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Friday essay: the koala – when it's smart to be slow

The koala was clinging to an old tree stag while stranded in the Murray River, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. A team of students from La Trobe University noticed its predicament as they were paddling by in canoes.

The Conversation

Crowd swells at NSW crash teen funeral

Mourners have gathered for the funeral of one of five teenagers killed in a crash at Buxton in Sydney's southwest.

AAP

NSW Police to review incident which left 14yo Indigenous teenager in hospital

A police review is launched into allegations a teen boy suffered head injuries during an arrest over alleged property offences and trespass.

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RAAF to fly emergency supplies to Lord Howe Island after rat forces ship into quarantine

Peak tourist season is underway on the island 600km off the coast of NSW, but essential supplies are depleting after the rodent sighting stopped the ship from delivering its usual goods.

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Firms fined over $1m for NSW worker death

Two building companies received combined penalties worth more than $1 million after a man was electrocuted in Sydney in 2019.

AAP

Oyster fees waived after farmers devastated by disease outbreak

"We are also working on additional support packages, which will be announced shortly,"

Newcastle Herald

Why NSW is heading towards timber 'crisis'

A looming timber "crisis" threatens to create yet another headache for people desperately trying to break into the property market.

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Report 'difficult reading' for Star chair

The interim chairman of the casino operator, found unsuitable to hold a licence in NSW, says it needs to fundamentally transform its culture.

AAP

Ex-Titans coach avoids drug conviction

Former NRL player and specialist coach Michael Gordon has avoided a conviction against his name after being arrested in a Queensland-NSW drugs sting.

AAP

Cloud over veteran NSW Labor MP's future

A long-serving NSW upper house MP looks set to lose his spot on Labor's upper house ticket when the right faction holds a crucial preselection meeting.

AAP

Transport Minister David Elliott says rail union plan to switch off Opal card readers is illegal

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says he will take rail workers to court if they are seen switching off Opal card readers next week as part of ongoing industrial action.

ABC News

Rail union's Opal action 'may be illegal'

The NSW transport minister is seeking advice on whether the rail union is allowed to deactivate Opal readers next week in its stoush with the government.

AAP

Melissa Caddick inquest hears request by fraudster's mother and brother to give evidence

The mother and brother of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick want to give evidence at an inquest into her suspected death because they feel their "voice isn't being heard", a court hears.

ABC News

DV, sex crime reports buck NSW decline

Reports of robberies, car thefts and burglaries have dropped significantly in NSW in recent years but domestic violence and sexual assaults are increasing.

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Newcastle Herald

New varroa mite requirements to give beekeepers more flexibility

Beekeepers will be required to specially wash parts of their hives about four times a year under a new varroa mite emergency order introduced across NSW, effective from today.

Newcastle Herald

Reform gives Hunter path to policy-makers

What this important reform offers the region, and what it won't.

ABC News

Victorian businesses push politicians to replace property stamp duty with land tax

Victoria's peak business group urges political parties to follow the lead of New South Wales in moving away from one-off stamp duty payments and towards a land tax system.

ABC News

NSW Police release CCTV of cars used in Sydney gangland murder of crime boss Bilal Hamze

Crime gangs are registering cars in the names of innocent Sydney residents before using them to carry out murders. Police believe the method may have been used in the shooting death of underworld crime boss Bilal Hamze.

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Gunnedah residents feel forgotten after flood inquiry focused on Northern Rivers

With another La Niña on the way, north-west NSW residents like Ken Lloyd, who suffered major flooding in 2021, feel their experience was overshadowed by the Northern Rivers floods just months later.

Newcastle Herald

Branching out to biomass for NSW electricity isn't the right decision

It is not possible to grow trees as quickly as they will be burned.

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf's ambitious plans to play in Australia given huge boost - "Ready and willing"

LIV Golf was dealt a huge blow after being rejected by the Royal Sydney Golf Club, but now LIV Golf's plan to make it into the New South Wales area has been given a huge boost.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government ‘ready and willing’ to discuss bringing rebel LIV Golf tour to Australia

Exclusive: State’s sport minister says NSW is ‘the perfect place’ for major tournaments, with Greg Norman believed to be scouting Sydney courses

AAP

More NSW encephalitis than first thought

Eighty people in a new NSW Health study have shown signs of previous Japanese encephalitis infection.

ABC News

Japanese encephalitis vaccines expanded as one in 11 people tested show infection signs

As mosquito season approaches, health bodies along the NSW-Victoria border are racing to vaccinate people most at risk of contracting Japanese encephalitis virus.

AAP

Poor police planning led to fatal shooting

Seriously deficient planning by police contributed to the death of Ian Fackender who was fatally shot in his rural NSW home in August 2017.

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