The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

NSW Govt Claims It’ll Offer Free Fares Every Friday For A Year If Workers Promise Not To Go On Strike

The NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) said the NSW government should give free fare Fridays after the train shutdown earlier on Tuesday.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 15, 2022

PM Scott Morrison faces Supreme Court challenge on party takeover

Following an attempt by Scott Morrison to block preselection challenges, his authority to do so will be challenged in the state’s highest court.

The New Daily · Mar 15, 2022

Fresh court challenge filed in Liberal party’s NSW preselection stoush

Infighting over preselecting candidates for the federal election previously led to a special committee briefly taking over the NSW branch

The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2022

Homeless and looking for help – why people with disability and their carers fare worse after floods

Thousands of people have been displaced from the floods in New South Wales and Queensland. Across the Northern Rivers, the floods have damaged at least 5,500 homes, with at least half of these expected to be uninhabitable.

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2022

Second Sydney train shutdown a possibility

The NSW transport minister has warned there is a "strong possibility" of a second Sydney train shutdown after fresh threats of industrial action from the union.

AAP · Mar 15, 2022

April COVID-19 surge predicted in NSW

The NSW health minister is warning that COVID-19 cases are set to surge, according to the researchers who predicted the state's summer Omicron wave.

AAP · Mar 15, 2022

Bancroft ton gives NSW the Blues in Shield

Former Test opener Cameron Bancroft notched his 18th first-class century as NSW endured a long day one in the field against Western Australia in the Shield.

AAP · Mar 15, 2022

Students at Queanbeyan High School told to stay home two days per week amid NSW teacher shortage

Students at Queanbeyan High School are told to only attend face-to-face classes three days per week, as staffing shortages plague schools across the state.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

NSW Transport Minister ups the ante on rail union offering free train travel every Friday for a year if workers promise not to go on strike

David Elliott escalates his stand-off with the rail union, offering to give train passengers free travel every Friday for a year if the union promises not to go on strike.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

Lismore: homeless, angry and hurting

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg says people in his flood-devastated hometown in northern NSW are hurting because they don't know where they are going to be living.

AAP · Mar 14, 2022