The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW Blues on brink of drought-breaking Shield win

Oliver Davies and Chris Tremain have put NSW within touching distance of their first Sheffield Shield win in 16 games, closing in on a win against WA.

AAP · Nov 7, 2023

Pro-Palestine port protests warned not to disrupt trade

Premier Chris Minns has warned protesters planning to rally at a main port on Remembrance Day not to interrupt trade.

AAP · Nov 7, 2023

'Antiquated' police system failing on domestic violence

NSW Police systems cannot properly record incidents of domestic violence and are in desperate need of an upgrade, a parliamentary hearing has been told.

AAP · Nov 7, 2023

‘The country, the whole region, is being flooded’: tracking meth to Australia

From Myanmar to Brisbane, journalist Conor Woodman followed the drug from origin to end users. He answers 10 questions about what he found

The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2023

‘Absolutely not ’: Chris Minns doesn’t want transport minister to resign over staffing scandal

The NSW premier said his government was focused on the “big game” of transport reform, and wanted Jo Haylen to do that job

The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2023

Small businesses to get larger slice of economic pie

Chris Minns is keen to see small businesses get a larger slice of the NSW government economic pie and is making it easier for them to win government contracts.

AAP · Nov 5, 2023

‘This saved my life’: the emotional alchemy bonding traumatised veterans and damaged racehorses

In the NSW southern highlands, Horse Aid is working to ‘un-soldier’ former defence personnel and ‘un-race’ thoroughbreds

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2023

The hidden disease killing Australia's wombats

Mange affects almost all wombat populations across NSW and when it takes hold it causes an immune reaction that can be fatal to the short-legged marsupials.

AAP · Nov 4, 2023

Small steps of justice: families await the outcome of landmark inquiry into gay hate crimes

The special commission examined the unsolved deaths of more than 30 people between 1970 and 2010 believed to be victims of LGBTQ+ hate crimes

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2023

Blues stun WA with first defeat in almost two years

NSW have handed Western Australia their first defeat in one-day cricket in almost two years, claiming a two-wicket win in a rain-affected game in Sydney.

AAP · Nov 4, 2023