The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Fresh evacuation orders were issued for tens of thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rains triggered floods for the third time this year in some low-lying suburbs. An intense low-pressure system off Australia's east coast is forecast to bring heavy rain through Monday across New South Wales after…

A new report shows NSW's injured workers compensation scheme is plagued by soaring operating costs, hard-to-live-off claims and lower return-to-work rates.

The stoush between the NSW rail union and the government is headed for the Fair Work Commission as the union commits to a second week of industrial action.

The prime minister has received a briefing on the flooding disaster in Sydney, as the federal government committed 200 defence personnel to assist.

Sydney is likely to earn a reprieve from the wild weather today but residents are warned "it can change quite dramatically" as catchments continue to rise and major flood warnings are issued for Liverpool and Milperra.

Australia’s mining and heavy industry sectors are on the cusp of a revolution as the world shifts to net-zero. Demand for traditional industrial commodities – coal, oil, and gas – is set to slide.

The high-profile national policy think tank has joined calls for a public authority to coordinate economic transition in the Hunter and says the NSW government should direct far more coal royalties back to the region.

Recriminations over the Coalition's federal election loss have spectacularly boiled over, with senior Liberal Party figures engaging in a vicious blame game.

A body modifier convicted of manslaughter, intentionally causing grievous bodily harm and genital mutilation has been jailed for a maximum 10 years in prison.

The 24-year-old was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane after being thrown from Stella's Turn in the home straight in race three at Grafton in northern New South Wales on Sunday.

Two unvaccinated children have contracted diphtheria of the throat, the first cases of the life-threatening but preventable disease last seen in NSW in the early 1990s.