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Claire Simmonds

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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Claire Simmonds

    Brisbane to Melbourne with no traffic lights, and no Big Banana (opens the original)

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    A $2.2 billion Pacific Highway bypass around Coffs Harbour will ease one of the east coast's major traffic bottlenecks. The bypass will mean drivers will avoid Coffs Harbour and its 12 sets of traffic lights. The Big Banana is among the businesses preparing for the loss of highway traffic. The convenience of driving from Melbourne to Brisbane without slowing down for a single traffic light will come at a cost in more ways than one. When the $2.2 billion Coffs Harbour bypass opens before Christma

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Claire Simmonds

    Activist seeks 'urgent' injunction to stop aerial brumby cull (opens the original)

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    Activist Carmen Jackson's application to stop an aerial cull was first heard by NSW Land and Environment Court at 1am today. Ms Jackson claims the pest control operation, targeting pigs, deer and brumbies in Yuraygir National Park, north of Coffs Harbour, is unlawful. In adjourning to 9am tomorrow, Justice Rachel Pepper said: "I would urge those submissions not be served at midnight or 1am." A last-minute emergency legal application has been made to stop aerial culling of brumbies at a national

  3. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Claire Simmonds

    Vulnerable community members push for census recognition (opens the original)

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    Census field officers are interviewing vulnerable people, such as those sleeping rough at homeless support service locations. Five Christian denominations are listed among the 10 religion tick boxes on the census but not Judaism due to the population size. People sleeping rough face many hardships, and completing a census form is not often a priority. However, capturing the number and profile of the nation's homeless is important to advocates and government planners. For several years, home for

  4. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Claire Simmonds

    $16 million mansion set for demolition catches fire twice in a night (opens the original)

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    A fire has destroyed one-quarter of a $16 million headland home at Sapphire Beach, just weeks after it was approved for demolition. Once owned by coal magnate Nathan Tinkler, the home is now owned by Jamie Craven, the father of online gambling tycoon Ed Craven. NSW Police is treating the blaze as suspicious and calling for witnesses, images or videos which may assist the investigation. A fire has destroyed part of a multi-million-dollar mansion on the NSW Mid North Coast that once belonged to mi

  5. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Claire Simmonds

    NSW government approves first pumped hydro project since Snowy 2.0 (opens the original)

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    NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has approved a renewable energy project on the site of a former coal mine. The $1.8 billion project has the potential to power 120,000 homes. Mine site owner Yancoal is assessing the project's commercial viability, ownership and funding models. A pumped hydro project with the potential to power up to 120,000 homes has been given the green light in the Upper Hunter. The $1.8 billion Stratford pumped hydro and solar project will occupy the site of a coal mining op

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