Hundreds of kerbside electric vehicle charging points will be rolled out across NSW, as part of the Minns’ government’s multimillion-dollar pledge to boost consumer uptake and confidence. Climate Change and Energy Minister Penny Sharpe on Sunday unveiled the first recipients of the government’s EV kerbside charging grants, announcing 671 chargeContinue Reading
Broadcaster Ray Hadley has made explosive allegations that horses slaughtered at a remote NSW property, which also rehomed hundreds of wild brumbies, were sold to greyhound trainers as dog food. More than 500 butchered horse carcasses were discovered at the Wagga Wagga property owned by horse trader Adrian Talbot, theContinue Reading
Homophobia is still rife across community sport in Australia, new research has found. Swinburne University of Technology research, looking at discrimination for LGBTIQA+ young people, has found three-in-four gay men witness homophobia and 63 per cent of gay men experience it first hand. “The young people we spoke to forContinue Reading
The NSW parliament will apologise to people discriminated against by laws which criminalised homosexuality. Just 40 years ago the NSW parliament amended the Crimes Act 1900 to decriminalise homosexuality. One of the many law changes removed reference to anal sex between people from the bestiality section of the Crimes Act.Continue Reading
A local council has stumbled upon a horrifying horse slaughter house on a remote property, with more than 500 carcasses found at the scene. Wagga Wagga City Council confirmed on Wednesday it had discovered the carcasses and said it believed the slaughter operation had been going on for a “longContinue Reading
It was the first day of school holidays at a busy shopping centre in Bondi when a 40-year-old Queensland man pulled out a knife and killed six people. He stabbed numerous other people before a police officer shot and killed him. He has been identified as Joel Cauchi from Brisbane.Continue Reading
Tragic images from Westfield Bondi Junction show bodies being carried out of the shopping complex, after a lone attacker fatally stabbed six people and injured many more. Joel Cauchi, 40, entered the Westfield at 3.10pm and again at 3.20, before embarking on a violent rampage across multiple levels of theContinue Reading
A significant $1bn investment to kickstart a new solar power program will take Australia “from pit to panels” and cement the country as a clean energy powerhouse while driving down energy bills, the Prime Minister will announce on Thursday. Speaking from the former coal-fired Liddell power station in the NSWContinue Reading
Two popular tourist hotspots in the NSW coastal town of Byron Bay southeast have been given dual Aboriginal names following calls from the community. Cape Byron, the easternmost point in mainland Australia and the site of the Byron Bay lighthouse, will also carry the dual name of Walgun, which meansContinue Reading
NSW has made the push to double fines for significant breaches of environmental crimes, including the dumping of asbestos and chemical spills, with companies who are found to have committed the most serious crimes liable to penalties of up to $10m. NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said the widespread discoveryContinue Reading