The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW aviation pioneer Max Hazelton remembered for building an airline, 1954 story of survival

Max Hazelton is remembered for creating Hazelton Airlines, a precursor to today's Rex, and surviving 1954 plane crash in rugged bush.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023

NSW police bust $28 million illicit tobacco plantation

Authorities seized and destroyed approximately 16 tonnes of illicit tobacco in New South Wales after police said they received a tip-off last year.

AAP · Apr 11, 2023

Free flu, COVID-19 jabs encouraged ahead of NSW winter

Now is the time for people at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 or flu to see their doctor, authorities say.

AAP · Apr 10, 2023

Australian government ‘concerned’ by potential Pentagon leak; cold-weather snap hits south-east – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2023

Elderly man drowns at NSW Hunter region beach

An elderly man has drowned after being pulled from the water unresponsive at NSW's Fingal Beach near Port Stephens.

AAP · Apr 9, 2023

NSW Liberals win final lower-house seat of Ryde two weeks after state election

Ryde becomes most marginal electorate in NSW after Liberal candidate Jordan Lane wins by just 50 votes

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2023

NSW election: Liberal finally declared Ryde winner – by just 60 votes

The final seat in the NSW election has been called, with the Liberal Party looking set to hold on to the Sydney electorate of Ryde

The New Daily · Apr 8, 2023

Last seat in NSW election called as Liberals claim Ryde

The Liberal Party has claimed the final seat in the NSW election by a whisker, giving Labor a minority hold with 45 lower house MPs to the Coalition's 36.

AAP · Apr 8, 2023

Coastal NSW recovering from hail, strong wind and power outages after Good Friday storm

A storm that swept over the Sydney metropolitan and south coast areas on Friday night brought 100kph wind gusts, large hailstones and left a path of fallen trees, damaged roofs and cracked windscreens.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2023

Sydney seat of Ryde won by Liberal party candidate Jordan Lane two weeks after state election

As the Labor party considers its position on a recount, the New South Wales Electoral Commission does a final check of the vote counting for the seat in Sydney's north-west.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2023