Food trumps coal as NSW refunds Shenhua $262m for licence
The state government says it will protect fertile farmland from the activities of a Chinese-owned coal miner.
James Robertson is a Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
The state government says it will protect fertile farmland from the activities of a Chinese-owned coal miner.
NSW's Aboriginal prison population is growing quickly, but this could be remedied by employing alternatives to prison, a new report has found.
A simple accounting change will deliver the state government an unpublicised budget boost of $1.5 billion by taking more money out of Sydney Water and its regional counterparts, but one expert says is "irresponsible".
The state government has quietly chosen to keep another of the regional hospitals earmarked for potential privatisation in government hands, a decision the opposition says shows a community backlash is tempering the government's enthusiasm for privatisation.
An MP already mired in false claims about how long she lived in her electorate is now facing questions over claims to hold two undergraduate degrees.
The state government has denied misleading Parliament by saying it never assessed building a tunnel on part of the Sydney-to-Wollongong rail line, despite leaks revealing a detailed report on the matter went to cabinet just over two years ago.
NSW's Treasury Secretary, who famously took a $4.4 million pay cut to leave banking for public service, has resigned after two years.
A self-styled adviser to an Australian Liberal Minister, with reported close ties to a secret Chinese Communist Party lobbying organisation has withdrawn at the last minute from representing the party in a local council.
Energy companies offering you money to turn off power-guzzling appliances is just one of the ideas in a proposed initiative.
The opposition's move on electricity prices has described as "tantalisingly attractive" but as having jumped the gun.
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