The NSW government is partnering with Charlotte’s Wish, BREED Australia and The Step into Action Foundation to support a preventative mentoring and wellbeing pilot program for students in Years 6 to 8.

The Minns government is facing calls to clarify the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s powers to obtain police documents, as the LECC announced the deferral of public hearings for Operation Makalu, the probe into police violence against peaceful protesters on 9 February at Sydney Town Hall.

Sweeping new criminal laws and police powers to deal with organised crime, proposed by the Minns government, including ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws and increased state surveillance powers, are facing serious criticism from Greens spokesperson for justice Sue Higginson MLC.

New figures showing NSW residents lost a record $4.75 billion on poker machines in just six months are more proof that the Minns Government has gone soft on tackling gambling harm, says Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.

The Minns government says it is delivering on a key election commitment with its latest tranche of gaming reforms, giving people and families stronger protections against gambling harm and tightening the rules concerning gambling promotion and marketing.

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the state’s peak environmental advocacy organisation, is calling for urgent protection of native bushland after new government data shows land clearing rates remain out of control.

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.

The Minns Labor Government says it is making it easier to have your say on planning proposals and ending confusion by developing a single Community Participation Plan, designed to give communities a clearer way to have their say on planning decisions, no matter where they live.

Sue Higginson MLC says the Minns government has introduced the Crown Land Management Amendment (Statutory Review) Bill 2026 and then tabled the statutory review report two days later, in a flawed process that appears designed to avoid proper scrutiny of major changes affecting Aboriginal land claims, inside what is being presented as routine legislative reform.

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