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NSW regional teachers offered $10k housing incentive

A $10,000 sweetener is being offered to NSW teachers who take up a posting at a regional school to help them buy a house and settle into communities.

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Academic encourages Victorian government to follow NSW election promises for cashless pokies

New South Wales' election promises to introduce cashless pokies wins the praise of a Victorian academic, who says the approach may prevent problem gambling and crime, and wants it introduced in his home state.

ABC News

Push for NSW property tax reform triggers war of words

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has defended forecasting a $924 million gain in property taxes before the controversial policy has passed parliament.

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Regional people's healthcare woes ignored: Greens

Healthcare in the bush is not up to par and people feel "abandoned", the NSW Greens say, as they announce they will fight for a regional health watchdog.

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Planning panel for proposed NSW gold mine enters third day to hear social and water impacts

The third and final day of the Independent Planning Commission's hearings into the proposal for a central west gold mine focused on the social and groundwater impacts of the project.

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NSW hospitals choked with elderly waiting for aged care

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says it's time for national reform of the healthcare system, including the NDIS, aged care and the GP network.

AAP

NSW pokies reforms will do much to limit problem gambling and money laundering

The New South Wales government has embraced a sweeping set of reforms to the state’s massive poker machine business. These reforms are centred on a “cashless gaming” system linked to pre-commitment. This system will require those who wish to use pokies in NSW to register for an account, provide high-integrity…

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Government's 'shameful' hoarding slammed as $21m beach plan unveiled

'Today's announcement is a fresh start.'

Newcastle Herald

Battle takes shape in Hunter's only marginal seat

One Nation won't contest sitting MP Dave Layzell's seat, one of the most marginal in NSW.

Newcastle Herald

Half-price licences for safe drivers ditched in NSW

A scheme to allow NSW drivers with a clean driving record to get out of speeding fines will come at the cost of half-price licences, budget papers reveal.

AAP

Great Lakes region of NSW luring "tree changers" to farm life

"What we're trying to do is help buyers get into some kind of farming activity."

Newcastle Herald

Liberal senator lays new case for Indigenous voice

NSW senator Andrew Bragg has laid out a new case to support the Indigenous voice to federal parliament in a bid to stop misinformation on the issue.

AAP

Community wants control of latest boom after coal era

A community blueprint maps out a future for one of Australia's leading coal mining regions and tackles one of the biggest landscape restoration challenges.

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NSW government sidelined independent recruitment process when hiring child safety watchdog

Choosing its preferred candidate, the Perottet government once again finds itself having to answer questions about public sector recruitment

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Michael Pascoe: Pokies industry’s fingerprints remain on Dominic Perrottet’s policy

And when judging the credibility of an election policy, it’s wise to also consider what is not there if the government or opposition was serious about NSW’s appalling pokies addiction.

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises $21 million to fix Stockton Beach erosion if they win NSW election in 2023

'For too long project caught up in bureaucracy,' says Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp.

ABC News

It's been three years since three firefighters died when a large air tanker crashed while battling the Black Summer bushfires in NSW. An expert says there are similarities in the way a Boeing 737 came down in WA on Monday.

AAP

NSW gay-hate cold case reveals forensic gaps: inquiry

An inquiry has heard how police missed key evidence in the murder of a bisexual North Sydney man killed by his friend who struck his head with a tape dispenser.

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Labor told it must meet ‘fundamental test’ of character on poker machine reform

Party is under pressure on gambling measures after NSW Coalition announced cashless gaming scheme

ABC News

Rural NSW community divided over proposed gold mine, Independent Planning Commission hears

A proposed gold mine in New South Wales jeopardises Australia's largest bee keeping facility, an independent planning panel has heard.

ABC News

NSW coroner highlights cross-border police failures in Darren Higgins death inquest

An inquest into the death of First Nations man Darren Higgins, who went missing on leave from a psychiatric facility, is expected to result in recommendations about cross-border police communication.

AAP

Vision-impaired cricketer Oscar Stubbs smashes records

Oscar Stubbs is the vice-captain of the NSW blind or vision impaired team and has unleashed a whirlwind record innings at the national titles in Brisbane.

The Guardian - AU

Police overlooked ‘compelling’ evidence of homophobia in 1989 murder, landmark NSW inquiry hears

Inquiry into LGBTQ+ hate crimes told a ‘mosaic of motives’ showed anti-gay bias in killing of John Hughes

ABC News

NSW minister passed over female frontrunners in search for new Children's Guardian

Communities and Justice Minister Natasha Maclaren-Jones passed over top-ranked female candidates for the role of the independent Children's Guardian, choosing to recommend a man who never formally applied for the job.

Newcastle Herald

$1200 per adult: How Newcastle loses on the pokies

A university gambling expert says the average poker machine user in NSW loses $4500 a year.

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