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Crackdown as smokers seek cheaper, untaxed tobacco

NSW should already have a licensing system for tobacco, the health minister says, as illicit tobacco sales boom in a potential windfall for organised crime.

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Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management

Last month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on Indigenous Disaster Resilience.

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Bad medicine: damning report shows healthcare 'out of reach for too many'

Thousands of people in the Hunter can't afford to see a GP.

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New sites for houses as no-grounds eviction ban passes

The property industry has welcomed more NSW sites for development to increase housing supply, as opponents to tenancy changes fear they will scare investors.

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Transgrid under pressure as NSW inquiry examines how failed backup generators left Broken Hill in the dark

NSW premier Chris Minns says state’s far west let down by privatisation after region’s only working large-scale emergency generator failed

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NSW Government Says People Were Charged $144 Million In ‘Unlawful’ Fees

The NSW government claims NSW residents have been charged $144 million in potentially illegal service fees since 2016.

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Elliott fires as Vics roll NSW for opening Shield win

Sam Elliott has claimed all four wickets on day four at the MCG with Victoria wrapping up a convincing 141-run win over a star-studded NSW side.

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Pay boost for workers to help fix 'broken' child protection system

Union welcomes pay increase and moves toward new, specific award

Newcastle Herald

Pay boost for workers to fix 'broken' child protection

Thousands of caseworkers will receive a pay increase in NSW as they battle staff shortages, with the largest wage rise reserved for new starters.

AAP

Olympian out, premier in: angry locals to grill leader

A major power outage has halted swimming legend Kyle Chalmers' visit to Broken Hill but locals will get a chance to grill the NSW premier over relief.

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Long wait for refunds of 'gobsmacking' unlawful fees

Everything from fine payments to marriage certificates have been hit with wrongful merchant surcharges in NSW over eight years.

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Millions of people in NSW charged illegal merchant fees by state agencies, government says

Residents unlawfully charged about $144m in fees on services such as licence renewals, car registrations and fine repayments since 2016, minister says

The Guardian - AU

Rebuilding homes after a disaster is an opportunity to build back better – why isn’t the insurance industry on board?

For many Australians, 2022 was a dark and devastating year. Major floods wreaked havoc on hundreds of communities in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. But for some, the floods themselves were only half the disaster.

The Conversation

Even wealthy Australians avoiding GP visits as cost of living hurts access to healthcare

Exclusive: NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost

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Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

NSW's crime statistics bureau has found no evidence a big increase in drug driving detections has led to a change in driver behaviour.

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Cockatoo ‘living on brioche’ inside Sydney supermarket rescued after four weeks

‘Mickey is everyone in Sydney’s spirit animal at the moment, eating free food,’ New South Wales premier Chris Minns said

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Rush of blood costs Konstas as duck has Smith fuming

Sam Konstas looked set for another big Sheffield Shield score before the NSW young gun had a teenager's rush of blood against Victoria.

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Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Numerous horrific murders and vanishings in one patch of the country has alarmed an MP but his claims of a potential serial killer have been met with scepticism

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Inquiry coming after outback failures leave 20k in dark

Communities in western NSW are again without power after problems with two generators including one resulting in the ruin of essential medication.

Evening Standard

Charles launches Australian version of his King’s Foundation charity

The King’s Foundation Australia will restore and become the custodian of the historic Hillview Estate in New South Wales.

The Times of India

Watch: Steve Smith suffers four-ball duck in Sheffield Shield

Steve Smith endured a terrible outing at the top of the order for New South Wales against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield competition at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After contributing just three runs in the first innings, Smith was dismissed for a duck in the second essay.

The Conversation

Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore?

The decades-long mystery about what happened to 19-year-old Amber Haigh made it to court in New South Wales earlier this year. Those accused of murdering Haigh were found not guilty.

The Guardian - AU

Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket

NSW environment minister hopes ‘Mickey will be flying free by tomorrow’ after successful capture by wildlife services

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Thousands greet royals at opera house – as it happened

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‘Now is the time’: NSW homicide detectives return to Bowraville almost 35 years after children murdered

Police are searching for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, 16, who vanished in 1990 – the same year Evelyn Greenup, four, and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, were killed

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