The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

In an Australian first, medical students in NSW will soon be given paid positions in hospitals to bolster the workforce and ease the pressure on staff.

NSW has 3000 full-time teacher vacancies which the union says is an evolving classroom crisis that cannot keep up with demand unless wages are raised.

Harvesting is an impossible task for farmers to do alone and some unlikely faces have downed their usual tools to answer the call for help.

What can we learn from the worst phase of flooding in Australia's recorded history? We need to properly address some of the mistakes of the past, according to one former emergency chief.

Euabalong residents are hopeful crucial banks will continue to hold up against the swollen Lachlan River as NSW has marks 74 days of its flood crisis.

Brad Fittler claims his push for any player to be eligible for State of Origin provided they lived in NSW or Queensland before age 13 will improve the game.

Oyster farmers on the mid-north coast of NSW have been doing it tough — but they're pulling out all stops to make sure there's enough to go around this Christmas, and prawns should be plentiful too.

Sydney activist Garry Wotherspoon told an inquiry into LGBT hate crimes of how he was bashed in 1970 for being gay. It was among the many harrowing stories that paint a strikingly different picture of the harbour city than what most people experience today.

It's likely to be wetter than usual along Australia's east coast.

Locals and emergency crews are working defend a tiny southwest NSW town as the state deals with its 73rd day of its flooding crisis.

Teachers are overworked and in need of a major pay bump at the coming election to avert a worsening education crisis, the NSW Greens say.