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SES issues evacuation order for Menindee residents as peak Darling River floodwaters near

The New South Wales service is directing people in Menindee to evacuate before 10am today, with the Darling River expected to peak at 10.7 metres Saturday morning.

ABC News

Eleven drownings since Christmas, and beaches aren't the biggest danger

The period between Christmas and January 2 is considered drowning season.

The Canberra Times

Airport-sized farmland illegally cleared

Native trees and vegetation in an area larger than Sydney Airport were illegally cleared and burnt on a northern NSW farm, a court has found.

AAP

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Grandpa tells cops of burglary, loses guns

A bus-driving grandfather had his gun licence revoked after warning NSW Police his daughter and her partner had threatened to steal his firearms.

AAP

Citizen scientist 'stoked' to discover new species of mould in New South Wales rainforest

It feeds on meat-eating fungi, is invisible to the naked eye, and was discovered by accident in a New South Wales rainforest before being named after the man who found it.

ABC News

Suspects monitored amid crime warning in Hunter

Proactive patrols targeting property crime and break and enters lead to arrests.

Newcastle Herald

Drowning warning after 11 deaths

Authorities have warned holidaymakers to take extra care over the break after 11 people died in Australian waterways since Christmas Day.

AAP

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New South Wales residents cautioned to be water safe after hundreds of rescues, boating death of teenagers

Two teenagers, aged 13 and 14, die while riding on an inflatable "biscuit" when they hit a submerged tree stump.

ABC News

NSW man charged over six-year-old's death

A driver failed to properly restain two young boys in a ute before it crashed in southern NSW, killing a six-year-old, police allege.

AAP

NSW premier hails more Lib women on ballot

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he's pleased with the results of a drawn-out internal battle that assures Liberal women will be elected to the upper house.

AAP

Paid ticketing for Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks to end if Labor wins 2023 election

The New South Wales opposition is promising to overturn an unpopular decision to charge admission to watch the Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks at some harbourside locations, arguing it's a "fundamental" experience that should be free.

ABC News

'Flamboyant' sea slug wows hundreds after woman snaps colourful photo in rock pool

Linda Gee was at Dee Why Rock Pool in New South Wales on Boxing Day when she found the fluorescent sea creature, which had a bright blue body with purple spots among many unusual features

Daily Mirror

Four deaths in NSW waters over Christmas

Four people have lost their lives in NSW waterways over Christmas, following the death of a man in his 60s in a scuba diving incident at Lake Macquarie.

AAP

NSW ALP promises fee-free Sydney fireworks

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns has big plans for future New Year's Eve celebrations if his Labor party wins the state election in March.

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Newcastle Herald

Government consultant says Newcastle 'priority' for high-speed rail

The head of the UK's high-speed rail rollout says "fixing the corridor between Sydney and the Hunter" would make the most difference to the most people.

ABC News

Extreme heat hits South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales

Large parts of the country are sweltering through high temperatures for the first time this summer, with South Australia experiencing what is expected to be its hottest day since January 2021.

Newcastle Herald

NSW government approves Kurri Kurri gas pipeline

The 21km route will connect Kurri Kurri to the existing Sydney-Newcastle gas pipeline.

ABC News

Concerns grow over potential shortage of tradies after cuts to TAFE NSW courses in Coffs Harbour

There are fears cuts to courses on the Mid North Coast are placing increasing pressure on an already overwhelmed construction sector, and "killing" some trades.

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Waffle pod grant makes mockery of NSW government single-use plastic ban, say Greens

Questions are being raised about a $640,000 grant to make polystyrene waffle pods after the same material was banned under the Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021.

The Conversation

Is there a 'right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today's climate protests

One of the first moves of the newly elected Whitlam Labour government in December 1972 was to free seven men imprisoned for their beliefs. Their crime had been refusal to comply with the National Service Act, a so-called “lottery of death” that sent some 15,300 young Australians to fight in…

Newcastle Herald

Young mother suffers miscarriage waiting 11 hours to access emergency department

Ambulances stuck waiting to unload patients as region's EDs struggle to cope.

ABC News

NSW Police make first arrest in connection to shooting that killed brother of bikie boss Tarek Zahed

A 22-year-old man has been charged in relation with a shooting earlier this year in Western Sydney that killed the brother of bikie kingpin Tarek Zahed.

The Canberra Times

Four in Canberra hospital after crash near Queanbeyan

One man was trapped after a two-car crash in Googong on Christmas Eve.

The Canberra Times

Christmas reminder of a loved one lost

After losing his son to a fatal road crash this year, Tom McLuckie wants everyone to just slow down and enjoy the festive season.

ABC News

NSW coroner finds Hassayn Al-Umari masterminded 1982 bombing of Sydney's Hakoah Club, Israeli consulate

A coroner names an international terrorist wanted by the FBI for a bombing of a Pan Am flight in 1982 as the man behind the attacks on Sydney's Hakoah Club and Israeli consulate 40 years ago.

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