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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW rail union to strike against Metro upgrades

Sydney's embattled train network is once again facing disruptions as the rail union hits back at the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro conversion.

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Federal minister's lack of control on logging 'absurd'

Federal independents are mounting a renewed push to get the environment minister to deal with state-based logging threats to endangered species.

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Reusable cups and balloon rules floated to bin plastics

The NSW government is seeking feedback on a plastics crackdown that would force some businesses to use less-polluting alternatives.

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Streets behind: every state lagging on housing targets

Australia is targeting 1.2 million new homes by 2029, but a major construction body says only significant reform can overcome a huge shortfall.

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Plot twist: how giving old graveyards new life as parks can improve our cities

Old graveyards are a forgotten land asset that can find new life as urban parks in crowded cities. As the density of our cities increases, efficient use of urban land becomes paramount. In particular, land for urban parks becomes more important and harder to find.

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Bus crash survivor's 'bad feeling' about wife, daughter

Injured survivors of a horrific bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley have described losing their loved ones in court as driver Brett Button awaits his sentence.

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Eyes on the road: average speed cameras on trial for cars and motorbikes

NSW Government introduces new trial due to climbing road toll

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NSW safety drive to put brakes on highway speeding

Cars will no longer be able to sail through average-speed camera zones at high speed as NSW trials a key recommendation of a safety forum on the road toll.

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Warm, wet spring could bring severe storms

Emergency services are urging the public to be vigilant ahead of the spring storm season.

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Good news for some threatened species as numbers rise

Many threatened species in NSW national parks are heading in the right right direction, while efforts are underway in Queensland to boost wombat numbers.

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Aftershocks likely after Hunter's 'earthquake swarm'

Power has been restored to homes in NSW's Hunter region after its third earthquake in weeks, but seismologists warn more aftershocks are likely to follow.

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Musical about former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to open at Sydney Fringe festival

Gladys: A Musical Affair takes a few outrageous artistic liberties, and even includes a villain – Daryl – who tries to win affection using the banjo

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NSW's lauded cashless gaming trial has just 32 users

A 'really good picture' is being painted by a small trial charting the path forward for one of the world's largest pokies jurisdictions, a minister insists.

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Temperatures surge in south-eastern Australia as windy weather blasts NSW and Victoria

NSW, Victoria, south-western Queensland and parts of central Australia had temperatures climb by 6C to 12C above average, BoM says

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The Conversation

Bunyip birds and brolgas: how can we better protect species important to Indigenous people?

Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga (Grus rubicunda or burraalga in Kamilaroi) have been part of life, lore, spirit, dance and culture with Country for thousands of generations.

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'Left no option': Labor faces first mass nurses' strike

Thousands of nurses and midwives will walk off the job in NSW for their first major strike since Labor won power.

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Patient warning over plan to ease GP load with pharmacy

The peak body for GPs has hit out at a NSW government plan to let pharmacies treat more health conditions to take pressure off doctors.

Newcastle Herald

Going for gold in accessible living not on NSW's radar

Para-athlete's plea for government to apply mandatory livable standards to all new NSW housing

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Newcastle Airport gets funding for new flight destinations

International and domestic routes are being discussed.

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NSW drug summit to be co-chaired by former state Liberal leader who denounced pill testing

Exclusive: Health minister says John Brogden and former deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt ‘respected across the aisle’

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One of Australia’s biggest casino operators is in trouble. Will Queensland come to Star’s rescue?

Days after opening the $3.6bn Queen’s Wharf precinct in Brisbane, Star Entertainment is seeking government help to stay afloat

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Grattan on Friday: Liberals send in veteran warhorses to deal with party’s hot mess

Finally, just months out from the election, the Liberal Party is tackling the Augean stable that is its New South Wales division. It is a task that should have been a priority two years ago, after the division’s toxic factionalism had been on inglorious display in the run-up to the…

Newcastle Herald

Town's biggest infrastructure project to tackle notorious bottleneck

'There's never been a better time to live in the Hunter.'

AAP

'Passport to a good life': high-tech TAFE funds boost

The NSW and federal government are going halves in a new TAFE centre of excellence in western Sydney designed to help Australians keep pace with technology.

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'People want a voice at table': teal aims for Lib seat

An environmental lawyer and advisor to federal teal MPs will try to seize a long-held Liberal seat, saying voters' alternative is a party in "absolute chaos".

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