‘Phantom dwelling’ case a win for wind
A ‘phantom’ house threatened to make a controversial NSW wind farm unviable. Now the landholder has been told to sell up or put up with neighbouring turbines.
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Sold! How prayer made way for a property boom
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Carers told not to help teen mum with newborn
As the NSW government struggles to fix a child protection system in crisis it would do well to read the case of a young mum and the unfolding tragedies of her life within foster care.
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Foster care shame: system ‘damaged kids’
A foster child in the care of the NSW government had rotten teeth requiring removal and his appendix was infested with worms, but that’s not the worst the little boy endured, a magistrate has found.
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