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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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

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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".

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

‘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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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‘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.

AAP

Wait list grows for social housing in NSW

The number of people on the waiting list for social housing in NSW has increased for the first time in six years.

The Guardian - AU

Irrigators urge Tanya Plibersek to avoid ‘war over water’ at Murray-Darling Basin plan meeting

NSW and Victoria to ask federal water minister for exemptions to their commitments, while irrigators want focus on gains made

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A public housing tenant passed away in his home. It took authorities 12 days to find him

After almost two weeks of complaints to housing authorities, Pierre Gawronski learned his next-door neighbour had passed away. He says this tragedy is the symptom of a failing system.

ABC News

Robert Borsak says Independent MP Helen Dalton should be 'clocked' after heated debate in NSW Parliament

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MLC Robert Borsak is recorded in the upper house saying Independent MP Helen Dalton should be "clocked" following a fiery debate.

The Guardian - AU

‘Should have clocked her’: NSW Shooters MP told to apologise over alleged comment in parliament

Remark prompts new concerns about complaints procedure following scathing review of Macquarie Street culture

Newcastle Herald

'It has flooded before, it will flood again': Hornery hosts shadow water minister in a bid for action

"It is disappointing that the Minister for Water will not direct Hunter Water to complete the works."

Roll Call

Twitter whistleblower unlikely to spur congressional action - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary hearing from a Twitter whistleblower isn't a prelude to congressional action regarding tech platforms.

AAP

NSW minister grilled over kids in care

A NSW minister has been accused of blocking officials from revealing nearly 400 foster children needed to be housed in hotels or motels in the past 14 months.

Newcastle Herald

Call to reopen Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge as crisis accommodation

Hundreds of Hunter homeless could be housed at Stockton and Tomaree

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