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The NSW gang-targeting Raptor Squad has temporarily added 500 police to its ranks to "get in the face" of people suspected of being in criminal gangs.

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Labor pledges bushfire zone emergency hub

Anthony Albanese made a pledge for an emergency operations centre during a visit to the NSW south coast on Thursday.

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Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here's what they mean

Schools will open for term one across Australia next week – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year.

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Daniel Andrews hopeful Australia will redefine fully vaccinated as three doses of Covid jab

Victoria premier speaks ahead of national cabinet as state records 15 deaths from Covid, NSW reports 29 and Queensland 15

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Hunter COVID-19 hospital numbers plummet

The number of patients in hospital with COVID has more than halved in the past 11 days.

Newcastle Herald

NSW south coast stabber guilty of murder

A jury has taken just over an hour to find Petero Baleinapuka guilty of the New Year's Eve stabbing murder of his girlfriend on the NSW south coast.

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Former NRL star Gordon's drug case delayed

Former NRL star Michael Gordon's coaching career remains in limbo after his cocaine possession and supply case was adjourned until July 28.

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NSW man nabbed for DUI twice on Aust day

A 39-year-old northern NSW man is facing two drink-driving charges after police nabbed him for DUI twice within a few hours on Australia Day.

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NSW records 29 COVID deaths, push for booster uptake intensifies

The NSW Health Minister says the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot isn't good enough as hundreds of thousands of appointments go to waste.

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COVID updates: National cabinet meeting finishes, case numbers tipped to rise when school surveillance begins — as it happened

Today's national cabinet meeting finishes with no change to essential workers or isolation requirements despite calls from retailers. States and territories say they expect an increase in cases when school surveillance testing begins. As it happened.

ABC News

Police pounce on anti-social behaviour, generally pleased with crowds

Police say they were generally pleased with the behaviour of crowds across regional NSW this Australia Day.

Newcastle Herald

No decision on ‘fully vaccinated’ definition as at least 72 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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250 hydrogen jobs coming to the Hunter

Up to 250 new jobs will be created in the Hunter's emerging hydrogen economy as a result of the expansion of a Tomago manufacturing facility.

Newcastle Herald

Day one school RAT not compulsory: NSW

A NSW principal says there's no way he could ask rural parents to pick up RATs ahead of term one, as authorities report 17,000 new COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths.

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‘It’s cracking’: fear rare rock formations at risk from NSW coalmine

Centennial Coal to meet regulators to discuss sandstone fracturing in supposedly protected region of state

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$25m Griffith school can't find teachers and is losing students by the hundreds

Fears the COVID outbreak will exacerbate staffing shortages at a $25m school in regional NSW grow as six vacancies remain unfilled and hundreds of students leave.

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‘Covid has spread like wildfire’: 703 aged care homes across Australia battle fresh outbreaks

Most homes experiencing case spikes are in NSW, as experts say slow booster shot rollout and lack of ventilation may be contributing

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Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooded Stuart Hwy make 3,000km detour

Northern Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooding on the Stuart Highway in South Australia take a massive detour through NSW and Queensland to deliver their cargo.

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Serial rapist with cancer dies in Sydney

A convicted serial rapist sentenced to serve decades in prison has died in custody in NSW after it was earlier revealed he had terminal cancer.

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NSW records 29 COVID-19 deaths as number of people in hospital plateaus

Another 29 people with COVID-19 die in NSW, as the number of people with the virus in the state's hospitals and intensive care units plateaus.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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NSW back-to-school testing requirements difficult for students with sensory issues

The mother of a 10-year-old with special needs says the NSW government's back-to-school plan involving rapid antigen tests will be "impossible" for children like hers coping with sensory disorders.

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BMW Australia Announces Soulfuel Escape With The R 18 And R NineT

BMW Australia announces the Soulfuel Escape, a four-day/five-night group ride in New South Wales featuring the R 18 and R nineT Heritage models.

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Crowd COVID-19 risk as NSW passes 1m cases

NSW residents have been warned to remain vigilant among Australia Day crowds as the state surpassed one million COVID-19 cases in the two years of the pandemic.

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Parents in NSW threatened with court action for keeping children home from school

Despite the premier saying parents wouldn’t be punished for keeping kids home, the NSW education department told one parent it may consider legal action

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