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A Taree resident has died and hospitals in the Hunter health district were treating 74 people for COVID-19, three of whom were in intensive care, as hospitalisations further afield in NSW rose overnight even as cases fell.

People who assault NSW frontline workers - including paramedics, prison officers and firefighters - could be jailed under new laws to be introduced this year.

The map below shows the 2019 federal election results adjusted for redistributions in Victoria and Western Australia. Victoria gained a seat (Hawke), while WA lost one (Stirling). Hawke is a notional Labor seat, while Stirling was a Liberal seat, so Labor gained one notional seat by redistribution.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Alan Tudge remains a "formal member" of his cabinet despite standing aside following allegations of abuse, which he denies.

For a second successive day, the region recorded no COVID-19 deaths

The NSW government is hoping to have 100 'pop-up' classrooms ready for students in the flooded northern rivers by the start of term two.

This piece is the first in a two-part series. Its companion piece, How the Coalition can win the 2022 election, can be found here.

Prime minister calls federal election for 21 May as two leaders outline pitch to voters

NSW took 731 days to officially reach 1 million COVID-19 cases. To get from there to 2 million, it took just 75. And unofficially, the state probably hit that milestone even sooner.

Unlike Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria has no culturally specific family violence refuges

Education issues are front of mind for the newly minted MP.