The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Oyster farmers on the mid-north coast of NSW have been doing it tough — but they're pulling out all stops to make sure there's enough to go around this Christmas, and prawns should be plentiful too.

Sydney activist Garry Wotherspoon told an inquiry into LGBT hate crimes of how he was bashed in 1970 for being gay. It was among the many harrowing stories that paint a strikingly different picture of the harbour city than what most people experience today.

It's likely to be wetter than usual along Australia's east coast.

Locals and emergency crews are working defend a tiny southwest NSW town as the state deals with its 73rd day of its flooding crisis.

Teachers are overworked and in need of a major pay bump at the coming election to avert a worsening education crisis, the NSW Greens say.

After a mammoth seven-hour meeting, the government agrees to a union demand which will see the New Intercity Fleet undergo about $300 million in repairs.

The NSW government has finally cut a deal with the rail union to modify a fleet of trains after months of bitter negotiation and strikes.

A sitting Liberal MP has been dumped at preselection ahead of the NSW election as the party chooses a former deputy mayor for the upcoming election.

As flooding continues to ravage large parts of New South Wales, communities in the far west of the state are bracing for the impact of downstream flows from the Darling River.

Police say the total estimated street value of the MDMA and cocaine seized throughout the investigation is more than $750,000.

Long-serving Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons is ousted from the NSW lower house after losing a preselection challenge in her seat of Holsworthy.