Here's what you need to know this morning.
Talks stall between rail unions and government
Talks aimed to stop industrial action have hit a snag after five weeks of enterprise agreement negotiations between rail unions and the NSW government.
Minister for Employee Relations Damian Tudehope wants the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) $2 billion intercity trains to be rolled out immediately.
"I urge the unions to consider their position carefully and not to resort to extreme industrial action while the government's offer for rail workers is finalised," he said.
"Today I advised the leadership of the union movement that I will not support any Rail, Tram and Bus Union demands that further delay the rollout of the New Intercity Fleet."
But the Rail Tram and Bus Union's spokesman, Alex Claassens, said such a move would be unsafe.
"We want to fix these trains, we want to fix our enterprise agreement, we want to get on with our jobs operating the system for the people of NSW," he said.
McLachlan to undergo further cross examination
Actor Craig McLachlan will be further cross-examined today in his defamation trial.
McLachlan is suing the ABC, Nine newspapers and actor Christie Whelan Browne for defamation over stories published in 2018.
The articles contained allegations he indecently assaulted, harassed, bullied and exposed himself to female cast members during the 2014 Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show.
Yesterday he was accused of repeatedly lying in his trial, after giving contradictory evidence about on-stage kissing during The Rocky Horror Show.
The actor denied the accusation.
Two days ago, McLachlan said he never kissed any of his female co-stars below the shoulders or arms during a bedroom scene in the show.
But yesterday he admitted he once kissed Whelan Browne on the hip.
He said the only reason he did so was because he dropped a fake cigarette used as a prop and had to improvise while trying to retrieve it from the bed.
Probe launched into cocaine seizure
An investigation is underway into whether a shipment of drugs into regional New South Wales is linked to Indonesia's biggest seizure of cocaine.
Fifty-four kilograms of cocaine, worth $20 million, was found near the body of a professional diver in the Port of Newcastle on Monday.
Investigators believe the original shipment into Newcastle weighed 300 kilograms, with a street value of $120 million.
Only about 100 kilograms made its way into Australian waters and on Sunday, 179 kilograms of the drug was found near Merak Port on Java.
A superyacht operator who lives in Cairns is set to be extradited to Sydney today to face charges of supplying and importing a commercial quantity of drugs.
James Blee, 62, was arrested trying to board a flight to Singapore on Wednesday.
Archibald Prize winner revealed today
The winner of the $100,000 Archibald Prize for portrait painting will be revealed today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Fifty-two finalists have already been selected and their works will be on display at the gallery from Friday.
The Wynne prize will also be awarded for the best landscape painting along with the Sulman Prize for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project.
Sydney artist Claus Stangl's painting of Aotearoa New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian Taika Waititi won the Archibald Prize's Packing Room Prize — kicking off 'Archies season' in Sydney last week.
