The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

‘I felt guilty’: women reveal harrowing details to groundbreaking NSW birth trauma inquiry

Report calls for urgent efforts after receiving 4,000 submissions including from patients, doctors, midwives and experts around Australia

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2024

Man shot by cops failed to heed warnings, inquest told

A man wanted to die and had threatened to kill his family before he turned up at a regional NSW police station with a weapon, a coroner has heard.

AAP · May 29, 2024

Billion-dollar NSW consultant spend lashed, cut pledged

The previous NSW government was too reliant on consulting firms and paid for work normally designed for the public service, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

AAP · May 29, 2024

Fewer than 10% of sexual assaults reported to NSW police end in a conviction, report finds

Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research study finds no legal action was taken in about 85% of reported sexual assault incidents

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024

NSW will meet national housing target, premier insists

An ambitious rewrite of Sydney's housing targets hopes to shift infill closer to the city with a $200 million program for councils to build more homes.

AAP · May 28, 2024

Lack of GPs driving record hospital pressure: minister

NSW emergency department attendances and ambulance responses are at a record high, while the state lost 500 general practitioners in one year.

AAP · May 28, 2024

Olakau'atu hopes NSW fans forgive him for Maroons post

Haumole Olakau'atu grew up supporting Queensland in State of Origin, but the NSW debutant insists he now bleeds blue.

AAP · May 28, 2024

NSW government reveals where 377,000 new homes will be built in Sydney and regional areas by 2029

Premier Chris Minns announces new housing targets for 43 councils across NSW

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024

Almost 40,000 homes across Australia waiting to be built as interest rates and building costs hit developers

KPMG analysis reveals 15,593 dwellings in NSW and 7,897 in Victoria are yet to break ground despite planning approval amid higher cost of materials and finance

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024

Reds want to keep winning ways ahead of Super finals

Reds coach Les Kiss is expecting their battle with arch-rivals NSW to be emotionally charged as his team look to build into the Super Rugby Pacific finals.

AAP · May 28, 2024