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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

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Rabbitohs have 'no doubt' on Mitchell's Origin hopes

Latrell Mitchell has been sidelined with a lower back injury, but South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett isn't worried for the NSW star's State of Origin hopes.

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Archibald prize 2026: Richard Lewer’s portrait of artist Iluwanti Ken wins $100,000

Australia’s most prominent portrait prize was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where the finalist exhibition will open on Saturday

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Speechless: Butler details her 'crazy' Origin call-up

Rima Butler is readying for her potential State of Origin debut for New South Wales after Tiana Penitani-Gray sustained a knee injury.

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Moore Park golf course to be cut by a third instead of 50% under compromise to create new parklands

After backlash, including from actor and avid golfer Mark Wahlberg, state says ‘we’ve worked to increase offering from nine holes to a 12-hole course’

The Guardian - AU

Neo-Nazi Joel Davis charged with inciting hatred over ‘Abolish the Jewish lobby’ rally at NSW parliament

Davis, 32, arrested on Wednesday and charged with inciting hatred and causing fear. Arrest comes after police criticised at royal commission into antisemitism

The Guardian - AU

Billionaire philanthropist’s former secretary facing additional fraud charges – as it happened

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Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows

On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there is Zostera muelleri. It has long ribbon-like leaves that grow from stems (called rhizomes) buried…

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Jewish students bullied while learning about Holocaust

A royal commission has heard how Jewish students were bullied while learning about the Holocaust.

AAP

‘Not a good look’: witnesses refuse to appear before NSW parliamentary hearings after court ruling

Chris Minns’ chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the same

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland

Originally envisioned to run 1,700km from Melbourne to a port near Brisbane, the mega infrastructure project will now only connect Beveridge in Victoria to Parkes in NSW

The Guardian - AU

Cabinet minister suspended from parliament for a week

Having refused to produce documents relating to a premier's comments to police, a state parliament has taken the extraordinary step of suspending a minister.

AAP

Domestic violence laws to crack down on covert stalking

Domestic violence perpetrators who use tracking devices to covertly stalk and harass will face imprisonment as new laws aim to address tech-facilitated abuse.

AAP

'Courage on steroids': volunteers die in rescue mission

Two rescuers who died while trying to save a stricken yachtsman in wild seas have been honoured by their local community for their courage and heroism.

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NSW to criminalise secret GPS tracking after report highlighting number of devices bought by DV offenders

Chris Minns says technology has been ‘weaponised against women, and our laws have not kept pace’

AAP

'We tried our best': Why Saifiti was forced to retire

Daniel Saifiti's stellar career with the Dolphins, Newcastle, NSW and Fiji has come to a premature end.

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‘We don’t hear the frogs, we don’t see the birds’: government repeatedly delayed water to NSW wetlands, documents reveal

Exclusive: A grazier has released emails that reveal the state’s environment and water department prioritised harvesting of winter cereal crops over wetlands

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'Trying times': farmers stare down trifecta of troubles

Farmers are being forced to adapt and innovate as drought conditions intensify and global shocks push up costs and risk vital fertiliser supplies.

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Demand for guns has surged in the wake of Bondi – what will it take to make Australia safer?

Premiers are rejecting Anthony Albanese’s buyback scheme amid a surge in the number of applications for gun licences

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Zac Lomax misfires on union return despite hype over Suaalii duel

The code-hoppers came face to face for the NSW Waratahs and Western Force clash but it was a night of grind, not glamour at Allianz Stadium

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‘Profoundly distressing’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW

There were 66 deaths in custody and police operations in 2025 – 18 more than the previous year

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Queensland rejects key Bondi report recommendation as Albanese’s gun buyback flounders

State’s police minister says buyback ‘doesn’t focus on keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals’, leaving NSW only clear supporter of plan

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Marauding Blues hold off luckless Maroons to take Women’s Origin series lead

NSW defeat Queensland 11-6 in Game 1 after Jesse Southwell field goal helps hosts recover half-time deficit

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Southwell leads late NSW surge to ice Origin opener

Jesse Southwell has helped NSW take an early advantage in the Women's State of Origin series, sparking a late 11-6 Blues win.

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The Bondi terror report raises more questions than answers about the massacre - and illuminated its horror

The 155-page interim report released on Thursday shows how little is known – and can be shared – about the 14 December shooting

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