Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Insurer calls for disaster control funding

Insurers want urgent disaster mitigation funding, after claims rose by more than 50 per cent, and NSW and Queensland face more flood risks.

AAP

Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

NSW nurses, midwives vote in favour of second statewide strike next week

Nurses and midwives will again walk off the job next week after voting in favour of a 24-hour stoppage, the union says.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

NSW nurses confirm second statewide strike

NSW nurses and midwives will hold another strike on Thursday in an ongoing dispute with the government over pay and conditions.

AAP

New bill in NSW could prove crucial to helping reduce numbers of First Nations children in out-of-home care

In New South Wales, as of June 2021, 42% of children in out-of-home care were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

The Conversation

Ukraine war proves tough for South East NSW families trying to contact loved ones

Families struggle to maintain contact with relatives in Ukraine with communications disrupted since Russian invasion.

ABC News

More rain unwelcome for flood-hit Northern Rivers as councils eye $700m roads damage bill

Wet weather forecast for the weekend could create more obstacles for northern New South Wales residents contending with the region's damaged road network.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Wauchope hit by flash flooding, man dies near Grafton as NSW faces more severe weather

Streets in Wauchope are swamped by about 1 metre of water in another day of severe weather. And a 72-year-old man who died in floodwaters is being remembered as a Vietnam veteran who loved to help.

ABC News

Queensland detects new case of Japanese encephalitis virus, two more suspected

Another Queenslander tests positive to the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus and two others have been identified as suspected cases.

ABC News

Macadamias bouncing back in flood hit NSW

The macadamia nut industry was hit hard by flooding in northern NSW, with multimillion-dollar losses reported, but the damage isn't as bad as first thought.

AAP

Domestic violence continues to rise in NSW

Rates of domestic violence and sexual assault have continued to grow in NSW as the instances of all other types of crime fell or remained stable.

AAP

Suns out to prove AFL credentials vs Dees

Fast AFL starts that peter out have been a hallmark of Gold Coast under Stuart Dew, but forward Ben Ainsworth says the Suns are in for the long haul in 2022.

AAP

Agreement unblocks free Sydney train fares

Planned disruption across Sydney's rail network has been averted after the transport minister and the union agreed to give free fares to commuters.

AAP

Liberals select right-aligned candidate Simon Kennedy to run in Bennelong

McKinsey partner who provided advice on jobkeeper replaces John Alexander in Sydney north shore seat

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Huge defamation award urged for Barilaro

The judge in former NSW deputy premier John Balilaro's defamation case says he's considering a contempt of court prosecution referral for tech giant Google.

AAP

Daniel Johns in alleged drunk-drive crash

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns says he's heading to rehab after being been charged with high-range drink-driving after a car crash in the NSW Hunter.

AAP

Bill to stop NSW landlord flood profits

Proposed changes to rental laws in NSW could mean the cost of rent could be capped during a flood to stop landlord profiteering from housing shortages.

The Conversation

Mixed results for Labor in nine federal seat polls, but a national Morgan poll gives Labor a massive lead

Telereach conducted nine polls in federal seats from March 17-19 for the News Ltd tabloids. All seats had a sample of about 800 according to Kos Samaras. The seats polled were Coalition-held Bass (Tas), Boothby (SA), Chisholm (Vic), Flynn (Qld), Reid (NSW), Swan (WA) and Longman (Qld), and Labor-held Dunkley…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

NSW protesters risk $22,000 fine and jail

Protesters who disrupt traffic on any bridge or tunnel in NSW could be slapped with hefty fines of up to $22,000 and two years in jail.

ABC News

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce 'not interested' in calls for transparency about new Dungowan Dam

Tamworth councillors, including two former Nationals heavyweights, want more detail on the proposed new Dungowan Dam, but Barnaby Joyce says he just wants the project built.

AAP

Northern NSW to cop more days of rain

Weeks after floods devastated parts of NSW days of rain are predicted to hit communities in the north where people are struggling with a massive clean-up.

ABC News

Sydney news: State independent MP Gareth Ward banned from school visits

MORNING BRIEFING: Independent MP Gareth Ward is officially banned from visiting any schools in his Kiama electorate after being charged with alleged sex crimes, including against a teenage boy.

AAP

Late night NSW alcohol sales increased DV

There were an additional 1120 domestic violence assaults reported to NSW Police in the three years after bottle shop trading hours were extended to 11pm.

ABC News

Massacres during Frontier Wars in north-west NSW mapped by University of Newcastle

Seasoned researchers are "shocked" at how many frontier massacres they discovered, but a local Anaiwan man is not so surprised.

AAP

Charged MP suspended from NSW parliament

NSW MP and former Liberal minister Gareth Ward has been suspended after a vote in the state parliament.

1 … 406 407 408 409

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bureau of Meteorology

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.