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Taking action on plastic waste: A cleaner future for NSW

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin details the NSW Government’s next phase of its Plastics Plan in her monthly column for December 2025. She wishes all of her constituents, their families and friends a safe and enjoyable festive season.

8 December 2025
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The Great Koala National Park

NSW Minister for Recovery, Small Business and the North Coast Janelle Saffin gives her take on the Great Koala National Park.

30 September 2025
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Inquiry into options for rural housing

NSW Minister for the North Coast Janelle Saffin, pictured with Reconstruction Authority CEO Mal Lanyon APM during separate discussions at Community Cabinet in Tweed Heads, discussed secondary dwellings with Minister for Planning Paul Scully.

8 September 2025
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Technology boost for regional transport

A technology boost for regional transport and a focus on road safety are topics for State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin’s monthly column for August 2025.

4 August 2025
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Disaster recovery and mental health

NSW Minister for Recovery and the North Coast Janelle Saffin notes The Black Dog Institute’s finding that communities which have faced multiple natural disasters are more vulnerable to long term mental health impacts.

5 May 2025
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Caring for community at Christmas

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin’s final monthly column for 2024 deals with the growing and often hidden problem of people experiencing loneliness.

11 December 2024
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Tackling the cost of living

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin welcomes the ACCC’s legal action against supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles for allegedly duping shoppers with phoney price dropping promotions.

7 October 2024