Tag NSW
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Let’s talk pork!
Put simply, pork barrelling is where certain electorates are favoured by politicans with cash (grants, infrastructure projects etc) to curry favour. It’s questionable though, how ethical the practice is, given it is essentially a bribe.
4 hours ago | Hans Lovejoy | 0 -
Police find cocaine and MDMA in cross border op
Police seven people have been arrested following a six-month investigation into the supply of MDMA and cocaine on the NSW Far North Coast and south-east Queensland.
10 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Green hydrogen gets the green light to create jobs
Green hydrogen has received the backing to get a guaranteed $50 million dollars in funding over the next ten years to help develop the green hydrogen industry in NSW.
15 days ago | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Border struggles
Gail Rundle, Mullumbimby The hard closure of the Queensland border is causing heartache and distress for the residents of the Northern Rivers. There is distressing news of people unable get a pass to cross the border – until the media gets... Read More →
September 2, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
ALP calls for action after data breach affects 50,000 NSW drivers
NSW Labor is demanding the state government notify more than 50,000 motorists whose licences were exposed through an unsecured cloud storage site.
September 1, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Latest COVID-19 stats for New South Wales and Queensland
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) statistics and news from the New South Wales and Queensland.
August 24, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Latest COVID-19 health update for NSW & QLD
Ten new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 3,672.
August 11, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Queensland border to close Saturday
All of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have been declared as hotspots by Queensland’s Chief Health Officer.
August 6, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Hazardous Weather Warning: large swell, strong winds and rain
Hazardous weather conditions are forecast for the NSW coastline from today, Monday 13 July, and throughout much of the week.
July 13, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Border closure – people from ‘hot spots’ must not enter Queensland
Enhanced border controls to enter Queensland will take place from 12 noon today, Friday, 10 July.
July 10, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Man refused entry at Queensland border and charged with fraud
A man travelling from NSW to Queensland has been charge $4,000 after police have alleged that he fraudulently filled out his border declaration.
July 9, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
NSW Health says no new COVID-19 cases
New South Wales health says as at 8pm Monday 11 May 2020, there have been no additional cases of COVID-19 diagnosed since 8pm 10 May.
May 12, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
NSW to ease restrictions from Friday May 15
After assessing National Cabinet's new framework, the NSW Government will ease the following restrictions from 15 May:
May 11, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Queensland border closed
As of midnight last night border restrictions came into force on the NSW and Queensland border.
March 26, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 10 -
LIVE: COVID-19 latest updates
Government departments across the nation are battening down the hatches in preparation for large numbers of COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients to present themselves at health facilities.
March 20, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 9 -
Choosing my time to die a dignified death
A 90-year-old Ballina woman, who does not qualify for either Victoria’s or the new Western Australian Voluntary Assisted Dying laws, left for Switzerland to fulfil her wish to die with dignity and on her own terms.
December 19, 2019 | Echonetdaily | 11 -
The future of climate change is here
The smoke has been settling in the valley like mist in the mornings as fires burn throughout NSW and Queensland.
September 11, 2019 | Aslan Shand | 10 -
NSW government is helping parents pay for sport
Do you have kids? Would you like a $100 towards the costs of sports activities this year?
January 18, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Abortion law reform: historic NSW vote today
A Greens' sponsored abortion law reform bill is set to be debated from 9.30am this morning in the Upper House of NSW Parliament. If passed on a conscience vote the bill will bring NSW into line with Victoria, ACT, NT and Tasmania.
May 11, 2017 | Aslan Shand | 2 -
TAFE ‘on the ropes’, claims Greens MP
Greens NSW MP John Kaye has condemned premier Mike Baird's decision to move TAFE out of education and into the industry portfolio.
April 2, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Health ministers back NSW cannabis trial
Australia's health ministers have offered their support to NSW in its bid to get a clinical trial of medicinal cannabis off the ground.
October 14, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Environmental officer shot dead
Police say they have found the body of a 51-year-old man at a property near Moree in north west NSW.
July 30, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Govt ‘buckled’ to gas lobby: MP
Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham said Thursday that leaked internal documents from gas company Santos demonstrate the ‘pervasive and corrosive influence’ lobbyists for the gas industry have on NSW government policy. The internal Santos presentation, detailed in The... Read More →
July 18, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Public assaults down, DV up
The NSW Police Force has welcomed the continuing drop in assault offences within licensed premises, particularly in the Kings Cross and Sydney CBD areas, but has also noted the increase in domestic violence. NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione hailed the... Read More →
June 2, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Greens welcome premier’s shift on medicinal cannabis
The Greens have warmly welcomed supportive comments from NSW premier Mike Baird on the issue of the legalisation of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. The premier has given the green light for Tamworth Nationals MP Kevin Anderson to... Read More →
May 30, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 1
