament to debate teaching toxic masculinity, slut shaming in sex education curriculum

Chanel Contos’ petition reached the requisite number of signatories to trigger a parliamentary debate one day after the state government vowed to overhaul sexual assault laws.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong.,

Our abortion stories are deeply personal. This is the last time MPs should need to tell them

She chose to have an abortion at 20 and a baby at 40. This Greens MP's story is just one told in the NSW Parliament this week.

  • Jenny Leong
Emma Hurst, Animal Justice Party candidate for the Legislative Council. The party has the highest percentage of women.

'A long way to go': one-third of NSW election candidates are women

More than one-third of candidates in the NSW election are women, led by the Liberal Party's Gladys Berejiklian who could become the state's first elected female premier.

  • Esther Han
The NSW Greens are proposing $1 fares on all metro public transport.

NSW Greens propose $1 metro fares to 'revolutionise' public transport system

The government has slammed the plan as "magic pudding economics"

  • Lisa Visentin

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