The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Residents told to take cover as heat, wind flare fires

Firefighters have gained the upper hand over a fire in the NSW Upper Hunter but continue to battle blazes across the state amid hot and windy conditions.

AAP · Oct 21, 2023

Hope of survival for one of Australia's rarest birds

Scientists who have been searching for a critically endangered little bird in one of the most remote national parks in NSW have spotted at least six of them.

AAP · Oct 21, 2023

Secrets of Dawn: exposing the truth behind the magazine

An exhibition focused on the Stolen Generations will shine a light on the former NSW Aborigines Welfare Board's Dawn Magazine and the truth behind the pictures

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

Hatcher takes hat-trick as NSW down SA in one-dayer

NSW fast bowler Liam Hatcher has taken a hat-trick in a 33-run win over South Australia in their 50-over clash in Adelaide.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

Firefighters next frontline NSW workers to get pay rise

Nearly 7000 on-call and permanent firefighters in NSW will receive a 4.5 per cent pay rise after their union and the state government reached an agreement.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

Seven homes lost in northern NSW bushfire

A fire on the NSW mid-north coast that claimed the life of a man defending his property has also destroyed several other houses.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

One in 10 buybacks cleared nearly two years after flood

Only 11 per cent of applications under the $700 million recovery program for the NSW Northern Rivers have been approved for home buybacks.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

APL chief executive Townsend departs for Middle East

Chief executive Danny Townsend, who sold the A-Leagues grand finals to NSW, has departed for a job in the Middle East.

AAP · Oct 20, 2023

NSW Govt Doesn’t Know What To Do Now That The Voice Has Failed And Is Reviewing Its Treaty Plan

"Nobody has a clue," one staffer said. NSW is the only state not to have started a treaty process.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 20, 2023

NSW to review treaty consultation plan after voice referendum defeat

Exclusive: With Indigenous leaders ‘shell-shocked’, sources say there are a ‘lot of conversations’ in the Minns government about next step

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023