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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Sharma 'privileged' to take Marise Payne's Senate seat

NSW Liberal Party members have selected moderate Dave Sharma to take Marise Payne's Senate seat, pipping favourite Andrew Constance.

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Land and air search launched for missing bushwalker

Search teams are scouring rough bush on the NSW south coast searching for a young man who never came home after going bushwalking.

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'Enormous economic benefits': Political push for Hunter medicinal cannabis

NSW 'missing out' on rapid growth in industry 'worth billions'.

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‘Urgent’ calls for biosecurity funding after fire ants cross Queensland border into NSW

Authorities working to chemically eradicate three nests after ‘one of world’s worst super pests’ found in South Murwillumbah

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CSIRO targets invasive weeds with natural enemies

Natural enemies of two invasive weeds will be released in NSW in an effort to control the unwanted visitors.

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Climate protesters arrested at Port of Newcastle blockade – as it happened

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‘Playing us for years’: how pokies profits have funded tax-deductible spending within Australian clubs

Schemes in Victoria and NSW give clubs tax cuts if they put gaming proceeds into communities – but they overwhelmingly spend it on themselves

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Police investigate after man's body found in house fire

Police are investigating after a man's body was found following a house fire in NSW's central west.

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Invasive fire ants jump border from Queensland to NSW

Fire ant nests found in South Murwillumbah are believed to be the most southern spread of the pests so far as authorities scramble to stem the infestation.

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NSW up for Brisbane test in Hockey One men's finale

NSW Pride are through to the Hockey One men's grand final, where they will play the Brisbane Blaze in Canberra.

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NSW police accused of ‘killing’ music festivals by charging excessive fees

Greens MP and Australian Festival Association say NSW force charging much more than other states to patrol equivalent events

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Putting it off: Hunter hospitals postpone more and more surgeries

Postponed surgeries increase at Hunter hospitals by up to 160 per cent in four years

Newcastle Herald

Judge suggests Revenue NSW ‘not following the law’ on homeless woman Covid fine

State government has admitted 33,000 Covid fines were invalid but questions remain about additional 29,000 fines issued during pandemic

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Nine years, no answers in Australia’s most high-profile disappearance: the search for justice for William Tyrrell

The missing child has not been far from the headlines since he disappeared from a small Australian town in 2014. Nearly a decade on, he has still not been found

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‘Proudly marked absent’: hundreds of school students protest in Sydney in support of Palestine

Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi says she is ‘proud’ of the protesters after NSW education minister says it is not a valid reason to miss school

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NSW set to lock in coach after Maguire quits Kiwis

Michael Maguire has stepped down from his role coaching the New Zealand national rugby league team, clearing the way for him to take the vacant NSW job.

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State pride on the line at Hockey One finals weekend

Canberra's National Hockey Centre will host the Hockey One finals this weekend with the NSW Pride men's and women's teams defending their crowns.

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Gay conversion law delay to allow for 'careful' reform

The NSW government will undertake further consultation with survivors of gay conversion therapy before introducing laws to outlaw the practice.

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It's doable for the NSW government: we should have a Cessnock rail service

An invaluable Hunter passenger train service is ready and waiting.

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Hunter's Greater Cities Commission hopes die, so what's next

The region appears no closer to finding housing solutions.

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'Life or death': rural health back under the spotlight

An inquiry will examine the NSW government's progress in improving healthcare in rural areas, 18 months after revelations the system was at breaking point.

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What’s Dutton’s strategy for picking the NSW Senate spot winner? Back both frontrunners

Leading moderate Andrew Constance is up against rightwinger Zed Seselja to fill the Liberals’ seat – but a dark horse could spoil the party

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NSW Liberal leader’s party branch calls for opposition to offshore windfarms in Illawarra and Hunter

Mark Speakman’s branch to table motion at state party conference to reject renewable energy zones and look into nuclear reactors instead

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Man charged after boy, 5, drowned during 2022 floods

A man has been charged with manslaughter and negligent driving after a five-year-old boy drowned when he allegedly drove into floodwaters in NSW in 2022.

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Calls to shut down 'scam' sovereign citizen websites

A former NSW magistrate has called for people making money from pseudo-legal "sovereign citizen" claims to be prosecuted as frauds.

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