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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Former Homes NSW employee pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

Exclusive: Darrell Sanders, 55, of Windsor, will stand trial in the district court in Sydney next July

The Guardian - AU

NSW’s ‘renovictions’ loophole could undermine the progress made with no-grounds evictions

There was much cause for celebration when no-grounds evictions were abolished in New South Wales on May 19.

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Minns unveils plan to fight anti-Muslim hate: ‘Naked racism and Islamophobia have no place in our state’

Exclusive: $1m grant comes after reports of rising Islamophobia and a huge turnout for the Sydney Harbour Bridge march

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Cutting 'nightmarish' red tape may awaken productivity

Fixing Australia's regulations could help businesses and shoppers save and reinvigorate Australia's languishing productivity base.

AAP

Childcare workers with ‘red flags’ should be on database to prevent them ‘shopping around’ for lax centres, inquiry told

Head of NSW police child sex abuse squad also advises parents to report concerns directly to police – not their childcare centre

The Guardian - AU

Ending greyhound racing could save taxpayers $450m

A state will fork out almost half a billion dollars in subsidies for the greyhound racing industry over the next decade, budget office analysis shows.

AAP

More bail denials trigger juvenile jail increase

More children are being held without conviction following bail law changes as a premier defends being tough to get kids "back on track".

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Parents urged to go to police with childcare concerns

Childcare educators are working for years after being banned and police want parents to report suspicions immediately to protect kids, an inquiry has been told.

AAP

Sydney has wettest start to August in decades – and there could be more rain when spring arrives

More than double the monthly average rain fell in the first 11 days, marking the wettest start to the month since 1998

The Guardian - AU

Premier doubles down as Folbigg slams 'unfair' $2m deal

The NSW premier is not budging on a $2 million compensation offer to wrongfully jailed mother Kathleen Folbigg after she described it as "a slap in the face".

AAP

Body discovered after Pacific Motorway pile up

Trucks were ordered to park up after the busy Pacific Motorway was closed and lighter vehicles detoured following a deadly crash near Brunswick Heads.

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Video showing ‘heart-in-mouth’ light rail near misses released during NSW safety campaign

‘These moments are hard to watch … in some cases there is just centimetres or milliseconds from the result being so much worse,’ transport minister says

The Guardian - AU

Lincoln is out of prison but a ‘lifetime’ penalty hangs over him. Does a NSW police anti-firearm scheme go too far?

New data examining enhanced police search powers brings into question the efficacy and fairness of weapon and firearm prohibition orders

The Guardian - AU

Folbigg review push as $2m 'plucked out of the air'

Mystery surrounds the calculation of a $2 million offer to compensate Kathleen Folbigg for 20 years of wrongful imprisonment, prompting calls for more scrutiny.

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Australians are pushing back against ‘authoritarian’ anti-protest laws in ‘a return to the spirit of the 60s’

After the extraordinary crowds at the Sydney Harbour Bridge march, advocates say political attempts to crack down on freedom of speech are out of step with community attitudes

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Australian lawmaker convicted of rape quits moments before vote to expel him from Parliament

An Australian state lawmaker and convicted rapist has resigned from his seat as colleagues were readying a vote to expel him from Parliament

The Conversation

Why Gareth Ward’s challenge to the power to expel him from the NSW parliament failed

Gareth Ward, who was recently found guilty of four sexual offences, has resigned as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

The Guardian - AU

Minns says Folbigg ‘free’ to sue his government if $2m not enough for 20 years in jail for wrongful convictions

New South Wales premier facing bipartisan condemnation and possible inquiry into what has been described as an ‘insulting’ compensation payout

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'Not good enough': thousands of DV calls go unanswered

Thousands of women have abandoned their calls to a domestic violence helpline after they went unanswered, with a state minister saying it is "not good enough".

The Guardian - AU

Convicted rapist Gareth Ward resigns from NSW parliament moments before he was to be expelled

Ward, the now former MP for Kiama, earlier this week took action in the state’s supreme court in an attempt to remain in the lower house

The Guardian - AU

Dissent against Chris Minns spills into NSW parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza

Anthony D’Adam says he was bullied when attempting to speak about pro-Palestine Sydney Harbour Bridge protest in caucus

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Pari just wants to get a good night’s sleep – but each morning he’s woken by NSW police, telling him to move on

People sleeping rough at Sydney’s Central station now also face having their belongings confiscated and thrown out

The Guardian - AU

Convicted rapist MP Gareth Ward faces expulsion from NSW parliament after losing injunction bid

Both Minns Labor government and opposition indicate they will support expulsion motion when it is moved on Friday

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Edmed answers Wallabies SOS call for South Africa tour

Playmakers Tane Edmed and James O'Connor have both been included in a 35-man Wallabies squad to play two Tests against the world champion Springboks in Africa.

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Real punishment for 'terrifying tech' deepfake makers

Deepfakes disproportionately target women and girls, leading to new laws throwing those caught sharing the explicit images in jail for up to three years.

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