The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

New promise for Mascot Towers owners after 'nightmare'

Owners of apartments in Sydney's ill-fated Mascot Towers will be given low-interest loans to repair the defect-plagued building if Labor wins the NSW election.

AAP · Feb 9, 2023

Insurance crisis deepens for homes, business and local councils in flood prone areas of northern NSW

Almost a year after the country's most costly natural disaster, the hardest-hit areas in northern New South Wales are grappling with a future where many homes, businesses and even local councils are uninsurable.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

Rivals hammer out their pitches in fiery first debate of NSW election campaign

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns argue and interject over privatisation, infrastructure and public sector pay

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2023

What if Opal and Myki became one? It'd help more of us than you'd think

Melburnians know Myki, Sydneysiders know Opal. These two electronic ticketing systems for public transport may be streets ahead of what they replaced, but are now decidedly old-fashioned compared with systems elsewhere in the world.

The Conversation · Feb 8, 2023

'It shouldn't be political': Where new schools are being funded in NSW

An ABC analysis of the NSW government and opposition's school funding agenda shows 67 per cent of new and ongoing projects are in Coalition seats. More than 600 schools were over capacity in 2021.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Dominic Perrottet defends appointment of Liberal donor brother of Angus Taylor to NSW body

Exclusive: Party treasurer Charlie Taylor has attended fundraisers hosted by the minister who appointed him

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2023

The rental crisis forced Kelly to move into a tent. She's angry it is becoming 'common practice'

Record-low vacancy rates and rising rent prices are pushing many Australians to the limit, and low-income Australians are being hit the hardest.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Man and woman drown at Frazer Beach on NSW Central Coast north of Sydney

Police say the pair were pulled from the water at Frazer Beach on the NSW Central Coast on Wednesday afternoon.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Justin Millington faces trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met on Tinder

A New South Wales man is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met on the Tinder dating app.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

NSW government recruitment program hires 11 teachers after two years as vacancies tip 2,000

A $14-million NSW government program to address the state's teacher shortages has only hired 11 recruits as staff vacancies increase to over 2,000.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023