The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Christmas will be less merry than usual for many Australians, with a union poll showing a sizeable number of people plan to spend less on lunch and presents.

NSW Northern Rivers communities devastated by flooding in 2022 say it could take a decade to recover after progress was hampered by a mismanaged buyback scheme.

With Queensland, WA and NSW pulling back on the ‘marketised approach’, they could be leading a national charge

A massive wind farm with more than 200 wind turbines will be built in NSW, a key step towards achieving the government's target of net zero emissions by 2050.

Some NSW public-sector workers are doing double their assigned hours as the cost of overtime for 430,000 state employees soars.

An inquiry into NSW Police has found the force needs to check its biases after examining decades of unsolved crimes against LGBTIQ+ people.

Coalition and Labor agree that Australia’s focus should be in the Indo-Pacific

Australian cities are grappling with ways to increase housing supply and make it more affordable. One suggested solution is “pattern book” development. The idea made headlines when proposed recently by Housing Now, an alliance of businesses and lobby groups in New South Wales.

A 37-year-old man has been charged and more arrests are expected over an alleged arson attack on the Sydney home of YouTuber Jordan Shanks-Markovina, aka Friendlyjordies, last year.

This summer, millions of people will flock to Australia’s beaches – and tragically, not all will survive. Last summer, 54 people drowned along the Australian coast. This included 28 people in New South Wales – the highest number in the state’s recorded history.

As the semi-arid Pilliga Scrub burns in New South Wales, many of us are thinking about fire once again. It’s an El Niño summer in the hottest year on record. And there’s a remarkable amount of grass drying out and ready to burn.