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2GB touts ‘Ben Roberts-Smith day’ as Fordham interviews alleged war criminal | Weekly Beast
By Tory Shepherd
Nine newspapers factcheck Roberts-Smith interview. Plus: Daily Telegraph links French riots to reusable coffee cups
#Australianmedia #HelenHaines #BenRobertsSmith #Australianews #NewsCorporation #NewSouthWalespolitics #OneNation #SevenWestMedia #Australianpolitics #BBC #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan
By Jack Egan
The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?
#Energy #HunterValley #Coal #NewSouthWales #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #Fossilfuels #Mining #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianlaw #Energy #Greenhousegasemissions #TheGuardian #JackEgan
In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/chris-minns-coal-expansion-laws-will-hurt-us-all-climate-mount-pleasant #Energy #HunterValley #Coal #NewSouthWales #ClimateCrisis #AustraliaNews #Environment #FossilFuels #Mining #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianLaw #Energy #GreenhouseGasEmissions
NSW passes ‘human compost’ laws with several MPs saying they will utilise practice after they die
By Nino Bucci
Australia-first laws provide a third legal option other than burial and cremation for the treatment of bodies
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Australianews #TheGuardian #NinoBucci
NSW passes ‘human compost’ laws with several MPs saying they will utilise practice after they die https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/nsw-passes-human-compost-laws-with-several-mps-saying-they-will-utilise-practice-after-they-die #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Minns accused of bypassing high court ruling with laws to allow NSW mine to increase coal production by 32% https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/19/chris-minns-bill-expansion-mount-pleasant-coalmine-high-court-decision #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns #Coal #Energy #Environment
Minns accused of bypassing high court ruling with laws to allow NSW mine to increase coal production by 32%
By Lisa Cox and Penry Buckley
Bill to authorise production expansion at Mount Pleasant coalmine, subject to a landmark high court decision, criticised as ‘legislative overreach’
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Australianews #ChrisMinns #Coal #Energy #Environment #TheGuardian #LisaCox #PenryBuckley
‘I’ve had enough of pink buses’: the long wait for Sydney’s newest metro line is nearly over
By Penry Buckley
Two years after a major train line in Sydney was closed to make way for rapid, driverless rail, local residents are poised for change not just to their commute but their communities
#Sydney #Transport #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Minns government’s only meeting before reopening gas exploration was with fossil fuel lobby
By Penry Buckley
Exclusive: Peak body for oil and gas industry met with minister’s office before a 2014 freeze on new licences was overturned, documents show
#NewSouthWalespolitics #Gas #NewSouthWales #Gas #Fossilfuels #Australianews #Energy #Environment #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia
By Henry Belot
As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutiny
#Australianpoliticaldonations #DatacentresAustralia #Amazon #Australianews #Technology #AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Liberalparty #Business #Sydney #NewSouthWales #Queensland #NewSouthWalespolitics #AustralianGreens #DavidPocock #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #HenryBelot
Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/12/donations-lobbyists-how-datacentres-play-the-political-game-in-australia #AustralianPoliticalDonations #DatacentresAustralia #Amazon #AustraliaNews #Technology #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #LiberalParty #Business #Sydney #NewSouthWales #Queensland #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianGreens #DavidPocock #A...
Plans for Sydney’s controversial new public square in doubt after NSW government intervention
By Penry Buckley
State planning minister declares project ‘state significant’, wresting approval process away from local council
#Sydney #Australianews #NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Plans for Sydney’s controversial new public square in doubt after NSW government intervention https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/09/sydney-public-square-controversy-state-government-intervention #Sydney #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won
By Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent
Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court
#Energy #Climatecrisis #HunterValley #NewSouthWalespolitics #Coal #Mining #Environmentalactivism #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Environment #TheGuardian #LisaCoxEnvironment #climatecorrespondent
Sydney’s ‘king of town hall’ ended up in a pauper’s grave. His support workers are shocked they weren’t told
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: The rough sleeper with a ‘massive personality’ now lies buried in a plot with four strangers, despite being well known to local homelessness services
#Sydney #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Homelessness #Deathanddying #Socialexclusion #Poverty #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/08/retired-hunter-valley-couple-mach-energy-mount-pleasant-coalmine-high-court #Energy #ClimateCrisis #HunterValley #NewSouthWalesPolitics #Coal #Mining #EnvironmentalActivism #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #Environment
PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigation
#NewSouthWales #Deathanddying #Australianews #Sydney #NewSouthWalespolitics #Poverty #Homelessness #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/nsw-health-people-buried-unmarked-grave-minister-failings-families #NewSouthWales #DeathAndDying #AustraliaNews #Sydney #NewSouthWalesPolitics #Poverty #Homelessness
Peter and Maria were mourned by people who loved them. So how did they end up in unmarked communal graves?
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals
#NewSouthWales #Poverty #Homelessness #Queensland #Victoria #Housing #Society #Australianews #Socialexclusion #Gambling #Sydney #Deathanddying #Mentalhealth #Pets #Dogs #Family #Friendship #Health #Socialmedia #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
Inside the group chats of the trash-talking NSW young Liberals who dreamed big – then imploded
By Penry Buckley NSW state reporter
The Reformers were once ‘twentysomething-year-old guys’ hoping to shift the NSW party to the right. Their messages show how it all went wrong
#NewSouthWales #Sydney #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #Liberalparty #Australianews #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianpoliticaldonations #Business #TheGuardian #PenryBuckleyNSWstatereporter
Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/bruce-baird-former-federal-liberal-mp-and-nsw-minister-dies-aged-84 #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #LiberalParty #AustralianPolitics #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #ScottMorrison
Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84.
By Henry Belot
Baird, father of former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird, helped win the Olympics for Sydney
#NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #HenryBelot
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/hunter-valley-operations-coal-mine-extension-nsw #NewSouthWales #Coal #Mining #ClimateCrisis #MattKean #ChrisMinns #NewSouthWalesPolitics #HunterValley #AustraliaNews #Environment
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
By Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn and Penry Buckley
Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW
#NewSouthWales #Coal #Mining #Climatecrisis #MattKean #ChrisMinns #NewSouthWalespolitics #HunterValley #Australianews #Environment #TheGuardian #AdamMorton #GrahamReadfearn #PenryBuckley
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
By Georgina Woods
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
#NewSouthWales #Coal #Fossilfuels #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Energy #Environment #Energy #NewSouthWalespolitics #Greenhousegasemissions #Business #Mining #Mining #Activism #Extremeweather #Environmentalactivism #TheGuardian #GeorginaWoods
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/01/nsw-coalmine-approval-hunter-valley-climate-crisis-lock-the-gate #NewSouthWales #Coal #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #AustraliaNews #Energy #Environment #Energy #NewSouthWalesPolitics #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Business #Mining #Mining #Activism #ExtremeWeather #EnvironmentalAc...
Blackmail, ‘mafia boys’ and rants from a Beirut bedroom – after 10 weeks of theatre what might Icac deliver?
By Penry Buckley
You could be forgiven for thinking the inquiry has been a bit of a damp squib. But high-profile resignations are not the only measure of Icac’s success
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalespolitics #Liberalparty #Australianews #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Blackmail, ‘mafia boys’ and rants from a Beirut bedroom – after 10 weeks of theatre what might Icac deliver? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/30/icac-nsw-liberals-what-did-inquiry-really-achieve-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews
Spy gear and Every Breath You Take: councillor who had mayor surveilled made jokes about it, Icac hears
By Penry Buckley
Sharangan Maheswaran tells inquiry he hired a private investigator to surveil a former mayor of Strathfield
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalespolitics #Sydney #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
A timeline of One Nation’s instability: more than half of Hanson’s MPs have quit or been expelled
By Nick Evershed, Josh Butler, Josh Nicholas and Andy Ball
As party numbers swell to record levels, Guardian analysis reveals a three-decade history of tumult and acrimony
#OneNation #Australianews #Australianpolitics #PaulineHanson #Queenslandpolitics #Liberalparty #MarkLatham #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #NickEvershed #JoshButler #JoshNicholas #AndyBall
NSW crackdown on ‘AI-doctored’ real estate listings hits mural-covered wall https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/26/nsw-crackdown-on-ai-doctored-real-estate-listings-hits-mural-covered-wall #Housing #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #RealEstate #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AiArtificialIntelligence
Liberal operative was offered $1,000 to get media to cover ‘grubby rumour’ rival was having affair, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/23/sharangan-maheswaran-jean-nassif-david-elliott-affair-rumour-icac-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Private investigator surveilled Liberal minister and supplied Jean Nassif with recording devices, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/22/private-investigator-secretly-recorded-mp-david-elliott-jean-nassif-icac-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalesPolitics
‘Oh shit’: Labor councillor who attended 2021 Liberal fundraiser was worried about potential Icac inquiry, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/icac-sharangan-maheswaran-texts-2021-liberal-fundraiser-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews
‘We have something that will kill Elliott’: Icac questions former Labor councillor over message https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/icac-labor-sharangan-maheswaran-david-elliot-message-jean-nassif-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales
We terminated a pregnancy so our daughter never had to suffer. It was agony. It cannot be the right of One Nation – or any anti-abortion activist – to choose for us | Anonymous
By Anonymous
We must defend – ardently, passionately, implacably – the right of parents to decide, in whatever circumstances they find themselves
#Abortion #OneNation #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Health #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #Anonymous
We terminated a pregnancy so our daughter never had to suffer. It was agony. It cannot be the right of One Nation – or any anti-abortion activist – to choose for us | Anonymous https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/18/we-terminated-a-pregnancy-abortion-one-nation-ntwnfb #Abortion #OneNation #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Health #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalesPolitics
Jeremy Greenwood denies giving ‘ridiculous’ evidence to Icac about ‘mum’s perspective’ from premier’s sister-in-law https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/jeremy-greenwood-icac-evidence-perrottet-payments-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #LiberalParty #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Jean Nassif swears during Icac evidence and declares ‘no one can make me shut up’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/jean-nassif-icac-evidence-fugitive-developer-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews
Sydney mayor allegedly threatened and children secretly recorded after he refused to step down, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/sydney-mayor-threatened-secretly-recorded-after-refusing-to-step-down-icac-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #LaborParty #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
NSW to put strict caps on screen time in classrooms while pushing for ‘pen and paper’ learning https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/13/nsw-to-put-strict-caps-on-screen-time-in-classrooms-while-pushing-for-pen-and-paper-learning #NewSouthWales #AustralianEducation #Schools #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews
Liberal operatives discussed whether to buy Porsche or Ferrari with developer’s payments, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/07/liberals-discuss-buying-porsches-ferraris-with-fugitive-developers-donations-icac-hears-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales
The Icac allegations are astounding – even with NSW’s inglorious history of corruption and property development
By Anne Davies
The evidence presented so far raises some disturbing questions about the influence of certain figures in NSW politics
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalespolitics #Liberalparty #TheGuardian #AnneDavies
Charles Perrottet denies asking brother as premier to appoint cabinet minister, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/04/charles-perrottet-denies-asking-premier-brother-to-appoint-cabinet-minister-icac-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #DominicPerrottet #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Charles Perrottet repeatedly denies taking payments from developer for political outcomes in Icac hearing
By Penry Buckley
Brother of the former premier says he lied to developer Jean Nassif about doing political work for him and rejects accusation he is fabricating evidence
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalespolitics #Liberalparty #NewSouthWales #Australianews #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Charles Perrottet repeatedly denies taking payments from developer for political outcomes in Icac hearing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/03/icac-charles-perrottet-jean-nassif-nsw-liberals-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalesPolitics #LiberalParty #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/02/nsw-unborn-children-prenatal-caseworker-ombudsman-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Health #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Inside knowledge or ‘making stuff up’? Charles Perrottet’s advice to Jean Nassif put under microscope by Icac
By Anne Davies
Brother of former treasurer and premier faces questions about texts that appear to indicate he was aware of fast-tracking policy before it was announced
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWalespolitics #Liberalparty #NewSouthWales #Australianews #TheGuardian #AnneDavies
No ‘automatic knockback’ for non-compliant datacentres as NSW announces fast-track pathway
By Penry Buckley
As the Minns government commits to assessing proposals within 75 days, community groups fear applications will be rushed through ahead of commonwealth legislation
#DatacentresAustralia #NewSouthWales #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianews #Technology #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Teachers demand more scrutiny of Catholic school funding amid Icac inquiry into ‘sham arrangement’ with Liberal group https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/nsw-icac-teachers-demand-scrutiny-catholic-schools-funding-nsw-liberals-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #LiberalParty #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews
Reformers were ‘spectacularly unsuccessful’ in taking over NSW Liberals, Catholic schools boss says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/icac-corruption-inquiry-operation-rosny-reformers-nsw-liberals-catholic-schools-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales
Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears
By Penry Buckley
Jean-Claude Perrottet, brother of former NSW premier, asked about messages referencing federal opposition leader and factional group Reformers
#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #Liberalparty #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
Meet Darcy Byrne, the Labor mayor taking on pokies reform - podcast
By Presented by Tom McIlroy. Produced by Jacob Round. The executive producer of Australian Politics is Allison Chan
Darcy Byrne is the Labor mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council and he’s helping lead a grassroots movement on curbing gambling harm in the community – including pushing for a reduction in the number of poker machines in licensed clubs in New South Wales. This momentum comes while the federal Labor party continues to face criticism about the scale of its commitment to online gambling reform.
#Australianpolitics #NewSouthWalespolitics #Laborparty #PresentedbyTomMcIlroyProducedbyJacobRoundTheexecutiveproducerofAustralianPoliticsisAllisonChan
NSW spent almost $500,000 on court cases they lost against pro-Palestine protest groups
By Penry Buckley
<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley