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NSW electric buses, trains and light rail services to run entirely on renewable energy from 2027 in $1.9bn deal

Exclusive: Minns government announces contract with Snowy Energy to power public transport in seven-year contract

The Guardian - AU

Minns government undermined social cohesion with NSW protest restrictions, constitutional challenge hears

Lawyer for protest groups argues state needs to prove it was ‘rational to prevent all protests’ to achieve its goal

The Guardian - AU

‘Ignorant’: former Labor MP condemns Minns government for threatening Blue Mountains protesters over historic site

Former home affairs minister Bob Debus, who served in the Rudd government, throws his support behind Clairvaux in Katoomba

The Guardian - AU

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NSW to buy back private Northern Beaches hospital for $190m

Minns government announces in-principle deal that will see the entire hospital integrate into the public system

The Guardian - AU

Proposed ‘nation-leading’ NSW childcare reforms to include $500,000 fines

Greens welcome Minns government’s ‘bare-minimum’ changes but say more work is needed to restore faith in the sector

The Guardian - AU

Penny-pinching NSW budget lacks vision and offers few solutions to state’s most pressing problems

The Minns Labor government appears obsessed with keeping the state’s AAA ratings – so citizens of New South Wales will just have to wait

The Guardian - AU

Unions NSW attacks Labor for ‘woefully inadequate’ poker machine strategy after damning audit

Gambling losses and calls to helplines both up but Minns government has no benchmarks or measures to assess its harm minimisation strategy, report says

The Guardian - AU

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‘High density’ area of endangered species left out of NSW great koala national park plan, advocates say

Call to include forest comes amid frustration at time it is taking Minns government to declare park’s boundaries and meet its election commitment

The Guardian - AU

Setback for Minns government as controversial workers’ compensation bill sent to inquiry

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who opposed the inquiry, said NSW’s compensation scheme was going backwards by $5m a day

The Guardian - AU

NSW Coalition and unions unlikely allies against Labor’s ‘nasty laws’ to curtail workers’ compensation claims

Opposition leader says Minns government’s bill to change threshold for psychological injuries will ‘punish the most severely injured workers’

The Guardian - AU

Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds

More than 7,000 hectares logged in planned park area since Chris Minns won 2023 election with commitment to deliver new sanctuary, conservationists say

The Guardian - AU

Sydney train delays: commuters warned industrial action could cause ‘significant’ disruptions ahead of New Year’s Eve

Federal court dismisses NSW government’s attempt to stop action – including work stoppages that could lead to a train strike

The Guardian - AU

NSW budget 2024: the biggest winners and losers

From bulk billing GPs and frontline workers to renters and the environment, here’s who won and lost in the Minns government’s state budget

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: the state government's plan for new schools in the Hunter

Minns government announces $1.4 billion for regional schools.

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'Hidden cuts': Is the Minns government too broke to fix mental health?

The Minns government hasn't committed to expanding Safe Havens.

Newcastle Herald

Union calls on Minns to save hundreds of Hunter coal jobs tied to Eraring

Two mines supply coal to the ageing power station.

The Guardian - AU

NSW rejects claim it lags on renewables, citing 18 projects approved in 2023

Minns government says wind, solar and battery projects will generate enough clean energy to power more than 1.5m homes

The Guardian - AU

Vacant property taxes, levies and caps on the table as NSW Labor reviews Airbnbs and short-term rentals

Exclusive: Minns government to place every aspect of housing ‘under the microscope’ as it confronts rental crisis

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Labor 'gooses' for failing to ban deadly silica stone

The Minns government has faced the largest protest in its existence after angry construction workers demanded engineered stone be banned.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government hikes coal royalties to raise extra $2.7bn

Move comes after Minns government announced plans to engage with the owner of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station to extend its life

The Guardian - AU

NSW to enter talks to extend life of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station

Opponents call on Minns government to use the funds it would pay Origin to instead hasten rollout of rooftop solar and batteries

The Conversation

By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up itself and Sydney for failure

The Minns government’s approach to planning Sydney is troubling in terms of direction and substance.

The Guardian - AU

NSW to urgently consider retrofitting and enforcing seatbelts on buses after deadly Hunter Valley crash

Minns government asks taskforce to examine enforcement of laws but experts say making drivers legally responsible will be difficult

Newcastle Herald

Premier Minns, don't end our Active kids vouchers

'A lot of kids couldn't do a lot of sport if we didn't have them.'

ABC News

Minns government criticises Coalition's koala count as new colony found in north west NSW

Thermal drones discover 42 koalas at Coolah Tops when the previous government only had five documented sightings in the area over the past 70 years.

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