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Raising hell: queer arts crew protest church eviction

A LGBTIQ arts group that briefly resurrected a deconsecrated church is incensed after an arcane law was used to evict it in the name of religious freedom.

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Drones not nets: Bar Beach protest against summer shark nets

Protesters have taken the place of marine life in netting in a display fighting against the use of shark nets

Newcastle Herald

'It's not working': premier wants ciggy tax stubbed out

A Labor leader is urging a rethink on tobacco taxes, while a law enforcement expert warns the war on illicit smokes must be coupled with lowering the excise.

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Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation

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Voters depart major parties months out from state poll

One state premier says he will fight to win re-election amid a surge in voter preference for One Nation at a scale not seen before.

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Sydney’s new metro line offers 110km/h speeds and an end to replacement buses – just don’t ask about the start date

Commuter disruptions will soon be over, but Chris Minns doesn’t want to ‘tempt fate’ with a date the NSW government can’t meet

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Victims advocate to hold government agencies to account

Experience with tragedies including the Bondi shooting and a horrific wedding bus crash will help a new victims' advocate hold government agencies to account.

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NSW spent almost $500,000 on court cases lost against pro-Palestine protest groups

Exclusive: Documents show $117,455 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack

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'Difficult job': Premier defends Washington over child safety review

A Hunter jobs announcement was the backdrop for a firm defence.

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Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt

Grazier is worried towns will ‘run out of water’ if flows don’t improve, urging state government to take action regardless of federal funds

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NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor points to ‘unstoppable’ momentum for reform

State Labor conference passes motion committing to higher taxes on some clubs and moratorium on licenses for new machines

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Coalition criticises Labor over electricity prices as Bowen rejects ‘hypocrisy’ – as it happened

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Chris Minns says Labor needs to ‘climb Everest’ to stay in power as One Nation looms over state conference

The New South Wales premier warns of rising threat of Pauline Hanson’s party as he addresses party conference

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The $12 billion plan to resurrect train manufacturing in Newcastle

The plan, to be announced today, will generate hundreds of jobs.

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Premier pitches train-building to keep Labor on track

Billions of dollars in funding for local train building has been promised at a state Labor party gathering otherwise focused on countering One Nation rhetoric.

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Entire NSW Labor left calls for controversial anti-protest laws to be scrapped ahead of party conference

Fifty-six state branches want laws reviewed, while gambling, Aukus and Palestine also on agenda

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Pledge to fix 'widow's tax' on investment properties

Concerns about how a tax hike on investments will impact couples in the event of death and divorce will be addressed, Labor says.

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Shark-spotting drone program to be expanded after attack by great white

'More eyes in the sky, so we can spot sharks earlier.'

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NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program

Premier Chris Minns says he wants to restore confidence to beachgoers after series of shark sightings and attacks

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Auction clearance rates continue to hover under 50% – as it happened

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AI drones pegged to help protect beachgoers from sharks

Shark monitoring drones will fly up and down the coast year-round as one state looks to artificial intelligence to help protect swimmers from attacks.

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Housing, immigration triggered threat against PM, Minns

A man who threatened to kill the prime minister and NSW premier in a hateful, anti-Semitic social media message has been sentenced to a suspended jail term.

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Wayne Swan likens Hanson to Trump and says Labor must stop One Nation’s ‘dark, dystopic picture of the future’

Australian Labor party president says authoritarian trends must not be ‘normalised’ in Australia

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Sydney shark attack survivor awake, alert and ‘remembers the whole event in detail’, brother says

Australian woman Leah Stewart no longer in critical condition but doesn’t yet have use of her hand

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Surging pokies revenue proves NSW Labor has failed to reduce gambling harm as promised, advocates say

State budget suggests Minns government is addicted to pokies revenue, with tax take predicted to jump from $1.6bn to $2.2bn annually within four years

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