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Overworked, burned-out NSW nurses planning to quit

Some NSW nurses are experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms from overwork and many are planning to leave their jobs in the next year, a survey has found.

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Premier commits to Warragamba wall despite 'black hole'

Premier Dominic Perrottet insists the Warragamba Dam wall will be raised in the next four years, despite no funding being allocated in the NSW budget.

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Federal Government won't match NSW Coalition pledge to ban offshore gas

A returned Coalition government would ban offshore coal, gas, mineral and petroleum production in NSW waters in a move that would prevent projects such as the controversial PEP-11 offshore gas exploration project off the Hunter coast.

Newcastle Herald

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Labor promises more health workers, new senior bureaucrat for regional NSW ahead of March election

NSW Labor says it will give regional communities a greater "seat at the decision-making table" when it comes to healthcare if the party forms government on March 25.

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Council rates to rise more than 100 per cent over two years in NSW regions, adding to inflation pain

Households and businesses in regional New South Wales are facing "astonishing" rates rises of more than 100 per cent over two years, just to maintain existing local government services.

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Inquiry laments 'non-co-operation' of Perrottet brother

A local councillor and the brother of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet are yet to receive a summons to appear before a property developer parliamentary inquiry.

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NSW coal mine extension challenged in court

The expansion of a coal mine in north-west NSW will be challenged with environmental activists saying it will worsen the effects of climate change.

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‘Rorting’ claims over bushfire grants rejected by NSW premier

Federal emergency management minister Murray Watt criticises state cabinet over relief program

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NSW parliamentary inquiry to use firm to track down key witnesses, including two of Dominic Perrottet’s brothers

Committee examining allegations of ‘impropriety’ against a Sydney council and developers will take the unusual step of using a private contractor to serve summons

The Guardian - AU

'A real issue socially and economically': REINSW Roadshow addresses housing crisis

The REINSW Roadshow came to Newcastle on Tuesday

Newcastle Herald

Dominic Perrottet’s hardline stance on drugs is ‘magical thinking’, says pill testing advocate

After the death of 26-year-old man at Sydney music festival, health expert says NSW premier’s unwavering stance is unrealistic

The Guardian - AU

Emergency doctors demand NSW health workforce boost

Staff retention packages are needed in the NSW healthcare system to keep patient waiting times from blowing out, emergency medicos have told the major parties.

AAP

Growing disparity in life expectancy, health outcomes between Sydney, far western NSW report finds

Life expectancy, rates of suicide, and preventable deaths are all getting worse in remote parts of NSW according to research from The Australia Institute.

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Scott Morrison's gas licence decision 'infected by apprehended bias', Federal Court rules

A Federal Court judge quashes the former prime minister's call to reject an exploration licence off the NSW coast, finding it might have been made when his mind was "closed to persuasion".

Newcastle Herald

Urgent research needed to understand Hunter koala populations after bushfire devastation

Research is urgently needed to fill knowledge gaps about koala populations in Cessnock and Lake Macquarie, according to data collected by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office.

AAP

Rain dents Blues' Shield hopes against Tasmania at SCG

Rain has ensured no play was possible during the morning session on day four of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Tasmania at the SCG.

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Cocaine, cash, device seized as police swoop on car in Goulburn service station

When a man stopped to fill up his car at a Goulburn servo on Monday night, police swooped on the vehicle and found drugs, cash, and an encrypted device.

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NSW to enhance building industry watchdog powers

The NSW government will boost oversight of the construction industry in a bid to minimise the risk of building project delays caused by industrial action.

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'Alarm bells' as remote Australians live shorter lives

The Australia Institute's Unlucky Country report reveals the growing disparity in life expectancy between the city and the bush.

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Perrottet "mischievous" about Labor's costings: Minns

Chris Minns has rejected suggestions a NSW Labor government won't be able to fund vital infrastructure projects while giving frontline workers a wage boost.

The Guardian - AU

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The Conversation

The real price of gas: massive Santos pipeline would destroy rare native grasslands

Australian oil and gas giant Santos wants to build an 833-kilometre gas pipeline stretching from southern Queensland to Newcastle in New South Wales. Details released by the company show the project would traverse highly productive farmland, as well as valuable native vegetation.

ABC News

Cost of living the number one issue for NSW voters, but not everyone agrees with the solution

Both major parties are promising to help households struggling to stretch pay packets to afford basics, amid rising calls for pay increases — but is that the solution?

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Union's pre-poll push for more cops in Western Sydney

The Police Association of NSW has called for the public sector wages cap to be ditched and more cops to be injected into western Sydney.

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