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Wondering if you have to vote today? Here’s all you need to know about NSW council elections

The sausage sizzles will be out in force on Saturday in polling booth locations around the state. But where, when and how do you vote – and who’s running in the 2024 local government elections?

The Guardian - AU

Police should step back in mental health calls: review

A review has found NSW police officers are not always the right people to respond to mental health crises in the community, sparking calls for urgent action.

AAP

Police should have searched for missing skier earlier

The search for a skier who died in Kosciuszko National Park took too long to start after he was reported missing, the NSW state coroner has found.

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Teal MP won't 'cannibalise' crossbench as seat scrapped

The teal-held seat of North Sydney will be abolished at the next election, forcing its independent MP to reconsider her political future.

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NSW moderate Liberals accused of undermining Peter Dutton amid fallout over council nominations

Factional infighting to continue as party conservatives claim Mark Speakman’s push for four-person panel is ‘blatant challenge’ to federal leadership

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Alex Greenwich’s defamation win against Mark Latham shows political spite is not above the law

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has been awarded $140,000 in his defamation suit against One Nation New South Wales leader Mark Latham over a homophobic tweet.

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Holocaust, colonisation in school curriculum overhaul

Students across NSW will learn about the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Australians as part of a major high-school education overhaul.

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NSW Libs make Pittwater pick after shock resignation

After a state MP quit parliament amid child sex abuse allegations, the Liberal Party has picked an outgoing deputy mayor to contest the Pittwater by-election.

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Why was child-killer John Edwards, who had a violent history, able to hire a PI to spy on his family?

There is no requirement in most Australian states for private investigators to check clients for domestic violence orders. Advocates say the system needs to change

The Guardian - AU

Studying colonisation and Aboriginal resistance to be mandatory in NSW high schools

State’s new curricula for years 7 to 10 released as part of the shift to explicit teaching

The Guardian - AU

'I hope this is a process of healing': Apologies for school debacle

Fast-track build promise comes after years of controversy.

The Canberra Times

NSW declares war on red tape to fix housing crisis

More planning reforms are on the horizon for NSW as the Labor government attempts to clean out bureaucratic red tape that's delaying the supply of new housing.

AAP

Cost of out-of-home-care for kids-in-crisis rising, payments stalled: IPART

IPART lands interim report into cost of kids removed from home

Newcastle Herald

Years of division end as Bungendore high school shifts to new location

Growing town puts years of uncertainty to rest.

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The charge star crime-fighting actor didn't see coming

Actor Simon Baker has avoided a conviction after appearing in a country town court over a drink-driving charge, complicated by a global tech outage.

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NSW town to ‘heal’ after it finally gets a high school eight years after John Barilaro promised it

The then deputy premier announced $71m Bungendore project in 2019 but it was found to breach crown land law. Now Labor is proceeding with its own

The Guardian - AU

Roads, rates, rubbish – and war? How foreign conflict could influence NSW’s local council elections

Two opposing activist groups, Better Council and We Vote for Palestine, are vying to sway voters on an international issue

Newcastle Herald

'Angry and fed up': Hunter nurses strike in fight for fairer pay

'We are living on a 2008 wage in 2024.'

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Strata-firm overseer stood down over share disclosures

The NSW strata commissioner had been taken off his post while officials investigate shares held in a property services firm.

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SES in hot water ahead of inquest into flood deaths

The State Emergency Service has been slammed for failing to provide evidence to an inquest into two deaths during a 2022 flood that ravaged a rural NSW town.

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Nationals leader claims MP ‘looking for attention’ – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Nation in danger of taking wrong turn with energy . . . again

Nuclear debate: Australia's renewables-only policy not the answer

AAP

'Not going away': nurses, midwives demand wage increase

Nurses and midwives are on a collision course with the NSW government, as both sides dig in and pay negotiations threaten to get uglier.

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What are earthquake swarms – and is Australia at risk?

After seismic events hit the Hunter region in NSW and WA’s wheatbelt, experts warn that long periods without activity can contribute to complacency

The Guardian - AU

‘Here the people know each other’: why do so many regional Australian towns have a Chinese restaurant?

In their culinary travels, Lin Jie Kong and Jennifer Wong chronicled the families who run some of Australia’s most loved eateries – including one special restaurant in northern NSW

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