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Voters will have the chance to determine NSW's transport future at Saturday's election, with billions of dollars in investment promised.

The New Daily

Labor to keep Hunter expert panel

NSW Labor has committed to retaining the State Government's clean energy expert panels and incorporating them into its proposed transition authority model, if elected.

Newcastle Herald

Safe as houses? Not if you can't get anyone to insure what's yours

I believe that we should start looking at home insurance as an essential service.

Newcastle Herald

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Premier on back foot in final NSW election debate

In one of the few statements to draw applause, Labor's Chris Minns has claimed the coalition could again halt health workers' wages in an economic crisis.

AAP

NSW election: Labor targets western Sydney swing as Coalition clings on in crucial battleground

The retirement of popular sitting MPs and the confluence of state and federal issues make for an intriguing picture of potential results

The Guardian - AU

Menindee residents ask officials to drink town’s water as reassurance after massive fish kill

WaterNSW testing shows drinking supply passes Australian cleanliness guidelines but community remains unconvinced about river management

The Guardian - AU

Fish kill clean-up finally underway at Menindee, a week after creatures began clogging up river

The clean-up of millions of stinking, rotting, dead fish is finally underway, almost a week after an unprecedented fish kill affected a far-western New South Wales town.

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More deadly varroa mite infestations uncovered, NSW farmers worry about 'long-lasting impacts'

The NSW Department of Primary Industries believes surveillance is working and it is at the "forefront of where the mites have moved" as six new infestations are detected in multiple regions.

ABC News

American pilot felt pressure from NSW Rural Fire Service to fly during 2019-20 fires, inquiry hears

An American aerial firefighter giving evidence at a coronial inquest into the deaths of his colleagues during the 2019-20 bushfire season tells the coroner he felt pressure from the NSW Rural Fire Service to continuing flying.

ABC News

NSW Labor labelled ‘amateurs’ by Perrottet after analysis shows election policy risks budget blowout

Chris Minns defends promise to scrap public sector wages cap as party leaders scramble in final week of NSW election campaigning

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet condemns New South Wales Liberal polling booth volunteer after racist remarks

Dominic Perrottet says it is "not acceptable" that a New South Wales Liberal election volunteer hurled a racist slur at an Indigenous firefighter at a polling booth in south-west Sydney.

ABC News

Bushfire-hit NSW communities thrown funding lifeline

Communities in central west NSW will be able to access government funding to help rebuild from bushfires that tore through the area this month.

AAP

Labor’s ‘zero-emissions’ bus a fizzer on the campaign trail

There were blushes in NSW Labor on Tuesday, when leader Chris Minns' "zero-emissions" campaign bus ran flat.

The New Daily

Post-flood exodus may sway vote in Lismore in NSW state election, candidates say

The lingering effects of last year's catastrophic flood may be a key factor in deciding who wins the marginal seat of Lismore.

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AAP

NSW man charged over cold-case DV murder

A man has been charged with murdering a 71-year-old woman who disappeared from Sydney's west more than four years ago.

The Guardian - AU

Rural seats will be crucial to the NSW election outcome, so why aren’t we hearing about them?

Three key regional electorates will determine the makeup of the crossbench in the new parliament, yet campaign news seems to stop at Penrith

Al Jazeera

Pushback in Australia against increasingly draconian protest laws

Australia is among democracies curbing long-cherished civil and political liberties blaming more radical protesters.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: Perrottet the preferred NSW premier but both parties’ election policies fail to excite

Bulk of people polled say major policy announcements from Labor and Coalition will not sway their vote in lead-up to election

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The Conversation

No, gamblers don't 'need' cash. Our research isn't an argument against cashless gaming reform

The Perottett government’s promise to introduce mandatory “cashless gambling” in New South Wales by 2028 – something for which anti-gambling activists and public-health experts have long lobbied – has elicited a strong response from those with an interest in maintaining the revenue that flows from the 86,650 poker machines installed…

The New Daily

Disgraced MP Maguire facing $17k hit to defend case

Former NSW MP Daryl Maguire allegedly conspired with a migration agent to breach the migration act between January 2013 and August 2015.

The Guardian - AU

At the NSW election, Labor is poised for a clean sweep – but Perrottet’s gamble may pay off

In the final week of the state election campaign, not a single pebble is being left unturned by the Coalition government

The New Daily

Perrottet on the road, Minns on a run in NSW

Dominic Perrottet is campaigning in Goulburn while Chris Minns has returned to western Sydney as the leaders spruik their policies in a bid to court NSW voters.

ABC News

Institute of Public Affairs anti-renewables campaign labelled 'bizarre', 'alarmist', 'scaremongering'

The Institute of Public Affairs is warning regional NSW that net-zero emissions targets will cost tens of thousands of people their jobs, just days out from the state election.

ABC News

Opposition Leader Chris Minns says the people of New South Wales pay more tax than other Australians. Is that correct?

State Opposition Leader Chris Minns claims New South Wales residents have the greatest tax burden in Australia, adding to their cost-of-living pain. Is that true? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

Young NSW voters rank affordable housing, environment and gambling as key election issues

For the first time, the under-40s will make up the majority of voters at the NSW election on Saturday. And they have clear messages about the issues they care about most.

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