The Latest Breaking News from Michael Whaites

'If the younger ones don't do overtime, they can't survive.'

'A mother could have a haemorrhage and bleed to death.'

Nurses and midwives from 80 hospitals across NSW will strike next Tuesday after union demands were unmet in Tuesday's budget, including pay rises in line with inflation and staff-to-patient ratio requirements.

Western NSW residents fear medical emergencies and fires turning "catastrophic" as longer and more frequent power and phone outages hit their towns.

Premier Dominic Perrottet argues increase is fair but unions say ‘angry’ members have voted to go ahead with industrial action

Cracks in health system ‘have grown into massive caves’ as Covid, flu, surgery backlogs and staff shortages place major strain on sector