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Hotel bill for homeless jumps as NSW runs out of room

A lack of affordable housing is forcing more people into hotel rooms, with government spending on temporary accommodation rising 22 per cent in one year.

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Michael Pascoe: The Greens’ HAFF-witted bid to make a complete farce of housing policy

The Greens have forced the Albanese Government to immediately spend an extra $2 billion at the very sharpest end of the housing crisis.

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NSW floats new water-saving measures after dam scrapped

The NSW government has floated a raft of new drought-busting measures for the regional city of Tamworth after scrapping the proposed Dungowan Dam and pipeline.

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Turfing brick cottages for units made easier in NSW

Bypassing council approval for new housing developments will be opened to more builders in NSW as the state tries to address a chronic housing shortage.

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NSW to redevelop public housing in inner Sydney

The NSW Labor government is redeveloping public housing in inner Sydney to accommodate more people, as the numbers of those sleeping rough in the CBD soars.

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NSW to allow taller, denser property developments while curtailing power of councils

Projects of at least $75m that have 15% of units set aside as affordable housing could be fast-tracked under changes

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Integrity of Sydney’s main Warragamba dam at risk from extreme flooding, says study

Exclusive: NSW ministers told of climate change impact and concerns about ‘weak’ rock seam under the dam wall

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‘Partial privatisation’: Waterloo South public housing tenants say NSW Labor misled residents

Having promised to end sell-offs before the election, Chris Minns’ government forced to defend development plans

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MP says most of Stockton Centre too 'derelict' for crisis housing

Ms Washington and Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp toured the centre on Friday.

Newcastle Herald

'Cruel and punitive' restrictions to temporary housing removed

'Everyone has been calling for this change for quite some time.'

Newcastle Herald

Ombudsman says NSW failures on homeless kids ‘concerning’

Little progress is being made on youth homelessness in NSW, with more than 1000 children seeking crisis accommodation in the past 12 months.

The New Daily

Senator criticises ‘cult of personality’ around departing premier – as it happened

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Lismore Mayor 'heartbroken' by slow progress of house, land options for flood-affected residents

Northern Rivers residents are frustrated and some are relocating while they wait for either buyback, house raising, or retrofit 14 months after the disaster.

ABC News

Aboriginal elders to provide clean water for Walgett after NSW government short-term solution fails

Aboriginal elders in Walgett say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government.

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Government 'exploring' using Stockton Centre, Tomaree Lodge for crisis accommodation

Housing Minister Rose Jackson said while in opposition last year that it was 'scandalous' the former disability centres were lying empty.

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NSW Labor eyes vacant offices as option to boost social housing stock

Exclusive: Minister says providing incentives to developers to convert surplus commercial space presents a ‘good opportunity’ for the state

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Waterloo South public housing residents will be rehoused nearby after sale, NSW government pledges

Exclusive: Tenants feel let down by Labor, but Chris Minns insists sale does not meet ‘definition of privatisation’

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Warragamba Dam walls may need to be raised for ‘safety reasons’ despite Labor’s vow to drop plan

Exclusive: Controversial plan to raise wall at Sydney’s main reservoir threatens to spill over into Minns government’s first term

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‘Frustrated and forgotten’: Fish kill failures to be revealed in independent inquiry

The NSW water minister expects any mistakes made by government agencies will be spelled out in an independent inquiry about mass fish kills.

The Guardian - AU

Environment groups want Dungowan Dam savings redirected to Murray-Darling Basin plan

Peak conservation groups covering every basin state say more funding is needed to reach water targets and restore rivers to health after a decade of delay

ABC News

Walgett to have safe drinking water access after more than five years of bore reliance

Residents forced to rely salty bore water for years will have access to safe drinking water within days — but a long-term staffing solution for the town's treatment plant is still required.

ABC News

Walgett drinking water quality, river system concerns aired by distressed residents

Walgett residents have shared distressing stories with the NSW Water Minister about the impact of water quality in the town, including one mother who says she had no idea she was "pumping sodium" through her ill son.

AAP

Water testing ongoing after mass NSW fish kills

The NSW environment authority will take proactive action after a mass fish kill left a community in the state's far west concerned about their drinking water.

ABC News

NSW Premier Chris Minns backtracks on cannabis reform, stops short of ruling it out

Chris Minns refuses to rule out cannabis reform, but says he doesn't currently have a "mandate" to make "policy change".

ABC News

Major Coffs Harbour housing redevelopment in doubt as Coalition policy reviewed

Housing Minister Rose Jackson says the Coalition's Future Directions policy has failed to deliver, which could lead to the abandonment of a plan to redevelop an estate in Coffs Harbour.

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