State opposition reveals plans for a Newcastle urban renewable energy zone The NSW Liberal-National Coalition has unveiled its renewable energy policy. Newcastle Herald · Jun 23
‘Not a personal attack’: gun lobby targets marginal Labor seats at NSW election over post-Bondi reforms Exclusive: Australian Recreation Union says it plans to support candidates and parties that oppose gun control laws brought in after terror attack The Guardian - AU · Apr 21
'Game on': coalition aims to win back state in 2027 Thrust into the national spotlight after the Bondi attacks, the NSW opposition leader says her party is ready to govern the state ahead of the 2027 election. AAP · Jan 6
Who Is Charlie Saunders? Aussie Official Dugald Saunders Resigns After Daughter's OnlyFans Career Revealed NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders has resigned, saying he is prioritising family, as his daughter features in a new adult-industry documentary that has drawn national attention. International Business Times UK · Nov 19, 2025
The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral The Nationals have a new leader in Gurmesh Singh, and Kellie Sloane could soon replace Liberal leader Mark Speakman. But the Coalition is fractured on net zero The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
New leader urges voters stick by divided coalition A renewable energy believer has been elected to lead the NSW Nationals but won't back the same climate target as the Liberals. AAP · Nov 17, 2025
‘Gobsmacked at the scale’: blueberry industry’s rapid expansion divides NSW’s mid-north coast Dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2025
Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2025
Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop A huge proposed national park to protect koalas has been hailed by conservationists, but the logging industry says jobs will be decimated. AAP · Sep 6, 2025
Developing Coffs Harbour foreshore will amount to a ‘desecration of the land’, traditional owners say Elders call plans to ‘revitalise’ 60-hectare precinct with six-storey housing and tourism facilities ‘inappropriate’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2025
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. ABC News · Apr 13, 2023
NSW Nats leader to face likely challenge from Dubbo MP A former radio presenter and Olympic broadcaster is likely to throw his hat into the ring for the NSW Nationals leadership after the coalition lost government. AAP · Apr 4, 2023
Paul Toole faces likely challenge as NSW Nationals leader from Dugald Saunders The NSW Nationals may change leader tomorrow, as Paul Toole faces a likely challenge from former agriculture minister Dugald Saunders, after the party failed to make any ground at the recent state election. ABC News · Apr 3, 2023
Promised RFS chopper arrives briefly in Coffs Harbour before heading to flooded central-west NSW The $6-million RFS chopper is delivered to its new base in Coffs Harbour and is deployed almost immediately to assist the central-west New South Wales flood response. ABC News · Nov 14, 2022
ABC News · Sep 14, 2022 Coffs Harbour berry growers facing six months without bee pollination services amid plan to eradicate hives Berry growers in the region will be left without proper pollination services for at least six months, after confirmation around 1,000 beehives will be destroyed in the coming weeks.
ABC News · Jun 30, 2022 Public housing development not enough to ease housing crisis in Coffs Harbour, social advocates say The effectiveness of a public housing project is under fire amid news it will add just nine new public housing residences, with the bulk of the homes to be offered to private buyers.