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NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has declared the state government either fixes its Koala bill or he will attempt to override it which will “test the numbers on the floor”. NSW Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis came out against the Koala Habitat Protection State Environmental Planning Policy on Tuesday claiming he will cross the floor if the bill is not altered.
JohnBarilaroMP Ha! Gladys doesn't give a shit about injured workers - actual humans, why would she care about Koalas.
JohnBarilaroMP Onya Barra, keep this idiot honest
JohnBarilaroMP Good to see covid is so important that koala's are on the top of the political agenda.
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NSW Premier stands firm on face mask stance | Sky News AustraliaPremier Gladys Berejiklian is standing firm on the state’s advisory face mask stance amid calls from the Opposition to mandate mask-wearing on public transport. \n\nData from Service NSW yesterday indicated 65 per cent of travellers were already wearing masks across Sydney’s public transport network, however, Transport NSW reported only about 30 per cent of users were wearing masks. \n\nThe report comes after NSW Health revealed a commuter may have contracted the coronavirus from another passenger during a bus ride on August 20. \n\nThe Premier said she did not want to mandate masks due to the complexity of the laws and was concerned it would encourage people to become complacent in other areas.\n\nNSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay urged the government to change the health advice tweeting, “enough is enough. It’s time to mandate face masks on public transport”. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia GladysB GladysB Good. GladysB Good on her. No science in masking healthy people and horrible for the environment
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NSW government divided over koala protection policy | Sky News AustraliaChanges to laws protecting koalas in New South Wales have sparked concerns with farmer lobby groups about the balance of biodiversity outcomes and the rights of landholders. \n\nThe number of tree species triggering koala checks on private properties was increased from 10 to 123 under changes to the Koala Habitat Protection State Environment Planning Policy due to fears the state’s koala population was seriously declining. \n\nNationals MP Chris Gulaptis threatened to step down to the crossbench if changes weren’t made, while Deputy Premier John Barilaro also raised concerns over the rights of property owners. \n\nMinister for Planning Rob Stokes – who was responsible for implementing the policy changes – said he was willing to take feedback and hold consultations with farmers, as well as make appropriate changes, as long as they were based on science. \n\nBiologist Martin Taylor released a report in 2018 warning NSW’s koala population would be extinct by 2050 if current land clearing operations continued at the present rate.\n\nImage: AP Fuck koalas
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'Forward-looking NSW': Premier flags building projects and easing of event restrictions | Sky News AustraliaPremier Gladys Berejiklian has flagged new infrastructure projects and eased restrictions around large events as she seeks to maintain a COVIDSafe but forward-looking outlook for NSW.\n\nThe Premier flagged a new plan to build an ambulance station in the Sydney CBD in order to respond quickly to emergencies in the high-density area.\n\n“It’s really important for us as we’re dealing with the pandemic to get on with very important pieces of infrastructure and service provision that will obviously be of use now and into the future,” she said.\n\nMs Berejiklian also said she had asked a group of ministers and health officials to work together to “bring forward to the government, plans for major events in the next little while”.\n\n“We want to see, based on the health advice, what is possible in NSW and what is a COVIDSafe way of doing as much as we can,” she said.\n\n“We are thinking about positive and hopeful things, we are thinking about what we can achieve and how we can best manage living with the pandemic in a COVIDSafe way.”\n\nNSW recorded 17 new coronavirus cases from 20,000 tests in the last 24 hours.\n\n“We had 17 cases overnight; one was from hotel quarantine and the balance was from known sources,” the Premier said.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n GladysB Going to be letting cruise ships 🚢 back In also? 🤔 GladysB Oh yes. I can see by her hard-hat. GladysB Just doing what ScottMorrisonMP is asking!
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NSW records 13 new COVID-19 cases as NSW-Victorian border restrictions easedHealth authorities in NSW confirm 13 new coronavirus infections as Premier Gladys Berejiklian eases restrictions for residents and businesses on the NSW-Victorian border.
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Facebook threatens to ban Australian users from sharing links to news stories | Sky News AustraliaFacebook has threatened to ban Australian users and publishers from sharing news stories in a bid to avoid paying for news under the draft news media bargaining code.\n\nResponding via a blog post, Facebook accused the federal government of 'misunderstanding the dynamics of the internet'.\n\nThe government announced they were seeking to make giant tech companies like Google and Facebook compensate Australian media companies for content published on the platforms.\n\nFacebook warned if the draft code became law, they would 'reluctantly stop allowing publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news' on both Facebook and Instagram.\n Facebook who honestly cares? FB, you're not as relevant as you'd like to think you are! Facebook TYRANNY Facebook Good! Let's start banning because they are the virus!
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Facebook faces taxes over Aussie news ban | Sky News AustraliaThe former chairman of the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has warned Facebook could face retaliation for its threats to remove and ban news content from its platforms in Australia.\n\nAllan Fels said the social media giant could be hit with a general tax on all internet transactions if it went ahead with the ban.\n\nFacebook's pushback followed a government proposed mandatory code of conduct which would force tech giants to share their revenue with media companies for use of their content. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n You know its eventually going to be banned, same with all social media.. were at war, most just dont know it yet Perhaps ban all Murdoch corporations 🤔 Why do we want one billionaire to give money to another billionaire with zero benefits to Australia. Why are we finding ways to finance Murdoch media. We should be finding ways to stamp out Murdoch media
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