Here's what you need to know this morning.
Public transport industrial action
The Minister for Transport is meeting with train union representatives as protected industrial action slows the network.
Rail, Tram and Bus Union employees won't be working overtime or performing duties with contractors until February 21.
Transport for NSW said the protected industrial action would result in longer delays for commuters.
Minister for Transport David Elliot is meeting with union representatives this morning in the hope negotiations will progress.
"I want to make sure that they know they have a healthy dialogue with me," he said.
"They've certainly got my ear, and I will be addressing whatever concerns they have."
Fewer train services are already running as the network operates on weekend timetables due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Booster advertising blitz
From today, the NSW government's new campaign to lift the rate of COVID-19 booster shots will hit TV, radio, newspapers and social media.
The Let's Do This ads have been translated into 19 different languages with a specific campaign for Indigenous communities.
With 43.5 per cent of people aged 16 and over already covered by a third dose, Premier Dominic Perrottet is hoping the campaign will reinforce their importance.
"We know that vaccinations and boosters put downward pressure on a hospitalisations and ICU presentations," he said.
He also said it had never been easier to get a vaccine and urged those whose second dose was three months ago not to wait.
People who have already been infected with COVID were particularly encouraged to get a booster four to six weeks after recovering.
Police investigate house shooting
An investigation is underway following a public shooting in Sydney's south-west overnight, when a home was sprayed with bullets.
Police say three adults were inside the house on Karuah Street, Greenacre, when shots were fired into the property at 1.10am.
No one was injured.
Several bullet holes were found in the front of the house.
A crime scene has been established.
Elective surgery resumes today
The suspension of overnight elective surgeries ends today in a staged reintroduction of non-urgent procedures across NSW hospitals.
Only private hospitals, and public hospitals based in regional and rural NSW, will be included in the first stage of the rollout.
The phased return will see them take on up to 75 per cent of their caseload prior to the pandemic.
But patients wanting overnight elective surgeries at a metropolitan hospital will have continue waiting.
The NSW Government said it's because the hospital network is still under pressure caused by COVID-19.
It said the demands on public hospitals are being watched closely and the situation is under constant review.
Overnight elective surgeries were paused on January 10.
Vouchers a 'thank you' to parents
Parents with schoolchildren can now apply for $250 worth of vouchers in what the NSW Premier said was a big win for household budgets.
The five $50 vouchers can be used for accommodation and tourism, and form part of the state's $2.8 billion COVID-19 economic recovery plan.
The Premier said the vouchers, which can be accessed via the Service NSW app from today, were about "thanking parents".
"This is a testament and a tribute to all parents who have made an incredible effort over the last two years, particularly in circumstances in home-schooling," he said.
Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said about 85 per cent of the state's population had so far received their Dine and Discover vouchers, and that he hoped the Parents NSW program would be as popular.
From February 21, people aged 18 and over will also receive a $50 accommodation voucher.
Fires at hospital, industrial site
The emergency section at Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital was evacuated overnight after an electrical fire at the facility.
Several fire trucks were called to the Frenchs Forest facility.
In Sydney's western suburbs, about 70 firefighter were called to a fire at an industrial complex at Glendenning.
Crews arrived about 12.45am and found several chemical drums on fire in the complex's yard.
Aerosol cans and gas bottles exploded during the blaze.
Ben Roberts-Smith trial continues
An elite soldier will be cross-examined in Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial today over claims he saw the Victoria Cross recipient order an execution overseas.
Known as Person 14, the SAS operator has alleged in court he saw Mr Roberts-Smith give a direction, through an interpreter, that an Afghan should be executed during a 2012 mission.
He told the court it left him "perplexed", but Mr Roberts-Smith has denied that account.
Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister began to cross-examine the witness on Friday.
He suggested Person 14 had been disciplined in his military past about the mishandling of top-secret information.
Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers and journalists over 2018 stories that published allegations of unlawful killings, domestic violence and bullying, which he denied.
Timber inquiry heads to regional NSW
A parliamentary inquiry into the timber industry is visiting regional New South Wales for the first time.
The NSW Upper House committee is examining the long-term sustainability of the timber and forest products industry.
Members will visit the Koondrook-Perricoota river red gum forests in the southern Riverina today, meeting with the local timber industry, landcare and Indigenous representatives.
Tomorrow the committee will head to the Snowy Valleys where 40 per cent of the local softwood plantations were damaged in the 2020 bushfires.
Local councils, landholders and a forestry contractor who has lost work because of the fires will give evidence at a public hearing.
