The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Fire ants could cost 'half a COVID' every year

Analysts have offered a staggering new assessment of what Australia could lose to fire ants.

AAP · Mar 5, 2024

Women voters send Labor 'a wake-up call'

Be it perceived inaction, a 'lack of vision' or something else, poor poll results for NSW Labor are being treated as a wake-up call.

AAP · Mar 4, 2024

AI threatens anti-corruption fight amid economic boost

Artificial intelligence could boost NSW's economy and make it hard for its citizens to trust the government, as an inquiry considers the technology.

AAP · Mar 4, 2024

Rain, bad light halt NSW momentum against Redbacks

NSW veteran Daniel Hughes has the chance to post his ninth first-class century when the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia resumes on day three.

AAP · Mar 2, 2024

Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law and the soil carbon revolution

Wilmot Cattle Co in northern New South Wales is pioneering soil carbon sequestration, but scientists say it’s not a long-term solution

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024

Manenti half-century settles Redback wobble against NSW

Ben Manenti has struck an unbeaten half-century to guide South Australia to 8-257 at stumps on day one of the Sheffield Shield clash against NSW in Sydney.

AAP · Mar 1, 2024

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

A zero-tolerance approach to feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park has been flagged by the federal government if culling fails to stop environmental harm.

AAP · Mar 1, 2024

'Novel' claim to have GST money cover Qld debt to NSW

NSW has threatened to withhold funding from Queensland if the state does not pay outstanding bills for COVID-19 hotel quarantine measures.

AAP · Mar 1, 2024

Accused killer cop's recruitment, record to be probed

NSW Police has more than 18,000 members reeling from the alleged actions of one officer charged with murdering a Sydney couple, the commissioner says.

AAP · Mar 1, 2024

Looming Rosehill deadline won't scupper home plans: NSW

A proposal to turn a century-old racecourse into 25,000 homes has been criticised as a "thought bubble" as a deadline for documents loom.

AAP · Mar 1, 2024