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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW drownings prompt calls to extend lifeguard services on national park beaches

There are calls to expand beach patrol services in NSW national parks following the deaths of three people at unpatrolled beaches on Wednesday, including a husband and wife.

ABC News

Thunderstorms lash NSW, heatwaves across Australia to come

Sydney and surrounds have been hit by vicious thunderstorms, but in the coming days and weeks, much of Australia will be feeling the heat.

The New Daily

Man arrested, gun seized after body found in NSW home

Police have arrested a 57-year-old man after finding the body of another man who had been shot in a home in the NSW Central Tablelands town of Oberon.

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Severe storms lash NSW amid warnings of worse to come

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for dangerous slow-moving storms between Wollongong and Sydney with warnings of flash flooding.

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New promise for Mascot Towers owners after 'nightmare'

Owners of apartments in Sydney's ill-fated Mascot Towers will be given low-interest loans to repair the defect-plagued building if Labor wins the NSW election.

AAP

Queanbeyan-Palerang residents to get a big increase in their rates bills

Faced with the prospect of being sacked due to financial mismanagement, councillors voted for major rate rises.

The Canberra Times

Insurance crisis deepens for homes, business and local councils in flood prone areas of northern NSW

Almost a year after the country's most costly natural disaster, the hardest-hit areas in northern New South Wales are grappling with a future where many homes, businesses and even local councils are uninsurable.

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Rivals hammer out their pitches in fiery first debate of NSW election campaign

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns argue and interject over privatisation, infrastructure and public sector pay

The Guardian - AU

NSW wineries at breaking point from decimated crops, declining tourism after floods

With a nation tightening its belt, winemakers are expecting their produce to take a hit as New South Wales rides the waves of interest rises, crop losses to flooding and declining cellar door visitation.

ABC News

Court not a 'soapbox': Libs barrister defending lawsuit

A lawyer who says she was blocked from preselection for a federal parliament seat is suing the Liberal Party's NSW division, which wants her claim thrown out.

AAP

NSW hit by flash flooding and intense rainfall as Queensland on cyclone watch

Sydney deluge traps people in cars, while residents evacuated from Shoalhaven aged care home

The Guardian - AU

Perrottet, Minns face off in pre-election debate

With NSW voters heading to the polls next month, the premier and opposition leader have clashed in a debate over health, education, gaming and infrastructure.

AAP

What if Opal and Myki became one? It'd help more of us than you'd think

Melburnians know Myki, Sydneysiders know Opal. These two electronic ticketing systems for public transport may be streets ahead of what they replaced, but are now decidedly old-fashioned compared with systems elsewhere in the world.

The Conversation

'It shouldn't be political': Where new schools are being funded in NSW

An ABC analysis of the NSW government and opposition's school funding agenda shows 67 per cent of new and ongoing projects are in Coalition seats. More than 600 schools were over capacity in 2021.

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Dominic Perrottet defends appointment of Liberal donor brother of Angus Taylor to NSW body

Exclusive: Party treasurer Charlie Taylor has attended fundraisers hosted by the minister who appointed him

ABC News

The rental crisis forced Kelly to move into a tent. She's angry it is becoming 'common practice'

Record-low vacancy rates and rising rent prices are pushing many Australians to the limit, and low-income Australians are being hit the hardest.

ABC News

Man and woman drown at Frazer Beach on NSW Central Coast north of Sydney

Police say the pair were pulled from the water at Frazer Beach on the NSW Central Coast on Wednesday afternoon.

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Justin Millington faces trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met on Tinder

A New South Wales man is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met on the Tinder dating app.

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NSW government recruitment program hires 11 teachers after two years as vacancies tip 2,000

A $14-million NSW government program to address the state's teacher shortages has only hired 11 recruits as staff vacancies increase to over 2,000.

AAP

NSW planning laws failing to protect koalas: report

Land development has caused significant koala habitat loss in the Sydney basin, a report says, compounding the effect of droughts, fires and floods.

AAP

NSW regional teachers offered $10k housing incentive

A $10,000 sweetener is being offered to NSW teachers who take up a posting at a regional school to help them buy a house and settle into communities.

ABC News

Academic encourages Victorian government to follow NSW election promises for cashless pokies

New South Wales' election promises to introduce cashless pokies wins the praise of a Victorian academic, who says the approach may prevent problem gambling and crime, and wants it introduced in his home state.

AAP

Push for NSW property tax reform triggers war of words

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has defended forecasting a $924 million gain in property taxes before the controversial policy has passed parliament.

AAP

Regional people's healthcare woes ignored: Greens

Healthcare in the bush is not up to par and people feel "abandoned", the NSW Greens say, as they announce they will fight for a regional health watchdog.

ABC News

Planning panel for proposed NSW gold mine enters third day to hear social and water impacts

The third and final day of the Independent Planning Commission's hearings into the proposal for a central west gold mine focused on the social and groundwater impacts of the project.

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