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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

When the lights are off, but everyone's home

As thousands of Australians again live through an annoying energy blackout, the nation is reminded of more widespread supply vulnerabilities.

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Popular Sydney beaches among quarter of NSW swimming spots polluted with faecal matter in past year

Shelly beach, Bronte, Coogee and Malabar among those rated ‘poor’ as swimmers urged to check water quality online

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DV and privacy protection still to come in rent reforms

NSW has banned no-grounds evictions and more changes are in the pipeline to protect tenants' private data and victims of domestic violence.

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Stolen antique guns found after being made operational

Police have charged two men after seizing vintage firearms believed to have been stolen from a museum in southern NSW.

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Bus company 'highly likely' to be sued for horror crash

The NSW government is likely to join a bus company involved in a crash that killed 10 people to a class action alleging poor road design caused the tragedy.

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Cop charged over outback home invasion on elderly man

An off-duty police officer is one of two men charged over the alleged theft of $100,000 cash in a break and enter in northwest NSW.

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No-grounds eviction banned in NSW and rent increases capped at once a year

Premier Chris Minns praises changes to laws, which require landlords to give reasonable reasons to end lease and make it easier for tenants to keep pets

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Puppy farms put on short leash with legal crackdown

Tighter rules are in the pipeline as NSW moves on large-scale puppy farms, which have increased in the state since Victoria introduced stricter regulations.

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Housing announced for historic Broadmeadow locomotive depot site

The historic site has been earmarked for development.

Newcastle Herald

NSW needs Liberals to step up to leadership challenge

The NSW Liberal Party is at a crossroads.

Newcastle Herald

Crackdown as smokers seek cheaper, untaxed tobacco

NSW should already have a licensing system for tobacco, the health minister says, as illicit tobacco sales boom in a potential windfall for organised crime.

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Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management

Last month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on Indigenous Disaster Resilience.

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Bad medicine: damning report shows healthcare 'out of reach for too many'

Thousands of people in the Hunter can't afford to see a GP.

Newcastle Herald

New sites for houses as no-grounds eviction ban passes

The property industry has welcomed more NSW sites for development to increase housing supply, as opponents to tenancy changes fear they will scare investors.

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Transgrid under pressure as NSW inquiry examines how failed backup generators left Broken Hill in the dark

NSW premier Chris Minns says state’s far west let down by privatisation after region’s only working large-scale emergency generator failed

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NSW Government Says People Were Charged $144 Million In ‘Unlawful’ Fees

The NSW government claims NSW residents have been charged $144 million in potentially illegal service fees since 2016.

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Elliott fires as Vics roll NSW for opening Shield win

Sam Elliott has claimed all four wickets on day four at the MCG with Victoria wrapping up a convincing 141-run win over a star-studded NSW side.

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Pay boost for workers to help fix 'broken' child protection system

Union welcomes pay increase and moves toward new, specific award

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Pay boost for workers to fix 'broken' child protection

Thousands of caseworkers will receive a pay increase in NSW as they battle staff shortages, with the largest wage rise reserved for new starters.

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Olympian out, premier in: angry locals to grill leader

A major power outage has halted swimming legend Kyle Chalmers' visit to Broken Hill but locals will get a chance to grill the NSW premier over relief.

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Long wait for refunds of 'gobsmacking' unlawful fees

Everything from fine payments to marriage certificates have been hit with wrongful merchant surcharges in NSW over eight years.

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Millions of people in NSW charged illegal merchant fees by state agencies, government says

Residents unlawfully charged about $144m in fees on services such as licence renewals, car registrations and fine repayments since 2016, minister says

The Conversation

Rebuilding homes after a disaster is an opportunity to build back better – why isn’t the insurance industry on board?

For many Australians, 2022 was a dark and devastating year. Major floods wreaked havoc on hundreds of communities in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. But for some, the floods themselves were only half the disaster.

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Even wealthy Australians avoiding GP visits as cost of living hurts access to healthcare

Exclusive: NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost

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Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

NSW's crime statistics bureau has found no evidence a big increase in drug driving detections has led to a change in driver behaviour.

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