The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

'I didn't get a call': NSW Premier grilled about train shutdown

Dominic Perrottet says he expects his cabinet to be on call "around the clock" after Transport Minister David Elliott went to bed while bureaucrats made the snap decision to close the state's passenger rail network.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

Terror charge for man in NSW shop siege

A man who allegedly shot at passing cars before barricading himself in a dive shop in the NSW Illawarra region has now been charged with a terrorism offence.

AAP · Feb 23, 2022

Weather Experts Warn The East Coast Storm Is Going To Get Worse & Have Issued New Warnings

It's about to get wet.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 23, 2022

Tulgeen's $4.6m disability apartments in Bega sitting idle due to staff shortages

A new multi-million dollar apartment complex for people living with a disability on the NSW far south coast has been left sitting empty for more than four months. Staffing and housing shortages are being blamed.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

NSW closer to passing assisted dying laws

Advocates say terminally ill patients have become desperate for voluntary assisted dying laws to be passed in NSW, the last Australian state without such laws.

AAP · Feb 22, 2022

Mask mandate scrapped in NSW schools

Masks will no longer be compulsory for NSW high school students and staff from next week, as COVID-19 restrictions ease in the state's schools.

AAP · Feb 22, 2022

Mask rules to be scrapped in NSW schools as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Mask rules for students at NSW schools will be lifted at the end of February as part of an easing of restrictions announced today.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

Alligator’s frightening escape bid in torrential NSW rain

An alligator has been rescued after escaping a NSW wildlife park during torrential rainstorms that lashed Sydney and surrounds.

The New Daily · Feb 22, 2022

Scott Morrison speaks to Ukraine PM; 60 Covid deaths reported – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2022

Morning mail: fears of wider Ukraine invasion, AGL says closing coal by 2030 ‘unrealistic’, Maggie Beer’s favourite things

Wednesday: Russia sanctioned by UK and EU as it plans to expand borders of controlled territories. Plus: celebrity cook’s most beloved possessions

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2022