The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
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The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in

Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”,but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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How you can apply for a subsidised home battery from tomorrow

How you can apply for a subsidised home battery from tomorrow

NSW households can claim up to $2600 towards the cost of installing a battery to store solar energy and as much as $400 to connect to a virtual power plant.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
It has been called NSW’s ‘friendliest city’. The mayor says that might be about to change

It has been called NSW’s ‘friendliest city’. The mayor says that might be about to change

Broken Hill has endured 10 days of rolling power outages after a storm cut the outback city off from the electricity network.

  • byChristopher Harris
‘Lost more than half our forest’:Why NSW is a global hotspot for deforestation
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‘Lost more than half our forest’:Why NSW is a global hotspot for deforestation

NSW landowners cleared land equivalent to almost twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory over the five years to 2023.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
How the NSW plastic strategy could change your daily takeaway coffee
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How the NSW plastic strategy could change your daily takeaway coffee

Forcing cafes to accept reusable cups,banning the release of helium balloons and phasing out plastic lollipop sticks are among ideas the government is considering.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The local government nomination debacle has possibly derailed what could have been the next generation of NSW parliamentarians for at least four years.

  • byKayla Olaya
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Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open
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Energy

Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open

Just months before it announced the deal to extend the life of Eraring,the NSW government asked the electricity grid operator to undertake more conservative modelling.

  • byMax Maddison
Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows

Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows

The biggest ecological survey to date for Australia’s oldest national park and adjoining areas found previously unseen mammal species.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Pollie’s submarine joke sinks at Qantas’ Parisian soiree

Pollie’s submarine joke sinks at Qantas’ Parisian soiree

Labor minister Patrick Gorman’s zinger about French submarines had Australian diplomats in Paris holding their breath.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
‘Unpick the damage that’s been done’:Inside NSW plan to rein in rampant land-clearing

‘Unpick the damage that’s been done’:Inside NSW plan to rein in rampant land-clearing

The Minns government will tighten land-clearing laws loosened by the Coalition in 2016 and strengthen the contentious biodiversity offsets scheme.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park
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Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park

The beach communities at Little Garie,Era and Burning Palms in Australia’s oldest national park are heritage listed. Their licences expire in March 2027,and the government is yet to decide what happens after that.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons