DEPUTY PREMIER AND National Party Member for Monaro, John Barilaro, has again been answering questions about government funding handouts to Coalition mates, days after being accused of misleading parliament on a similar case. With a reputation for campaigning via photo opportunities as he hands government checks to some organisations, it did not
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State politics of New South Wales.
Libraries, dog racing latest pre-election funding winners
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND greyhound racing clubs are the latest beneficiaries of NSW Government funding, in this case $60.7 million, in the run up to the March 2019 state election. The NSW Liberal National coalition government has been rolling out a succession of funding announcements as it stares down the prospect of
Conservation Council takes NSW government to court (again) over land clearing
Appeal for concerned citizens to help fund the case. THE NATURE CONSERVATION Council, peak body for NSW conservation groups, is taking the Berejiklian government to court (for a second time) to stop the threat of a deforestation tragedy accelerating across NSW thanks to the Coalition government’s new land-clearing laws. The council’s CEO
NSW politics and brumbies
When is a political donation a conflict of interest? By Robin Tennant-Wood. THE BEREJIKLIAN GOVERNMENT’S backflip on plans to cull brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park on grounds of heritage may have silenced a vocal interest group, but has left many questions unanswered. The National Party Member for Monaro and Deputy Premier John
NSW Budget 2018: Opposition counts the cost
Savage cuts to environment, parks, tourism promotion, Rangers and area managers sacked, Did Monaro get any budget goodies? Regional: roads backlog, service downgrades, job losses THE NSW GOVERNMENT is showing form in continued assaults on the natural environment in city and regional areas with additional budget cuts equivalent to 20% imposed on the
Private Forestry bill to get NSW Upper House review
Environmental, beekeeper and farmer concerns Submissions close 30 May 2018 THE FORESTRY LEGISLATION Amendment Bill 2018 transfers much of the responsibility for the management of Private Native Forestry from the EPA to Local Land Services. It also amends the Forestry Act 2012 and Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016* to “update” the regulatory
NSW minister stonewalls on National Party donor influence with poultry welfare review
THE NSW OPPOSITION and the ABC public broadcaster report that Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair has refused to answer whether he had personally met and discussed the development of new poultry guidelines with the current Chairman of the NSW National Party and prominent egg producer, Bede Burke. Allegations have surfaced
Legal challenge to NSW land-clearing codes
AT THE END of November the NSW Nature Conservation Council launched legal proceedings in the Land and Environment Court seeking to overturn controversial land-clearing codes made under the Local Land Services Act earlier this year. “We are taking the Berejiklian government to court to scrap its destructive land-clearing laws, to defend
Australia Institute report on money trail from fossil fuel companies to Liberal Party
Queensland case studies: can NSW be far behind? Australia Institute press release A new report reveals a web of political donations, special access and secret lobbying behind controversial mining projects. The report examines 6 highly controversial QLD resource projects and highlights the strong connection of these companies to QLD and federal political parties.
Election 2016: Labor details federal environmental protection authority
ABC news report By political reporter Caitlyn Gribbin Federal Labor says, if elected, it would consider giving the green light to a national environmental protection authority, as part of plans to return conservation controls to federal hands. The Opposition said the Commonwealth should take back environmental assessment powers to "repair the enormous damage that's