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Sydney news: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's role in lucrative London trade role recruitment scrutinised

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition is questioning the role Premier Dominic Perrottet played in the recruitment and appointment of the state's London-based agent-general.

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Push for 400 per cent increase in coal royalties

NSW coal royalties could increase by 400 per cent this financial year, leaving billions more to support regional communities undergoing energy transition, if a progressive royalty system that better reflected record coal prices was introduced.

Newcastle Herald

'Long journey' for NSW flood recovery

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has accepted every recommendation in a report into state's response to devastating floods earlier this year.

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NSW trains deal would be 'miracle': union

Sydney commuters are facing more rail disruption this month as train workers vow to continue industrial action against the NSW government.

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Barilaro report fails to put NSW government integrity crisis to rest

It took George Orwell just one line to describe a political dystopia: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

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Five issued raised from review into John Barilaro's US trade job

The Americas trade role is one of NSW's most influential public sector appointments but selecting the right person for the job has been "flawed" and "problematic", according to a review. Here are some of the key findings from the report.

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COVID patrols left NSW refugees fearful

Compliance patrols by police and military left refugees and asylum seekers in fear during Sydney's COVID-19 lockdowns, an inquiry has been told.

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Critically endangered smoky mice released into wild in South East NSW

The animals were bred in a specialised 18-hectare captive research and breeding facility in Canberra, which replicates the habitat of the forest.

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Accused says fatal stabbing self-defence

The fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old in central western NSW after a New Year's party was not murder but was an excessive act of self-defence, a jury has heard.

AAP

Barilaro recruitment 'flawed': NSW Premier

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says an independent review has found the hiring of John Barilaro as a US trade envoy was a "clearly flawed" process.

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Review into John Barilaro's US trade job finds government did not stay at 'arm's length'

An independent review into the former New South Wales deputy premier's appointment as US trade commissioner has found that ministerial involvement in the process was "highly irregular".

ABC News

Big business wins on water, farmers say

The first day of the NSW parliamentary inquiry into water trading has heard that the system is geared more towards corporate investors than farmers.

AAP

More strike action by NSW rail union

The NSW rail union says strike action this week and next week has created headaches for management, but should not have much affect on commuters.

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NSW Lib MP adds name to retirement list

The list of NSW government members not contesting the March election continues to grow, with western Sydney Liberal MP Kevin Conolly announcing he will retire.

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London agent-general's brief 'massaged' before appointment, emails to NSW parliament reveal

Emails sent before the recruitment of the state's agent-general to the UK, Stephen Cartwright, are "disturbing", says the Opposition, and raise serious questions about the appointment process for the role.

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NRL still in talks on grand final venue

The NRL are still undecided on where they will host the 2022 grand final as talks continue with both the NSW and Queensland governments.

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Rare smoky mice back in the NSW wilderness

It is hoped the release of 13 critically endangered smoky mice into a NSW national park will save a species that is on the brink of extinction.

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Promised funding to seal outback Queensland's Warri Gate Road in question after government change

After years of lobbying, outback residents thought they had finally won funding to seal a missing link between Australia's north and south. But the wait continues.

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Sydney news: Decision on location of 2022 NRL grand final could be made by week's end

MORNING BRIEFING: The Australian Rugby League Commission nears a decision on which state will hold this year's grand final, with a choice potentially being made by the week's end.

The Conversation

Costs of Sydney's driverless train conversion outweigh the benefits

The NSW government’s industrial dispute with rail unions over the new intercity trains is tipped to add hundreds of millions of dollars to costs on Australia’s largest infrastructure project that has already blown out by billions.

AAP

Administration work driving teachers out

Australian teachers do nearly four hours more work per week on non-classroom work than educators in other OECD countries, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard.

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New Great Lakes Women’s Shelter opens in Forster for families escaping violence, homelessness

A Mid North Coast women's shelter that for six years had kept its location secret has bolstered secrity at its new home to have a more prominent presence in the community.

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Indigenous Sydney teen 'tripped' by police officer officer describes bloody injuries in court

An Indigenous teenager whose arrest resulted in a NSW Police officer being charged with assault has told a court he fell unconscious and was spitting blood after being "tripped" on his face.

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NSW can't keep eye on wife killer: court

A convicted wife killer can go about his life without extra supervision after a NSW judge wasn't convinced he posed an unacceptable risk of reoffending.

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NSW Labor MP steps down amid allegations

High-profile NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord is facing an investigation after standing aside from the shadow ministry amid allegations he bullied staff.

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