The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW's winless Shield streak continues with loss to Vics

Victoria have secured their first win of the Sheffield Shield season with a commanding 205-run thumping of struggling NSW at the MCG.

AAP · Oct 29, 2023

Family of Sydney man shot dead during psychotic episode demand police retract claim he was ‘known’ to them

Call by family of Steve Pampalian comes as Greens accuse police of curating the narrative around other people fatally Tasered or shot

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2023

Escaping underground: the eerie new age of bushfire bunkers

With concrete walls, flame-proof doors and wine racks, bushfire bunkers offer the promise of safety - at least for those who can afford them

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2023

Rolled up: is synthetic turf on Australian sports fields worth the environmental risk?

It’s durable, resilient and lower-maintenance than natural grass – but there are still many downsides and unknowns to artificial turf

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023

As Queensland residents reflect on homes lost in 420 bushfires this week, experts say there is more to come

Hundreds were evacuated across the state while 130 fires burned over 5,000 hectares in NSW and four properties were lost in Western Australia

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023

Australia approves aerial culling of wild horses after banning it more than two decades ago

‘The change is essential to protecting the park’s threatened native wildlife and ecosystems’

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Harris falls cheaply again as Vics hold Shield lead

Victoria hold a lead of 225 in their Sheffield Shield clash with NSW despite fringe Test opener Marcus Harris falling cheaply for the second time in the match.

AAP · Oct 27, 2023

Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted

Personal information provided through a NSW government agency is being misused to encourage people to sell for low prices, state MPs have heard.

AAP · Oct 27, 2023

Man and his dog missing after helicopter vanishes

Police and marine rescue volunteers are searching the NSW coastline for a missing helicopter and its pilot after it failed to arrive as scheduled.

AAP · Oct 27, 2023

Feral horses to be shot from the air at Kosciuszko national park as entire ecosystem ‘under threat’

NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says ‘threatened native species are in danger of extinction’ after authorising aerial cull

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023