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‘Partial privatisation’: Waterloo South public housing tenants say NSW Labor misled residents

Having promised to end sell-offs before the election, Chris Minns’ government forced to defend development plans

The Guardian - AU

MP says most of Stockton Centre too 'derelict' for crisis housing

Ms Washington and Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp toured the centre on Friday.

Newcastle Herald

'Cruel and punitive' restrictions to temporary housing removed

'Everyone has been calling for this change for quite some time.'

Newcastle Herald

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Ombudsman says NSW failures on homeless kids ‘concerning’

Little progress is being made on youth homelessness in NSW, with more than 1000 children seeking crisis accommodation in the past 12 months.

The New Daily

Senator criticises ‘cult of personality’ around departing premier – as it happened

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Lismore Mayor 'heartbroken' by slow progress of house, land options for flood-affected residents

Northern Rivers residents are frustrated and some are relocating while they wait for either buyback, house raising, or retrofit 14 months after the disaster.

ABC News

Aboriginal elders to provide clean water for Walgett after NSW government short-term solution fails

Aboriginal elders in Walgett say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government.

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Government 'exploring' using Stockton Centre, Tomaree Lodge for crisis accommodation

Housing Minister Rose Jackson said while in opposition last year that it was 'scandalous' the former disability centres were lying empty.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Labor eyes vacant offices as option to boost social housing stock

Exclusive: Minister says providing incentives to developers to convert surplus commercial space presents a ‘good opportunity’ for the state

The Guardian - AU

Waterloo South public housing residents will be rehoused nearby after sale, NSW government pledges

Exclusive: Tenants feel let down by Labor, but Chris Minns insists sale does not meet ‘definition of privatisation’

The Guardian - AU

Warragamba Dam walls may need to be raised for ‘safety reasons’ despite Labor’s vow to drop plan

Exclusive: Controversial plan to raise wall at Sydney’s main reservoir threatens to spill over into Minns government’s first term

The Guardian - AU

‘Frustrated and forgotten’: Fish kill failures to be revealed in independent inquiry

The NSW water minister expects any mistakes made by government agencies will be spelled out in an independent inquiry about mass fish kills.

The New Daily

Environment groups want Dungowan Dam savings redirected to Murray-Darling Basin plan

Peak conservation groups covering every basin state say more funding is needed to reach water targets and restore rivers to health after a decade of delay

The Guardian - AU

Walgett to have safe drinking water access after more than five years of bore reliance

Residents forced to rely salty bore water for years will have access to safe drinking water within days — but a long-term staffing solution for the town's treatment plant is still required.

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Walgett drinking water quality, river system concerns aired by distressed residents

Walgett residents have shared distressing stories with the NSW Water Minister about the impact of water quality in the town, including one mother who says she had no idea she was "pumping sodium" through her ill son.

AAP

Water testing ongoing after mass NSW fish kills

The NSW environment authority will take proactive action after a mass fish kill left a community in the state's far west concerned about their drinking water.

ABC News

NSW Premier Chris Minns backtracks on cannabis reform, stops short of ruling it out

Chris Minns refuses to rule out cannabis reform, but says he doesn't currently have a "mandate" to make "policy change".

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Major Coffs Harbour housing redevelopment in doubt as Coalition policy reviewed

Housing Minister Rose Jackson says the Coalition's Future Directions policy has failed to deliver, which could lead to the abandonment of a plan to redevelop an estate in Coffs Harbour.

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Walgett residents worried about safety of water supply

Residents in the western NSW town of Walgett are going to bed thirsty because they are too concerned about contamination to drink water from the tap.

The Guardian - AU

‘Get out of the way’: Rose Jackson’s social housing warning for ‘anti-development’ Sydney suburbs

Exclusive: New minister for housing is ‘very motivated to just push through’ with ‘desperately needed’ developments

The Guardian - AU

New NSW premier Chris Minns commits to investigation into Menindee mass fish kill

Locals happy to see Labor ministers visit town days after election and are hopeful they will help stop destruction of Darling-Baaka River

ABC News

How NSW election wins in Western Sydney helped turn state red again

Labor can, in part, thank Sydney's west for its surge to form majority government for the first time in 12 years, after reclaiming several seats in the area.

ABC News

'Successful' homelessness service Together Home facing uncertain future after NSW election

It's helped 1,000 rough-sleepers into housing since the COVID-19 pandemic, but community housing advocates say neither major party has committed to making Together Home permanent ahead of this weekend's NSW election.

The Guardian - AU

‘It would be a huge relief’: public housing residents left in limbo look to NSW election for a lifeline

Tenants issued relocation notices under the Coalition’s plan to privatise public housing are cautiously hopeful that Labor will offer a clearer future

Newcastle Herald

State Wallsend flood fix 'would add $140 a year to water bills'

Shadow Minister for Water Rose Jackson is visiting Sonia Hornery's seat, committing to investigate the needs and costs to prevent a repeat of the Pasha Bulker flooding if elected.

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