#nsw — Public Fediverse posts

The creeping extinction of koalas

A vigil will "mourn the death of a koala found injured during clear-fell operations in Pine Creek State Forest in July. Forestry Corporation confirmed the animal was found on 21 July within an active harvesting area."

"...We are still losing koalas to logging in the very compartments that should form the bridge.”

"Mr Elzer, a long-time Coffs Coast resident, said he has witnessed the extinction of all northern beaches koalas, which, decades ago, formed a healthy large colony. He fears that the remaining few in the heart of the city around the Coffs Creek bushland and east of the Sawtell link road will suffer the same fate in years to come."

“Without connectivity to the lush hinterland connecting Bongil Bongil National Park to Bindarri National Park, this small re-emerging colony will also become extinct,” he said." >>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-dundee-to-hold-vigil-outside-parliament-house
#biodiversity #wildlife #koalas #NSWLogging #FCNSW #PineCreek #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #CoffsHarbour #Sawtell #roads #SloMoExtinction #NSW #loss

Just yesterday, TINSW announced a $22m project to widen an inner Sydney road and demolish footpaths and trees. In the year 2026. We desperately need more homes, we need more bus lanes - but this should be done by reallocating road space - per TNSW's great policy. The TfNSW fever dream of "just one more lane" of urban road capacity will induce more vehicles, and Will not 'fix' traffic.

https://jakecoppinger.com/2026/09/just-one-more-lane-tfnsw-revives-westconnex-zombie-alexandria-to-moore-park-road-project/

#sydney #tfnsw #urbanism #auspol #cars #publictransport #urbanplanning #waterloo #nsw

YOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/sep/14/you-had-one-job-the-greens-political-party-climate-change-is-distroying-life-and-you-exist-to-save-it
#biodiversity #FossilFuels #koalas #NSW #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #climateBreakdown

Southern doors to the Health Translation Hub at UNSW #randwick #sydney #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Southern doors to the Health Translation Hub at UNSW #randwick #sydney #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Facade of the relatively new Acute Services Building at Prince of Wales Hospital #randwick #sydney #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Facade of the relatively new Acute Services Building at Prince of Wales Hospital #randwick #sydney #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Fugitive property developer Jean Nassif to front NSW corruption watchdog hearing from Lebanon

Fugitive property developer Jean Nassif is expected to front the NSW corruption watchdog this afternoon, after cancelling an…
#Australia #allegedfraud #AU #Austrlia #fugitivepropertydeveloper #ICAC #ICACRosny #JeanNassif #JeanNassiftofrontNSWICAC #nsw #NSWcorruptionwatchdog #NSWIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NSWLiberalparty #OperationRosny #politicaldonations #toplace
https://www.europesays.com/australia/95359/

NSW One Nation leader Mike Newman declares police should be able to turn off body cams to physically retaliate against violent criminals

NSW One Nation leader Mike Newman has declared that police should be allowed to turn off their body…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #mikenewman #nsw #onenation #police
https://www.europesays.com/australia/95137/

@ajsadauskas Some more history from Wikipedia:

"The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores Building, the 1821 Female Hospital and the 1826 3rd Class Female Penitentiary. It is the first female factory in the penal colony of New South Wales, and is located at 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of 13 female factories in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
...
"The factory was the destination for many of the convict women sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW. Over 9,000 names have been recorded as passing through the factories, of which an estimated 5,000 went through Parramatta.
...
"The first stone was laid by Governor Macquarie in 1818 and the women were transferred from the old factory in 1821. The factory was built using convict labour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of £4,778.
...
"The Parramatta Female Factory was multi-purpose. It was a place of assignment, a hospital, a marriage bureau, a factory, an asylum and a prison for those who committed a crime in the Colony. The reason it is called a factory is because it manufactured cloth - linen, wool and linsey woolsey. It was also the site of the colony's first manufactured export producing 60,000 yards (55,000 m) of woven cloth in 1822.The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.
...
"In October 1827, the factory was the site of women rioting as a response to a cut in rations and their poor conditions. The matron, Mrs Raine, had resigned and she had to be rescued. Ann Gordon began her work as the factory's new matron and superintendent with her first task being to negotiate with the women who had escaped from the building. She was able to persuade them to return, but the disputed ration of bread and sugar remained. In less than an hour over 100 women escaped en masse and proceeded into the town where 40 soldiers and the threat of guns brought them back. They returned with a plunder of foodstuffs and when the ringleaders were confined, they released them. This was the first of the riots. Other riots at the factory occurred in 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1843.
...
"By 1842 the factory accommodated 1,203 women as well as children. With the end of convict transportation to the colony, in 1848 the site was reassigned as a Convict Lunatic and Invalid Asylum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Female_Factory

#history #AustralianHistory #Britain #colonialism #capitalism #imperialism #Australia #NSW

@ajsadauskas Some more history from Wikipedia:

"The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores Building, the 1821 Female Hospital and the 1826 3rd Class Female Penitentiary. It is the first female factory in the penal colony of New South Wales, and is located at 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of 13 female factories in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
...
"The factory was the destination for many of the convict women sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW. Over 9,000 names have been recorded as passing through the factories, of which an estimated 5,000 went through Parramatta.
...
"The first stone was laid by Governor Macquarie in 1818 and the women were transferred from the old factory in 1821. The factory was built using convict labour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of £4,778.
...
"The Parramatta Female Factory was multi-purpose. It was a place of assignment, a hospital, a marriage bureau, a factory, an asylum and a prison for those who committed a crime in the Colony. The reason it is called a factory is because it manufactured cloth - linen, wool and linsey woolsey. It was also the site of the colony's first manufactured export producing 60,000 yards (55,000 m) of woven cloth in 1822.The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.
...
"In October 1827, the factory was the site of women rioting as a response to a cut in rations and their poor conditions. The matron, Mrs Raine, had resigned and she had to be rescued. Ann Gordon began her work as the factory's new matron and superintendent with her first task being to negotiate with the women who had escaped from the building. She was able to persuade them to return, but the disputed ration of bread and sugar remained. In less than an hour over 100 women escaped en masse and proceeded into the town where 40 soldiers and the threat of guns brought them back. They returned with a plunder of foodstuffs and when the ringleaders were confined, they released them. This was the first of the riots. Other riots at the factory occurred in 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1843.
...
"By 1842 the factory accommodated 1,203 women as well as children. With the end of convict transportation to the colony, in 1848 the site was reassigned as a Convict Lunatic and Invalid Asylum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Female_Factory

#history #AustralianHistory #Britain #colonialism #capitalism #imperialism #Australia #NSW

@ajsadauskas Some more history from Wikipedia:

"The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores Building, the 1821 Female Hospital and the 1826 3rd Class Female Penitentiary. It is the first female factory in the penal colony of New South Wales, and is located at 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of 13 female factories in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
...
"The factory was the destination for many of the convict women sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW. Over 9,000 names have been recorded as passing through the factories, of which an estimated 5,000 went through Parramatta.
...
"The first stone was laid by Governor Macquarie in 1818 and the women were transferred from the old factory in 1821. The factory was built using convict labour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of £4,778.
...
"The Parramatta Female Factory was multi-purpose. It was a place of assignment, a hospital, a marriage bureau, a factory, an asylum and a prison for those who committed a crime in the Colony. The reason it is called a factory is because it manufactured cloth - linen, wool and linsey woolsey. It was also the site of the colony's first manufactured export producing 60,000 yards (55,000 m) of woven cloth in 1822.The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.
...
"In October 1827, the factory was the site of women rioting as a response to a cut in rations and their poor conditions. The matron, Mrs Raine, had resigned and she had to be rescued. Ann Gordon began her work as the factory's new matron and superintendent with her first task being to negotiate with the women who had escaped from the building. She was able to persuade them to return, but the disputed ration of bread and sugar remained. In less than an hour over 100 women escaped en masse and proceeded into the town where 40 soldiers and the threat of guns brought them back. They returned with a plunder of foodstuffs and when the ringleaders were confined, they released them. This was the first of the riots. Other riots at the factory occurred in 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1843.
...
"By 1842 the factory accommodated 1,203 women as well as children. With the end of convict transportation to the colony, in 1848 the site was reassigned as a Convict Lunatic and Invalid Asylum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Female_Factory

#history #AustralianHistory #Britain #colonialism #capitalism #imperialism #Australia #NSW

@ajsadauskas Some more history from Wikipedia:

"The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores Building, the 1821 Female Hospital and the 1826 3rd Class Female Penitentiary. It is the first female factory in the penal colony of New South Wales, and is located at 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of 13 female factories in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
...
"The factory was the destination for many of the convict women sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW. Over 9,000 names have been recorded as passing through the factories, of which an estimated 5,000 went through Parramatta.
...
"The first stone was laid by Governor Macquarie in 1818 and the women were transferred from the old factory in 1821. The factory was built using convict labour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of £4,778.
...
"The Parramatta Female Factory was multi-purpose. It was a place of assignment, a hospital, a marriage bureau, a factory, an asylum and a prison for those who committed a crime in the Colony. The reason it is called a factory is because it manufactured cloth - linen, wool and linsey woolsey. It was also the site of the colony's first manufactured export producing 60,000 yards (55,000 m) of woven cloth in 1822.The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.
...
"In October 1827, the factory was the site of women rioting as a response to a cut in rations and their poor conditions. The matron, Mrs Raine, had resigned and she had to be rescued. Ann Gordon began her work as the factory's new matron and superintendent with her first task being to negotiate with the women who had escaped from the building. She was able to persuade them to return, but the disputed ration of bread and sugar remained. In less than an hour over 100 women escaped en masse and proceeded into the town where 40 soldiers and the threat of guns brought them back. They returned with a plunder of foodstuffs and when the ringleaders were confined, they released them. This was the first of the riots. Other riots at the factory occurred in 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1843.
...
"By 1842 the factory accommodated 1,203 women as well as children. With the end of convict transportation to the colony, in 1848 the site was reassigned as a Convict Lunatic and Invalid Asylum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Female_Factory

#history #AustralianHistory #Britain #colonialism #capitalism #imperialism #Australia #NSW

@ajsadauskas Some more history from Wikipedia:

"The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It comprises the 1821 Matron's Quarters and Administration and Stores Building, the 1821 Female Hospital and the 1826 3rd Class Female Penitentiary. It is the first female factory in the penal colony of New South Wales, and is located at 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of 13 female factories in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
...
"The factory was the destination for many of the convict women sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW. Over 9,000 names have been recorded as passing through the factories, of which an estimated 5,000 went through Parramatta.
...
"The first stone was laid by Governor Macquarie in 1818 and the women were transferred from the old factory in 1821. The factory was built using convict labour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of £4,778.
...
"The Parramatta Female Factory was multi-purpose. It was a place of assignment, a hospital, a marriage bureau, a factory, an asylum and a prison for those who committed a crime in the Colony. The reason it is called a factory is because it manufactured cloth - linen, wool and linsey woolsey. It was also the site of the colony's first manufactured export producing 60,000 yards (55,000 m) of woven cloth in 1822.The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.
...
"In October 1827, the factory was the site of women rioting as a response to a cut in rations and their poor conditions. The matron, Mrs Raine, had resigned and she had to be rescued. Ann Gordon began her work as the factory's new matron and superintendent with her first task being to negotiate with the women who had escaped from the building. She was able to persuade them to return, but the disputed ration of bread and sugar remained. In less than an hour over 100 women escaped en masse and proceeded into the town where 40 soldiers and the threat of guns brought them back. They returned with a plunder of foodstuffs and when the ringleaders were confined, they released them. This was the first of the riots. Other riots at the factory occurred in 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1843.
...
"By 1842 the factory accommodated 1,203 women as well as children. With the end of convict transportation to the colony, in 1848 the site was reassigned as a Convict Lunatic and Invalid Asylum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Female_Factory

#history #AustralianHistory #Britain #colonialism #capitalism #imperialism #Australia #NSW

Good Samaritan says alleged carjacker lunged at him with knife after chase in Sydney’s south-west

A bystander who attempted to save two children during a pursuit and carjacking in Sydney’s south-west, described the…
#Australia #Sydney #Belmore #carjacking #crime #nsw #nswpolice #pursuit #Rescue
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94943/

Stairs and interesting light fitting at the accommodation at the Tall Timbers hotel in Ourimbah #thetallies #ourimbah #centralcoast #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Stairs and interesting light fitting at the accommodation at the Tall Timbers hotel in Ourimbah #thetallies #ourimbah #centralcoast #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Fridge and safe at the renovated room at The Tallies in Ourimbah #thetallies #ourimbah #centralcoast #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Fridge and safe at the renovated room at The Tallies in Ourimbah #thetallies #ourimbah #centralcoast #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

NSW premier’s top staffer James Cullen in High Court showdown over potential arrest powers

A showdown between the New South Wales premier’s top staffer and the upper house has played out in…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #ChrisMinns #ChrisMinns'schiefofstaff #CourtofAppeal #HighCourt #HighCourtshowdown #JamesCullen #Legal #legalcase #nsw #NSWgovernment #nswparliament #NSWPremier #stategovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93415/

The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.

While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:

"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.

"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.

"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html

#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol

Chris Minns admits he regrets the protest strategy that led to October 9 march reaching Sydney Opera House

NSW Premier Chris Minns has admitted he was wrong to follow police advice that allowed a pro-Palestinian protest…
#Australia #Sydney #2023 #antisemitism #bonditerrorattack #ChrisMinns #nsw #NSWPremier #October9 #pro-Palestinianmarch #SharriMarkson #SydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/87145/

NSW gun buyback scheme to reduce number of firearms after Bondi terror attack

New South Wales will become the first state to begin a gun buyback sc…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Albanesegovernment #antisemitismroyalcommission #BondiBeachterrorattack #chrisminns #compensation #december14attack #firearmscheme #firearms #isnswpartofthenswbuybackscheme? #MinnsGovernment #nsw #nswgunbuybackscheme #nswpolice #NSWPremier #reduceguns #TopNews #TopStories #YasminCatley
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/856403/

NSW gun buyback scheme to reduce number of firearms after Bondi terror attack

New South Wales will become the first state to begin a gun buyback scheme promised in the wake…
#Australia #Albanesegovernment #antisemitismroyalcommission #AU #Austrlia #BondiBeachterrorattack #ChrisMinns #compensation #december14attack #firearmscheme #firearms #isnswpartofthenswbuybackscheme? #Minnsgovernment #nsw #nswgunbuybackscheme #nswpolice #NSWPremier #reduceguns #YasminCatley
https://www.europesays.com/australia/72676/

[from the Cheek Media Co page, on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BhJQLp3uJ/]

#NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #Australia #RightToPrivacy #CivilRights #AustraliaHasANaziProblem #Criminology #CriminalJustice

If anyone cares about the future of the #NSW #Libs, and I do, for reasons I’ll outline below, here is some advice that should be taken seriously:

“…the right [-wing of the NSW liberal party] may now control branches through these stacking activities will undercut that message.

The South Australian and Western Australian Liberal parties have already seen takeovers by religiously aligned rightwing cooperatives. The result has been they have been reduced to a handful of seats in their state parliaments.

The NSW Liberals would be well advised to look at those examples and deal with the aftermath of the stacking as soon as possible.”

I want the State’s Liberal Party to come back to its small *L* liberal roots and push #NSWLabor back to the left were it ought to be, working for the workers of NSW and not the *bosses*.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/08/icac-nsw-liberal-reformers-week-two-perrottet-tudehope-ntwnfb

#AusPol #NSWPol #Libs #Labor #PartyShenanigans #ConsevativeFaction #CenterRight #OvertonWindow
#PartyRoots #antifa #ant-Oligachy #anti-Paternalism
#ClimateAction

Aside from drawing a line in the sand on the #Corruption issue (a good thing), the new #Labor premier of Victoria has made the same lazy declarations that are made by #Clueless govts all over Australia:

“Carroll is also pledging to be more pro-business and tougher on crime.”

Business support and Tough on Crime, we’ve only been spared the BS on Immigration… and this is supposed to be a #Labor govt? So the rot has spread from #AlboPM ‘s federal #NeoLiberalism to #Victoria (It’s been ensconced in #NSW for years; alive and blundering along in #QLD).

Goodness me folks, are we going to re-elect these dimwits to govt? Or are we really going to take the fight up to the major parties by voting anyone else but #labor and #LNP ? Nor, if I need to mention it, #PHON — we’re not THAT desperate.

Who’s with me on this?

#AusPol #VicLabor #ToughOnCrime #ProBusiness #Carroll

"Once the New South Wales South Coast was brimming with abalone,
but today most of the populations are depleted...."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/abalone-crisis-nsw-south-coast/106943044
#biodiversity #fishing #overfishing #shellfish #NSW #crime #extractivism #TakeCulture #regulation

Important.

#Australia #AusPol #NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #Australia #RightToPrivacy #CivilRights

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ38LoZxEbP/?igsh=MTVkandtazIzY3NlMw==

Scenic Drives in the Bellingen area

#cars #roads #Thedrive #Gleniffer #scenic #IdyllicCoutryside #RoadUpgrades #RoadWidening #NSW #NeverNever #PromisedLand #WaterfallWay #Bellingen #GlenifferRd #RoadTrauma #wildlife #BellingenShire #climate

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1050033/ Sydney man who gambled $160k on lottery and pokies despite limits says more support needed #AustralianFinancialComplaintsAuthority #Citibank #complaints #Gambling #GamblingHarm #Health #legislation #LiquorAndGamingNSW #LotteryRegulation #LotteryTickets #MentalHealth #money #nab #NationalAustraliaBank #newsagent #nsw #NSWGamingAndRacingMinisterDavidHarris #OnlineSpendingControls #PokerMachines #SelfExclusion #TheLotteryCorporation #TheStarCasino #UK #UnitedKingdom

The spotted-tailed or tiger quoll is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial.

Conservation:
They face significant threats from habitat loss, feral foxes, and dogs.

Threats:
* loss, fragmentation and degradation of suitable quoll habitat through land clearing, change in fire patterns and logging

* loss of potential den sites such as large hollow logs

* foxes and cats which prey on quolls and also compete with them for food
feral cats can also spread diseases which affect quolls

* persecution by humans, who have often blamed quolls for the loss of stock and poultry. >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/land-mammals/spotted-tailed-quoll

Quoll in the hen house >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications/protect-your-chooks-and-save-our-quolls
#quoll #wildlife #biodiversity #Dorrigo #pets #dogs #cats #chickens #poultry #pathogens #PoultryFlu #LoggingImpacts #NSW

Image: Spotted-tailed Quoll looking for introduced birds, Dorrigo

Fish kill after major fuel spill at Budgong on NSW South Coast

A 'Can Do Petroleum' tanker spilled 2,500 litres of fuel

"A fuel tanker travelling on Budgong Road west of Nowra ruptured its load on a rock shelf near a causeway, spilling about 2,500 litres of fuel into a nearby creek...Ecologists have grave concerns for hundreds of fish and native eels on the NSW South Coast after a major fuel spill." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/epa-investigates-fish-kill-after-fuel-spill-at-budgong/106798690
#Pollution #petrol #trucks #rivers #creeks #biodiversity #wildlife #FishKill #spills #NSW #IntegralAccidents #FossilFuels

Passing on language and culture
Bamay Possum’s Party (Gumbaynggirr)

"Bamay Possum’s Party is an educational children’s story featuring Gumbaynggirr words that has been enjoyed by readers since 1994. This improved 2025 edition features colourful illustrations by Frank McLeod and includes notes for teachers and a guide to the sounds of the Gumbaynggirr words used throughout the book." >>
https://muurrbay.org.au/resources/bamay-possum-party-gumbaynggirr/

Bamay Possum's Party >>
https://muurrbay.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bamay-Possums-Party-Sheet-Music_Gumbaynggirr.pdf

Reclaiming our Aboriginal languages
Published by the Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative, based in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales. >>
https://muurrbay.org.au/
#Gumbaynggirr #book #possum #Dunggiirr #children #koala #AboriginalLanguages #Nambucca #MidNorthCoast #NSW
Image: Possum startled by roaming cats, Bellingen

Sitting area at the Pullman Sydney Penrith #pullmansydneypenrith #pullman #accor #allaccor #penrith #sydney #nsw #au #bentsabout #latergram

Pacific Highway has the most dangerous drivers in NSW >>
https://nambuccavalley.newsofthearea.com.au/pacific-highway-has-the-most-dangerous-drivers-in-nsw

#cars #motorists #CoffsHarbour #PacificHighway #NSW #roads #RoadTrauma

Image: Pacific Highway, No road is ever wide enough

Court makes landmark decision after illegal logging in NSW state forest
"Trees were illegally felled in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, north of Dorrigo." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/wild-cattle-creek-state-forest-illegal-logging-court-decision/106514766
#loggingIndustry #FCNSW #harm #crime #Coffsharbour #Dorrigo #NSW #biodiversity #Gumbaynggirr #FirstNationsPeoples

NSW premier calls for more sovereignty on national energy supply as petrol prices rise

NSW Premier Chris Minns has argued Australia needs greater “sovereignty” over its energy and must electrify its economy…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #chrisminns #DanielMookhey #freightnsw #fuel #fuelcrisis #fuelprices #GST #JennyAitchison #nsw #nswgovernment #NSWPremier #nswtreasurer #petrolprices #petrolstations #roads #Science #transport #travel
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/575659/

The NSW blueberry industry

"Almost 80 per cent of Australia's blueberries are grown on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, where the industry has grown rapidly.The NSW Environment Protection Authority polices the rules and since 2020 its inspections in berry-growing areas around Coffs Harbour and Nambucca have increased by 180 per cent, finding "occasional transgressions"."

"A recent meeting of the Nambucca Environment Network at Macksville, locals raised concerns about the berry industry's use of chemicals, water, protective plastic tunnels and bird netting. The... laws haven't kept pace with the industry." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/blueberry-boom-regulation-nsw-mid-north-coast/106490330

Let's cover the Mid North Coast of NSW in plastic..>>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115991755455133375
#BerryIndustry #blueberries #pollution #NSW #MidNorthCoast #water #spraydrift #plastic #HorticultureIndustry #DA #FoodSafety #food #pesticides #dimethoate #harm #negativeexternalities

Central West NSW towns are now listed as High Risk LGAs for mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis.

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The Japanese encephalitis vaccine is safe and effective for people aged 2 months and older. Vaccination is recommended for those at the highest risk of catching Japanese encephalitis.​

Once fully vaccinated, it can take between 2 to 4 weeks for your body to develop a protective immune response to the disease, so if you’re eligible, you should get vaccinated as soon as possible.

#health #Medical #Australia #NSW #RegionalAustralia #CentralWest #vaccines #NSWHealth #JapaneseEncephalitis

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/jev/Pages/vaccination.aspx?fbclid=IwYW9zYgQr-gNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR78u2bzSdijngiIjLeVCv51jCBW8DHOOiBYZsgYeBA6ICiZXJ73cXdCCPCamQ_aem_1aepUbzT_DbmmXLa4CLenQ

From 2022: #NSW Police Use #AntProtest Laws to Monitor Tour Groups

by Paul Gregoire & Ugur Nedim,13 Oct 2022

Excerpt: "#SilencingDissent

"Back in 2014, then NSW premier Mike Baird told a NSW mining industry dinner that his government was going to 'crackdown' on those who choose to break the law when they protest. And he singled out '#protesters who unlawfully enter #mining sites.'

"A little over a year later, the Coalition government followed through with the premier’s promise when it passed a series of harsh #AntiProtestLaws, under the Inclosed Lands, Crimes and Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Interference) Bill 2016.

"The legislation created the new offence of aggravated unlawful entry on inclosed lands. Section 4B of the #InclosedLand Protection Act 1901 provides that interfering, or attempts to interfere, with the conduct of a business on enclosed land can land a #protester with a fine of up to $5,500.

"Under the provisions of the bill, police were provided with additional powers to stop, search, detain, and seize the property of protesters, as well as being given the power to shutdown a peaceful protest if it is #ObstructingTraffic.

"And the bill also inserted a definition of #mine into section 201 of the #CrimesAct 1900, so that the offence of interfering with a mine includes #coal seam #gas exploration and extraction sites. This offence carries a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment.

"The #WilpinjongThree

"Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes and Stephanie Luce are the first people to be up on protesting charges since the laws were changed. In April last year, the three were arrested for protesting outside the #Wilpinjong #CoalMine in #Wollar.

"The three are up on charges of rendering a road belonging to a mine useless and hindering the working equipment belonging to a mine. These are both offences that carry the penalty of seven years imprisonment.

"When the trio appeared at Mudgee Local Court on February 9, the presiding magistrate rejected police claims that the Wollar-Ulan Road, where the defendants were arrested, actually belonged to the mining company.

" 'They have pleaded not guilty, and are awaiting a judgment on the case,' Mr Phillips explained. 'The outcome of that case will be important.” If the three have 'the book thrown at them' then it’s likely to discourage the protesting of coal mines in NSW."

Read more:
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-use-anti-protest-laws-to-monitor-tour-groups/

#AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #NoMining #CoalMines #UraniumMines #Australia #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LandBack

Zero Road Deaths?
Killer roads - Can Australia reduce road deaths to zero by 2080?

* Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
"The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities. Capped speed limits and investments in pedestrian, cycling and public transport infrastructure have helped reduce traffic deaths in Helsink" >>
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/

* 355 people - killed on NSW roads in 2025
The injured, the life-altering injuries and killed wildlife are not in these statistics.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/minns-government-calls-on-drivers-to-slow-down-355-lives-lost-on-nsw-roads-2025

* Australian road deaths are following dangerous USA trend, expert warns
"A recent rise in Australia’s road toll suggests we are following a USA precedent of rising pedestrian deaths that started long ago." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/news/australian-road-deaths-are-following-dangerous-usa-trend-expert-warns/

* Can we cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong? >>
https://theconversation.com/can-we-cut-road-deaths-to-zero-by-2050-current-trends-say-no-whats-going-wrong-220289
#Roads #cars #SUVs #speed #RoadTrauma #RoadFatalities #NSW #MobilityDesign #pedestrians #cyclists #infrastructure #PublicTransportation #SacrificeZone #wildlife

Truth-telling and justice

* “I can understand how Corowa is now known as the place where we have 40 neo-Nazis march up and down our main street on a Saturday morning. Now we’re starting to remove flags. I can understand how someone can see it cascading.”
A regional NSW council voted to remove the Aboriginal flag to promote ‘unity’ – it did the opposite >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/a-regional-nsw-council-voted-to-remove-the-aboriginal-flag-to-promote-unity-it-did-the-opposite

* "The rise in voting support for One Nation, which mirrors the success of populist politicians in the United States and United Kingdom, provides further evidence of the rise of a more hardline, right-wing populism, which often celebrates rather than questions the history of European imperialism.”
>>
Opposition to moving Australia Day from January 26 is hardening: new research
https://theconversation.com/opposition-to-moving-australia-day-from-january-26-is-hardening-new-research-273795

* "People don't understand that the current policies are still embedded in their colonial roots.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/truth-telling-closing-the-gap-indigenous-affairs-agenda-2026/106260862

#PostReferendum #zeitgeist #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy #EuropeanColonialism #FarRight #EthnoNationalism #dehumanisation #Empire #Australia #equality #governance #NSW #TruthTelling

Image: NSW North Coast tribal boundaries, Tindale's map 1974

R-TYPE DELTA
A remake of the classic Shoot-'em Up from 1998 in beautiful HD! 
https://dragonbox.de/en-de/games-for-nintendo-switch/r-type-delta-hd-boosted-nsw

#rtype #rtypedelta #nsw #retrogaming #clearrivergames #dragonboxshop

R-TYPE DELTA
Ein Remake des klassischen Shoot-'em Up von 1998 in wunderschönem HD!
https://dragonbox.de/de-de/spiele-fur-nintendo-switch/r-type-delta-hd-boosted-nsw

#rtype #rtypedelta #nsw #retrogaming #clearrivergames #dragonboxshop