Public criticism has been quick to come in response to Tuesday’s NSW Police Commissioner announcement of an extension to a Public Assembly Restriction Declaration first issued Christmas Eve.

The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has supported the Social Media Minimum Age obligation requiring social media platforms to prevent children under 16 from creating accounts from today, although it notes harmful content will still be accessible.

In the 21st century we have come to realise just how important the health of our oceans and seas are, and the Bob Brown Foundation has backed an international call for a ban on industrial fishing in Antarctica.

The NSW government has welcomed the ban on the importation of engineered stone products from today, 1 January 2025, to protect the future health and safety of workers.

Today is the beginning of a new-old era when mobile phones didn’t exist, at least in NSW public schools – students in public high schools across the state must have their mobile phones turned off and out of sight from today.

On Friday Queensland began a ban on single-use plastics in a bid to better protect the environment from plastic litter.

Following Friday's announcement that Victoria will ban gas connection to new homes from January 1, 2024,  the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), is urging NSW to follow their lead.  

Conservationists and the healthcare workers industry are just two sectors of the community overjoyed about the news that the Victorian government will ban gas connections to new houses from January 1 next year.

With the revelations that large consultancy firm, PwC, had misused government information for commercial gain, The Echo asked local federal MP, Justine Elliot, whether she supports a ‘royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards?’