NSW Police have formally withdrawn charges against 125 protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port, which organisers say was one of the largest civil disobedience protests in Australian history.

As the destruction of much of the built heritage of North Lismore gathers pace, there was a community rally on Sunday demanding the preservation of Gwalia, a historic three storey timber building at 7 Coleman Street, built in the 1920s.

After four years of work, the CSIRO has come to the conclusion that multiple water detentions (dams), in the upper reaches of the catchments in the Northern Rivers, along with other flood mitigation engineering, could reduce future catastrophic flooding impacts in Lismore and elsewhere by as much as 2 metres.

Sue Higginson says Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating factor at sentencing across all offence types.

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.

Documents produced to the AAP under freedom of information laws have revealed that the NSW Cabinet Office national security expert warned Premier Chris Minns that rushed changes to hate speech laws following the Bondi terror attack would not change behaviours, and risked driving extremism and radicalisation underground.

The NSW Forestry Corporation has been issued two new fines, totalling $60,000, by the Environment Protection Authority for failing to comply with a clean-up notice in Mogo State Forest.

The Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 passed the NSW Upper House in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 24 December).

The NSW parliament will be recalled on Monday 22 December in the afternoon and Tuesday 23 December. The only items of business will be a condolence motion and legislation arising from the Bondi tragedy.

Greens MP Sue Higginson says she will introduce a bill to the NSW parliament today that would create a responsibility for cat owners to prevent their animal from roaming outside of their property.