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Water agency didn't properly test for forever chemicals

A major drinking water supplier did not perform proper testing before claiming there were no known hotspots of forever chemicals, an inquiry has found.

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Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds

More attention needs to be given to rapidly evolving issue of contamination of waterways with ‘forever chemicals’, committee’s chair says

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Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

Documents tabled in NSW parliament show state agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

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'Ineffective, inaccurate': strip searches in spotlight

Police drug-detection tactics involving strip searches and sniffer dogs are being questioned as data shows they rarely lead to illicit substances being found.

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Chris Minns accused of misrepresenting cashless gaming trial after labelling it ‘ineffective’

Greens accuse NSW premier of ‘cop out’ as anti-gambling experts fear he may ‘walk away from cashless gambling altogether’

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New Report Recommends Scrapping Sniffer Dogs At Festivals & Revisiting Drug Driving Laws

A landmark drug report has also proposed legislating a legal defence for NSW drivers caught with medicinal cannabis.

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Toxic PFAS at 'trace' levels in city's water supply

Dangerous "forever chemicals" have been detected in Sydney's water supply but are at levels that pose no health risk, a government agency said.

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‘Clearly an industry win’: concern over leaked classified document on NSW pokies reform

Government urged to dismiss recommendations, including anonymous poker machines until 2028

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NSW pokies club promoted rewards scheme on first day of gambling harm awareness week, emails show

Members urged to ‘use your mobile phone to quickly tap and connect to a gaming machine’, potentially at odds with gambling ad ban

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Save lives: plea to NSW premier after overdose deaths

A Greens MP has called on NSW Premier Chris Minns to fast track drug testing laws after two people died from accidental heroin overdoses at a house party.

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Community's win over major silver mine fuels debate

Progress on developing a mine centred on Australia's largest undeveloped silver deposit has been stopped after a community group's success in a top court.

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Catholic cemetery control secured despite duopoly fear

The Catholic Church's control of a large share of a lucrative burial business has been locked in under legislation pushed through parliament.

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Newcastle band 'absolutely gutted' by Splendour In The Grass cancellation

The future of music festivals in Australia has become unknown.

Newcastle Herald

NSW ban on gay conversion will 'save countless lives'

A ban on gay conversion therapy has been welcomed by LGBTQI advocates after laws passed NSW parliament's upper house.

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Groovin the Moo canned: Greens MP slams 'over-the-top' rules

She said festival organisers have had to endure 'onerous' oversight.

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Billion-dollar interchange 'debacle' in MPs' crosshairs

Traffic gridlock around a controversial underground interchange in inner-city Sydney could take six months to ease, the state government says.

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NSW police accused of ‘killing’ music festivals by charging excessive fees

Greens MP and Australian Festival Association say NSW force charging much more than other states to patrol equivalent events

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'Massive rort': review under way into pokie club grants

A grants scheme that allows clubs to reduce their gambling taxes is under review as critics call for the controversial scheme to be scrapped.

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Sydney venue moves $26m in pokies profits to NRL club as ‘community development and support’

Canterbury leagues club has given millions to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs since 2014-15

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2 Men Died After Attending Festivals Over The W/E But NSW Govt Still Won’t Budge On Pill Testing

"Heavy police presence, with drug dogs, makes people engage in riskier behaviour such as ingesting all of their drugs at once."

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Renewed call to end festival drug dogs, strip searches

Calls to stop using sniffer dogs at music festivals and provide pill testing instead have escalated after damning data about the use of the canines.

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NSW Health warning about high-dose ‘Gucci’ ecstasy tablets sparks fresh calls for festival pill testing

NSW premier Chris Minns is ‘burying his head in the sand’ about the risks to party-goers who can’t access pill testing, say testing advocates

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Bad smell for drug-detection dogs at music festivals

A drug summit next year will likely probe the effectiveness of sniffer dogs after police data showed the canines had a success rate of just 25 per cent.

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns rules out underground power lines for controversial HumeLink project due to cost

Parliamentary committee recommends overhead transmission but groups opposing 360km of lines being built across regional NSW vow to keep fighting

Newcastle Herald

Overhead power lines the 'correct approach' despite critics: inquiry

Critics branded the result 'a complete sham'.

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