The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW:Prisons slammed for 'unlawful and oppressive' isolation

Understaffing and a policy change meant that protective custody inmates were locked in their cell 24 hours a day without access to open-air exercise.

AAP · Jun 16

‘Inadequate’: NSW police criticised for not getting out of cars after triple zero call reported woman being bashed

Independent watchdog clears officers of serious misconduct but finds they ‘did not meet minimum standards’ on night Lindy Lucena was killed in Ballina

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16

Two arrested during investigation into Dezi Freeman’s movements as police reveal killer likely travelled to NSW

Victoria and NSW police search seven properties as they examine where shooter travelled after killing two officers in Porepunkah

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16

NSW Rugby League Modernises its Contact Centre with AnywhereNow’s Microsoft Teams–native Tendfor Solution

Sydney, Australia – 16 June 2026 – New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), one of the most established and respected organisations across the world of Rugby League, has chosen to migrate to AnywhereNow’s Tendfor contact centre solution. The fully native Microsoft Teams attendant console and voice platform will support improved…

AAP · Jun 15

NSW:Answers due over police response to fatal DV bashing

It took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a man "bashing the hell" out of a woman who ultimately died from the attack.

AAP · Jun 15

'Inadequate': police response to fatal DV attack lashed

Police have copped criticism for taking nearly an hour to respond to a triple-zero call detailing a disturbing domestic violence attack.

AAP · Jun 15

NSW:A girl 'erased': inquest seeks answers over killing

The parents of a 10-year-old girl killed by a teenager in a rural town hope an inquest will help victims of crime and their families avoid a similar nightmare.

AAP · Jun 15

Family blamed video games for teen killer's violence

The mother of a teenager who killed a child while in the grips of psychosis didn't believe in mental illness, an inquest has been told.

AAP · Jun 15

Australia lost 99% of this rainforest, one retired banker spent 30 years helping bring it back: Meet Tony Parkes

When Tony Parkes retired from investment banking at the age of 56, few would have predicted that his next chapter would revolve around seedlings, rainforest ecology and one of Australia's most ambitious conservation efforts. On the far north coast of New South Wales, where the once-vast Big Scrub rainforest had…

The Times of India · Jun 15

NSW:Blood-stained shirt pivotal in toddler murder trial

Despite only knowing his partner and her children for two months, a man is alleged to have escalated household discipline against her two-year-old to murder.

AAP · Jun 15