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NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

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Massive koala park plan to give logging the chop

A huge proposed national park to protect koalas has been hailed by conservationists, but the logging industry says jobs will be decimated.

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‘A great tragedy’: man dies in shark attack near Dee Why on Sydney’s northern beaches

Beaches from Manly to Narrabeen closed after death of 57-year-old who leaves behind wife and child

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Prison safety in focus after officer's horrific abuse

The NSW government has plenty of work to do to implement all recommendations from a landmark inquiry into failures in the state's prison system.

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‘Massive, cosmic, untethered’: Lisa Reihana’s hypnotic world shimmers in major survey

The Māori multimedia artist has helped shape contemporary New Zealand art, and with her exhibition in regional NSW she wants to ‘entice and mesmerise’

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‘No more empty homes while people are homeless’: the squatters being evicted from the northern rivers’ ‘buyback’ homes

Since the catastrophic floods of 2022, just 41 homes in the Northern Rivers have been raised, retrofitted or relocated. Far more have been bought back – and those living in them have been told to leave

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Lithgow’s old railway yard is for sale – transport experts say it could have a big and green future

Push for NSW locomotive workshop to be returned to government hands and used to retrofit diesel trains and help meet 50% Australian-made quotas

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Morning Mail: watchdog buried mine lead warning, Giorgio Armani dies, Magpies down Crows

NSW environment agency sat on a report about risks from lead mines for four years; fashion designer hailed as a ‘legend’

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Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

Documents tabled in NSW parliament show state agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

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Picklum's full-circle moment on path to surf title

Starting out as a grom on the Central Coast in NSW, Molly Picklum believes she's just getting started after winning her first World Surf League title.

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'Shameful': state takes out crime hotspot title again

A domestic violence prevention advocate hopes reforms will help make an impact as one state retains its unwanted title as Australia's hotbed of crime.

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NSW police minister concedes she ‘may have had the figure wrong’ on the number of antisemitic incidents since 7 October

Defending laws to curb antisemitism, Yasmin Catley said in March there had been more than 700 incidents, but new figures imply a smaller number

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Disused bowlo in Aboriginal hands after High Court win

An abandoned lawn bowls club will be passed to an Aboriginal land council, with a High Court decision set to ripple across numerous crown land leases.

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UTS ordered by SafeWork NSW to pause job cuts due to risk of ‘psychological harm’

Union labels intervention a ‘rare and damning rebuke’

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Thin blue line as police force struggles with vacancies

A wage increase and other initiatives to attract more officers are yet to shift the dial at the nation's biggest police force, where 2470 positions are vacant.

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'Promise to Jack': parents warn about fatal knife crime

Hard truths about dabbling with deadly weapons are being delivered by the parents of slain teen Jack Beasley after an escalation in youth stabbings.

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Slow uptake in GPs prescribing ADHD medication

Barely a trickle of GPs have trained to prescribe ADHD medication despite reforms designed to save patients the expense of seeing a specialist psychiatrist.

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Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs

Based on the real-life crimes of Neddy Smith, the 1995 two-parter was a ‘love story’ between a corrupt cop and a notorious crook. Everyone knew it would be huge

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Farmers still waiting on flood 'rapid' recovery grants

A state agriculture minister has conceded the government's delivery of financial aid to farmers hit by May's devastating floods has been too slow.

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NSW prison phone call costs made it hard for Chris to stay connected to his family. Advocates say they should be free

Reform advocates argue call costs are prohibitive and risk isolating inmates further and leading to problems on release

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Winter delivers final blast of cold weather, bringing snow and strong winds to Australia’s south-east

‘Vigorous’ front that crossed South Australia, Victoria and NSW has now cleared out into Tasman Sea, BoM says

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Sydney’s new international airport opens next year. But you might have to catch the bus to get there

Public transport to Western Sydney international airport seems likely to be fragmented and indirect from many parts of the city

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Former NSW police officer who lost her arm after a car accident awarded $2.3m by the court

County court judge found physical and psychological injuries from the accident caused ‘complete destruction of her capacity for any form of meaningful remunerative work’

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Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast

Gusts reaching up to 130km/h expected to push further into south-eastern states on Saturday, bringing showers, hail and thunderstorms

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'Serial offender' charges prompt calls to end logging

A "rogue" forestry agency has been hit with dozens of fresh charges over logging operations, prompting renewed calls for an end to the loss-making practice.

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