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NSW budget surplus confirmed for 2024/25

The NSW government is forecasting a three-year turnaround to get the state back in the black after registering a better budget deficit outcome for 2021/22.

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How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn't work) – it will take some fixing

Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector.

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Welder sparks ignited major NSW bushfire

The NSW bushfires coronial inquiry has heard sparks from a welder started a major Black Summer bushfire.

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NSW budget deficit more than triples to $11.3 billion

The state's forecasted budget deficit has more than tripled, as the NSW government seeks to embark on major economic reforms while grappling with COVID-19 and disaster spending.

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Couple's retirement bittersweet as Glen Innes GP clinic closes on NSW Northern Tablelands

Tom and Carmel Bennett have kept their Glen Innes practice open to help the town with its doctor shortage but ask, "When you're in your 70s, how long do you keep working for?"

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Housing and health among the winners in NSW spending splash

Revenue is also expected to increase on the back of projected rises in GST revenue, mineral royalties, payroll and land taxes.

Newcastle Herald

Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

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How the NSW budget will change stamp duty for first home buyers

A key reform in the NSW budget will allow first homebuyers to avoid paying stamp duty upfront if they choose to pay an annual tax instead.

Newcastle Herald

NSW unions protest outside parliament

Unions representing public and private sectors are protesting outside parliament against the NSW government's policy on pay.

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Sydney news: NSW Police target increasing knife crime among young people

MORNING BRIEFING: Police seize more than 110 knives, 21 firearms and charge 232 people as part of a statewide blitz on knife-related crime.

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After four years, two kids and injuries, Blues veteran Sam Bremner is back in State of Origin

When Sam Bremner announced she would take time away from rugby league to start a family, people treated it like a retirement. Now she's making her return to State of Origin after a four-year absence.

ABC News

'Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself': insiders on what it takes to get social housing

Social housing has become extremely difficult to access; in 2021 around 160,000 households were on the waiting list.

The Conversation

'Reform' budget for NSW ahead of election

After more than a decade in power, the NSW coalition government has delivered a "transformational" budget as it prepares for an election in nine months.

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NSW Premier goes ahead with stamp duty reform as first home buyers allowed to opt out

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the stamp duty reform to be announced in today's state budget will "lower the barriers" to owning a home for first-time buyers.

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Discarded Knights Tyson Frizell and Jacob Saifiti left in a state of confusion

Frizell and Saifiti were included in the 22-man squad for the series opener on June 8 but, other than spending more than a week in camp with the Blues, played no game-day role in the 16-10 loss to Queensland at Accor Stadium.

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NSW Police, Known For Abusing Protesters, Said Climate Activists Made Them Fear For Their Lives

"There were no injuries to police." Exactly.

ABC News

Victorian opposition pledges $300m to new Albury Wodonga hospital if elected in November

Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy says the coalition will put $300 million towards a new hospital for the border communities if it is elected in November.

The Conversation

Changes in the jet stream are steering autumn rain away from southeast Australia

You wouldn’t know it from the torrential rains that have inundated large parts of New South Wales and Queensland this year, but average late-autumn rainfall over southeast Australia has declined significantly since the 1990s.

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Warning on builder Green Magic Homes

Anyone who has had problems with Green Magic Homes is being is urged to contact NSW Fair Trading after the building company's licence was cancelled.

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Lightning caused Hunter fire, inquiry told

The long-running NSW coronial inquiry into the Black Summer fires has heard lightning caused a 171,000 hectare bushfire in the Hunter Valley.

ABC News

Snowy Hydro's water problem shows how weather is a driver of the energy crisis

Weather extremes have deepened the man-made power crisis in ways that were hard to predict and at times even harder to imagine. Both Snowy Hydro and coal-fired power stations have been impacted by summer rains. And two weeks of extreme cold has only brought the power system closer to the…

ABC News

NSW upper house inquiry to probe John Barilaro's appointment as trade commissioner to US

The NSW upper house inquiry will look into how former deputy premier John Barilaro was awarded the position of trade commissioner to the US, eight months after he resigned from parliament.

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NSW inquiry into John Barilaro's US job

An inquiry will examine the process that led to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's taxpayer-funded job in New York City, amid "jobs for mates" claims.

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Rebates to ease NSW rural patients' burden

Nearly $150 million has been allocated to help pay accommodation and other expenses for people in rural NSW who need to travel for vital medical treatment.

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Four Origin debutants in women's NSW team

Four women are preparing to make their State of Origin debuts for the NSW Sky Blues, who have also unveiled a new look spine.

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