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Questions hang over funding for major Great Western Highway tunnel through Blue Mountains

The opposition warns the NSW Government's projection of $8 billion for Great Western Highway upgrades may not be 'credible'.

ABC News

Sweeping new search powers granted to Hunter Valley police

NSW police can now search the homes, cars, planes and boats of convicted drug dealers without a warrant as part of the crackdown on Sydney criminal gangs involved in public executions and turf wars.

Newcastle Herald

Police Minister defends time taken to implement new powers designed to tackle drug crime in NSW

The NSW government defends the length of time it took to to enact approved legislation targeting organised crime figures involved in the supply of drugs.

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NSW police get sweeping powers to search

NSW drug dealers will be targeted by police with new powers to search their homes without a warrant, as part of a crackdown on suspected gang members.

AAP

Gangland detectives explore theory Rami Iskander was targeted for planning to avenge uncle's killing

Detectives investigating the shooting death of Rami Iskander in Sydney's south-west are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry, including whether he was targeted for planning a revenge attack over his uncle's death, underworld figure Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad, the ABC understands.

ABC News

Blue Mountains to get Australia's longest road tunnel, promises of reduced travel times

NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole says the 11-kilometre tunnel between Blackheath and Little Hartley is part of a broader upgrade that will knock 30 minutes off the commute between Katoomba and Lithgow.

ABC News

Gang report worries NSW police minister

Reports criticising the police approach to fighting organised crime have been greeted with concern by NSW Police Minster Paul Toole.

AAP

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Get Absolutely Fkd: 92% Of Disaster Support For Flood-Affected NSW Folks Still Hasn’t Been Paid

$124m of a promised $1.6bn has been paid so far.

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Coal exploration scrapped in Wollombi but gets green light in Wollar

The state government has acknowledged that coal will deliver increasingly uncertain economic returns and the fossil fuel has an "finite life span" as an energy source.

Newcastle Herald

750 mining jobs potentially at stake as Eraring closure approaches

Deputy Premier says 750 mining jobs potentially affected by Eraring closure

Newcastle Herald

Around 750 NSW coal miners could lose jobs

More than 700 coal mining jobs could be impacted by the imminent closure of Australia's largest coal-fired power plant close in the NSW Hunter region.

AAP

Coal exploration in three zones in Hunter, Central West ruled out by NSW government

Deputy Premier Paul Toole says several thousand hectares in the Central West and Hunter been deemed unsuitable because of the environmental and economic implications, citing a clear market shift in the interest in building new coal mines.

ABC News

Sydney to NSW outback possible in EV

Fast chargers are now available for electric vehicles along routes connecting NSW with Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.

AAP

Men arrested on way to Sydney gang funeral

Two men have been arrested after being pulled over while on their way to the funeral of an underworld figure gunned down in a Sydney street.

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Newcastle Herald

Double demerits in force from Thursday for Easter long weekend

Drivers who get behind the wheel after drinking will be the focus of this weekend's Easter road safety operation as police across the state prepare for the long weekend.

The Guardian - AU

Uninsured flood victims can receive up to $20,000 payment under NSW scheme

Money can be used for repairs to gas and electricity services, rebuilding, and purchase of white goods

AAP

Rebuild grants promised for flood victims

The NSW government has flagged further grants to help flood victims rebuild, with more rain and wild weather predicted to continue around the state this week.

The Guardian - AU

NSW protest bill leaves Labor wedged between a roadblock and a hard place

Sydney media’s reactionary momentum machine can help explain crackdown on climate activists

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‘No one could have predicted’: authorities defend Lismore flood response after evacuation order was cancelled

With waters breaching the Lismore levee, the SES has had to defend cancelling an evacuation order late on Tuesday

ABC News

Torrential rain sees 430mm fall in some parts of NSW as Sydney March records broken

The Wilsons River at Lismore is expected to reach a peak of about 12 metres this evening as the NSW SES says the state's flood crisis "still has a number of days to go".

ABC News

NSW-Queensland weather updates: Lismore flood peak revised down, some residents allowed to return home but threat remains for others

The Bureau of Meteorology has revised down Lismore's expected flood peak with some residents now able to return to their homes as the weather system moves south.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government seeks advice on cancelling salary of MP Gareth Ward after suspension from parliament

Kiama MP ‘extremely disappointed’ by suspension from parliament until charges resolved

The Guardian - AU

Activists dismiss NSW government crackdown on Sydney port protests

State government announces strike force and penalties, while two German nationals will be deported

ABC News

NSW MP Gareth Ward suspended from parliament over indecent and sexual assault charges

NSW MP Gareth Ward is suspended from parliament because he is facing five charges of indecent and sexual assault against a 17-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man.

AAP

Charged MP suspended from NSW parliament

NSW MP and former Liberal minister Gareth Ward has been suspended after a vote in the state parliament.

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