Here's what you need to know this morning.
Swimmers warned away from wild surf
Widespread erosion along parts of the NSW coastline is expected again this weekend.
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting dangerous surf conditions along the northern half of the coast.
It comes just a week after large waves caused severe damage to beaches and infrastructure.
Surf Life Saving NSW CEO Stephen Pearce warned people to stay away from the water.
"We will see some really hazardous surf, and already over the last few weeks we've seen two tragic drownings along the NSW coast and we would hate to see anything like that repeated again," Mr Pearce said.
Boy, 6, injured in car crash
A young boy has been seriously injured in a car crash in Sydney's south.
Police say a vehicle with four passengers, including two children, was struck yesterday afternoon while stopped in a breakdown lane on the Hume Highway at Wilton.
A six-year-old boy was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
A 26-year-old man was arrested and has undergone mandatory testing.
He has since been released pending further inquiries.
Blue Mountains rail line to reopen
A critical rail line in the Blue Mountains is set to reopen to some passengers next week after a landslip during heavy rains earlier this month.
The massive landslide on the Main Western Line left a dent that was 40 metres long, 20 metres wide and 60 metres deep.
The Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said some freight operations would also return from July 30.
The landslip is in a different location to the 16-metre sinkhole that was repaired at Leura following March's severe weather event.
Western Sydney incinerator battle
A council in Sydney's west has called for more government intervention to prevent the construction of large-scale "energy from waste" incinerators in the Sydney basin.
The NSW government brought in regulations in September last year ruling out the incinerators in high-density residential areas.
Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale cautiously welcomed the regulations but said they did not go far enough.
He said the NSW government had not brought in the necessary regulations to back up the policy, meaning planned incinerators for Eastern Creek could, in fact, still be approved and built.
"Our legal advice states that the next step for the government should be to change the planning laws to prohibit development like The Next Generation (TNG) company's proposal, which the government suggested it would do in September 2021," Mr Bleasdale said.
"That should put an end to the current court appeal and allow all parties to move on."
More charges over Prospect Gym shooting
A 36-year-old man has been charged over his alleged involvement in the supply of illicit firearms, following investigations into a shooting outside the World Gym in Prospect in November last year.
The gym was sprayed with bullets fired from a car in a targeted attack on a group of four men as they approached the front entrance of the complex at about 11:30am on November 29.
A 33-year-old man was shot in the lower right leg.
So far, seven men aged between 19 and 27 have been charged over their alleged roles in the shooting and remain before the courts.
State Crime Command's Criminal Groups Squad established Strike Force Parbery to investigate the incident.
Birth trauma overlooked
A survey of women who have been injured while giving birth has found that more than half believed their injury affected their bonding with their baby.
Birth trauma can range from injuries affecting the pelvic floor through to depression and PTSD.
The survey of 800 women by the Australasian Birth Trauma Association (ABTA) found nearly 50 per cent had ongoing pain.
ABTA CEO Amy Dawes said the association had also heard examples of women's concerns not being taken seriously.
"Women quite often have gone to seek support for what they're experiencing postnatally but they're told it's just normal … and so it's normalising some completely debilitating symptoms … this shouldn't be happening, particularly not when you're trying to navigate life with a new baby," she said.
