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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Investigation after freight train fault sparks Albury grassfire along Hume Highway

The large grassfire, sparked by a mechanical fault on a freight train, sent smoke over the border city and caused significant delays to traffic on the Hume Highway.

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NSW govt accused of student discrimination

A Sydney student has claimed the state government discriminated against him due to disability by rejecting his enrolment into a selective virtual college.

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet declares Liberal Party will regain seat of Kiama from Gareth Ward

Premier Dominic Perrottet says the "Liberal Party is going to win the seat of Kiama" despite not having a candidate two and a half months out from the NSW election.

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Turning on the water works - $10m tourism boost for Maitland

Round Two of the NSW Government's Regional Tourism Activation Fund has announced Walka Water Works as a major winner.

Newcastle Herald

New South Wales teen charged after allegedly shooting drivers with nail gun on M1 motorway

Reid Partlett is accused of shooting at two drivers with a nail gun in separate incidents on New South Wales' Central Coast yesterday afternoon.

ABC News

Drivers shot with nails on major highway

The passenger of a truck has allegedly shot two drivers - one in the head - with nails from a nail gun while travelling on a highway on the NSW Central Coast.

AAP

New South Wales stamp duty schemes will benefit few and could push prices up, experts say

Both major parties are hoping to appeal to voters with their competing stamp duty schemes but property experts say few buyers would actually benefit and housing prices could be pushed up.

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After 30 years, it's time to get the courtesy back onto Fernleigh Track

[Walking the track] has become an unpleasant experience with the few rude, aggressive, dangerous users.

Newcastle Herald

Labor plans major social housing overhaul

Labor's planned restructuring of the NSW social housing system is an exercise in bureaucracy instead of building more homes, Premier Dominic Perrottet says.

AAP

Skipper Nick Foster confident Bush Blues can rebound at national cricket carnival

"Certainly by NSW standards, we need to be doing a little bit better than we did last year."

Newcastle Herald

Child welfare a focus of sentencing review

The NSW government says it will review sentencing and bail guidelines after an inquiry recommended children's welfare be taken into consideration.

AAP

Arrests at logging protest in NSW forest

Activists have blocked a forest road in NSW to protest logging in the area with environmentalists determined to make it an election issue.

AAP

Two arrested as Bulga locals fight against logging of native forests

The Natural Resource Commission says NSW forests are in poor condition and an "intervention" is required before they turn into net carbon emitters

Newcastle Herald

Arrests after Falcon pursued by NSW police into ACT

Three men have been charged after separate alleged car theft incidents.

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Should e-bike riders have to get a licence?

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

AAP

Boy dies after alleged drink-drive crash

A nine-year-old boy has died in hospital after he was critically injured in a car crash on the NSW Central Coast.

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NSW Labor Wants To Stop Landlords From Banning Pets In Rentals For No Reason It’s About Fkn Time

Great news for the iguana you've always wanted.

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NSW software engineer forges space industry career capturing satellite-to-satellite images

An Australian software engineer is among the first people in the world to work with new satellite inspection technology to help manage the huge volume of objects orbiting the Earth.

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Six new breast care nurses for Hunter under Labor election proposal

Labor announced Saturday it would commit $19.5 million over three years to fund 29 more breast cancer nurses if it wins the NSW election in March.

AAP

Premier visits flooded western NSW towns

Premier Dominic Perrottet has visited towns in the NSW's far west ahead of an expected flood peak higher than the previous 50-year-old record.

Newcastle Herald

The day horror and murder came to Crescent Head

John Ure, born and raised in Adamstown, was a NSW Police detective in the Hunter throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Here's his latest crime file.

AAP

Two dead in separate crashes on NSW roads

Police are investigating after a man and a woman died in separate crashes on NSW roads, one in Sydney and the other on the Central Coast.

Newcastle Herald

People in need of social housing rises in the Hunter

The number of registered applicants on the waiting list in Newcastle rose from 1277 in 2021 to 1709 last year.

AAP

Repatriated wife of IS fighter given bail

Mariam Raad, 31, faced a regional NSW court on Friday after being arrested in the regional town of Young on Thursday.

AAP

Bacterial infections on the rise in NSW

A rise in rare but severe bacterial infections that initially mimic COVID-19 has prompted warnings from NSW Health for greater community awareness.

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