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Emergency doctors demand NSW health workforce boost

Staff retention packages are needed in the NSW healthcare system to keep patient waiting times from blowing out, emergency medicos have told the major parties.

AAP

Growing disparity in life expectancy, health outcomes between Sydney, far western NSW report finds

Life expectancy, rates of suicide, and preventable deaths are all getting worse in remote parts of NSW according to research from The Australia Institute.

ABC News

Scott Morrison's gas licence decision 'infected by apprehended bias', Federal Court rules

A Federal Court judge quashes the former prime minister's call to reject an exploration licence off the NSW coast, finding it might have been made when his mind was "closed to persuasion".

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Urgent research needed to understand Hunter koala populations after bushfire devastation

Research is urgently needed to fill knowledge gaps about koala populations in Cessnock and Lake Macquarie, according to data collected by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office.

Newcastle Herald

Rain dents Blues' Shield hopes against Tasmania at SCG

Rain has ensured no play was possible during the morning session on day four of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Tasmania at the SCG.

AAP

Cocaine, cash, device seized as police swoop on car in Goulburn service station

When a man stopped to fill up his car at a Goulburn servo on Monday night, police swooped on the vehicle and found drugs, cash, and an encrypted device.

The Canberra Times

NSW to enhance building industry watchdog powers

The NSW government will boost oversight of the construction industry in a bid to minimise the risk of building project delays caused by industrial action.

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'Alarm bells' as remote Australians live shorter lives

The Australia Institute's Unlucky Country report reveals the growing disparity in life expectancy between the city and the bush.

AAP

Perrottet "mischievous" about Labor's costings: Minns

Chris Minns has rejected suggestions a NSW Labor government won't be able to fund vital infrastructure projects while giving frontline workers a wage boost.

AAP

Government receives strategic defence review – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The real price of gas: massive Santos pipeline would destroy rare native grasslands

Australian oil and gas giant Santos wants to build an 833-kilometre gas pipeline stretching from southern Queensland to Newcastle in New South Wales. Details released by the company show the project would traverse highly productive farmland, as well as valuable native vegetation.

The Conversation

Cost of living the number one issue for NSW voters, but not everyone agrees with the solution

Both major parties are promising to help households struggling to stretch pay packets to afford basics, amid rising calls for pay increases — but is that the solution?

ABC News

Union's pre-poll push for more cops in Western Sydney

The Police Association of NSW has called for the public sector wages cap to be ditched and more cops to be injected into western Sydney.

AAP

Former NSW minister Gareth Ward to contest election with sexual abuse charges still outstanding

The former Liberal minister turned independent says his case will ‘serve as a reminder of why a person is innocent until proven otherwise’

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Call to end outdated logging of NSW native forests

Putting an end to logging native forests in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania could result in Australia saving 212 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2050.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter pair to lead title defence

"It will be my first proper time representing NSW. That will be cool to put on the gear and hopefully get the job done."

AAP

Tigers halted by NSW in Shield despite Webster defiance

NSW have claimed a 181-run first-innings lead despite being held up by some gritty batting among Tasmania's lower-order in the Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.

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Scrapping wage cap could create NSW budget 'black hole'

The NSW government says Labor's plan to remove a cap on public sector wages will punch a black hole in the budget but the opposition says it's a scare campaign.

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NSW hazardous surf warnings from ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle in place as man dies at Mid North Coast beach

A 75-year-old man dies in rough surf on the NSW Mid North Coast as hazardous conditions persist in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle.

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How cricket hopes to inspire the next generation of Indigenous stars

Only eight Indigenous people have represented Australia in international cricket. An Aboriginal pathways program launched in central New South Wales is hoping to change that.

Newcastle Herald

Has the NSW government privatised the fire service?

Topics: Fuel to the fire over a private property sign, a radioactive joke and email sign-offs.

Newcastle Herald

Fishermen winched, motorcycle fall: busy weekend for Westpac chopper

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service had a busy weekend, with eight patients needing help across northern NSW on Sunday.

Newcastle Herald

Emergency levy axing would save Hunter households 15 per cent on insurance

THE Insurance Council of Australia says Hunter households would save 15 per cent on their home insurance if the NSW government axed the Emergency Services Levy and found "a fairer way" to fund police, fire and related services.

ABC News

Overworked, underpaid and fed up: How these Aussies have been pushed to the brink

These people say they're overworked, underpaid and fed up. The reason behind their frustrations is on the rise in Australia, and rated the number-one issue for voters in the country's most-populous — and expensive — state.

AAP

NSW paying more for insurance on fire, flood tax

After years of fires and floods, insurers are calling for an end to the Emergency Services Levy which sees residents in NSW paying more for their premiums.

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