Legalise cannabis in NSW? These MPs don’t think it’s a bad idea
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Legalise cannabis in NSW? These MPs don’t think it’s a bad idea

Ahead of the long-promised drug summit,three government MPs have supported calls for an overhaul of cannabis laws in NSW.

  • byMax Maddison

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Jacinta Price is right for The Australian’s 60th birthday

Jacinta Price is right for The Australian’s 60th birthday

The newspaper was prepared to fork out expenses to ensure its star guest would attend the festivities in Sydney.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
‘The meanest council ever’:Jilly Gibson’s stormy North Sydney farewell

‘The meanest council ever’:Jilly Gibson’s stormy North Sydney farewell

The veteran former mayor wanted a new plaza named in her honour. At her final meeting,the council had other ideas.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Every night,Jeremy Buckingham went to bed hoping his son was OK

Every night,Jeremy Buckingham went to bed hoping his son was OK

The upper house member is hesitant to say he returned to politics in his son’s memory,but says the state’s inadequate mental health system was behind the decision.

  • byMary Ward
Jeremy Buckingham says everyone in state parliament has smoked pot

Jeremy Buckingham says everyone in state parliament has smoked pot

The legalise cannabis MP on drug reform,class politics,the MeToo movement,and dead fish.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
Bob Katter to get down and dirty by entering mining game

Bob Katter to get down and dirty by entering mining game

The eccentric Queensland MP responded to Glencore shutting down its Mt Isa copper mine with a rallying cry for the region.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Minns government to examine police strip-search powers

Minns government to examine police strip-search powers

NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has concerns about the controversial practice,following revelations that girls as young as 12 were being searched.

  • byMichael McGowan,Max Maddison andLaura Banks
The unlikely supporter in the case for cracking down on nangs

The unlikely supporter in the case for cracking down on nangs

Legalise Cannabis Australia MP Jeremy Buckingham has flagged limits on the sale of nitrous oxide bulbs.

  • byMary Ward
Water laws have more loopholes than a monopoly board:regulator

Water laws have more loopholes than a monopoly board:regulator

Forecasters are predicting an even chance of El Nino in 2023,but already concerns are being raised about water theft and illegal water trading.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Former Greens MP lashes party over fossil fuel links

Former Greens MP lashes party over fossil fuel links

Jeremy Buckingham,who left the NSW Greens amid controversy,says his replacement's work at a law firm that advises miners is"astonishing".

  • byKylar Loussikian
Hundreds of members quit NSW Greens amid internal instability
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Hundreds of members quit NSW Greens amid internal instability

Hundreds of Greens NSW members have quit the party,amid a damaging internal factional war,leaving it to fight dual state and federal election campaigns with a depleted membership base.

  • byLisa Visentin