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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

'In a fire, you wouldn't get out': Hunter hospital non-fire compliant for years

'These are simple but critical faults that have been left for years and years.'

Newcastle Herald

Liberal power brokers left phones in car to avoid tracing before discussing corruption probe, Icac hears

Watchdog begins second of eight weeks of hearings, investigating branch stacking allegations in the NSW Liberal party

The Guardian - AU

A record number of First Nations people died in NSW prison custody last year. Advocates fear this year will be worse

Exclusive: Karlene Whitton says her son Matthew Roberts took his own life three months into his jail term. ‘I keep picturing it every night’

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Progress on caseworker vacancy rates after minister's ex-gratia grilling

Scorecard shows downward trend in much needed positive for MP

Newcastle Herald

Fines, indefinite motel stays and uncertainty: how a homeless camp exposed regional Australia’s housing crisis

Rough sleepers at the Wilks Park encampment in Wagga Wagga were told to leave or be fined $1,100. As the social housing waitlist keeps growing, locals are stepping in to help as authorities flounder

The Guardian - AU

No trans-Tasman glory, but Tahs proud of scaring Blues

The Waratahs found solace in mounting a genuine contest against women's Super Rugby juggernaut the Blues in the trans-Tasman clash of champions.

AAP

Australia spent 25 years turning a river inland. The result became the country's biggest engineering project

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the New South Wales high country, launching what would become the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. The Snowy Mountains Scheme set…

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'Out of control': John Hunter security guards suffer broken bones in attacks

'For more than two decades, this problem has festered.'

Newcastle Herald

NSW should compensate elderly woman whose public housing was inundated with sewage, ombudsman finds

Ombudsman finds Homes NSW acted unreasonably and recommended additional payment for distress and suffering

The Guardian - AU

How the ‘Braveheart’ tribe of young Liberals descended from the Hills only to have their kilts lifted by Icac

Icac is investigating whether the NSW Liberals sub-faction took illegal donations and broke electoral funding laws

The Guardian - AU

One Nation eyes Hunter as Stuart Bonds set to lead party's NSW state election charge

Mr Bonds says One Nation is in the driver's seat.

Newcastle Herald

‘Rob has the bucks cash’: NSW Liberals used Reformers funds to pay for ‘personal expenditure’, Icac hears

Robert Assaf separately tells anti-corruption inquiry money funnelled through lobbying firm to create ‘maximum benefit from a tax perspective’

The Guardian - AU

Electric car tax looms for one state unless PM steps in

One state is prepared to charge ahead with a tax on electric vehicle drivers unless the federal government introduces a national scheme.

AAP

'Widespread change is required': fresh Greta bus crash probe sparks safety overhaul

The new report makes dozens of recommendations.

Newcastle Herald

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Another building site linked to dodgy Daniel Roberts and mates shut down

NSW Building Commissioner turns up the heat on serial shonk.

Newcastle Herald

New mental health emergency teams for the state, but will the Hunter get one?

'It's possible that the Hunter could miss out entirely.'

The Guardian - AU

NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths

Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewide

The Guardian - AU

‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart

Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative group

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The Conversation

The Birthday Trip is a tense new Australian drama about the fragile bonds that hold us together

The Birthday Trip, directed by James Robert Woods, is an arresting new Australian drama that examines the relationships of three couples on a brief luxury retreat in New South Wales’ Southern Highlands.

The Guardian - AU

Young Liberal power brokers created ‘shit sheet’ on NSW minister accusing him of extramarital affair

David Elliott denies having affair after document revealed during Icac hearing into corruption allegations

AAP

'No payment was made': Liberal leader denies donation

Angus Taylor's name has been brought up in a NSW corruption inquiry over reported donations to a conservative Liberal Party faction.

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor insists he made no payments to conservative Liberal group amid Icac investigation

Opposition leader says he is ‘not a party to proceedings’ being investigated by NSW corruption watchdog as fellow Liberals close ranks

Newcastle Herald

New club revealed as NPLW expands, premier youth competitions also grow

Northern NSW Football's top-flight women's league will return to eight clubs.

Newcastle Herald

'For too long we've watched transport in the Hunter go backwards': Labor backs train plan

NSW Labor has endorsed an investigation into reintroducing passenger trains to a rapidly growing part of the Hunter.

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor has inadvertently taken centre stage in an Icac hearing – and the fallout could be profound

If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomach

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