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The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Concern Newcastle Supercars round will be a 'super-spreader' event

The council is set to ask the NSW government to review the health risks of the event.

Newcastle Herald

NSW parents unhappy return to school could require regular COVID testing

With national cabinet set to decide on a back-to-school plan, parents in New South Wales hope they reject the idea to rapid test students twice a week for COVID.

ABC News

Hunter students overcome COVID-19 disruption to top state in six subjects

HUNTER students have overcome two years of COVID-19 disruption to their studies to excel and top NSW in six Higher School Certificate subjects - the region's...

Newcastle Herald

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Skewed COVID data creating false sense of security in regional NSW, Labor says

One of the largest health services in regional NSW has conceded data showing it has a 100 per cent COVID vaccination rate is not correct.

ABC News

Fatal NSW air crash cause still a mystery

The transport safety regulator has released its first report into a fatal crash involving a light plane in northern NSW, with no cause yet identified.

AAP

NSW businesses desperate for support

NSW businesses are struggling to keep their doors open as the number of COVID-19 cases remains high, with the government under pressure to reintroduce support.

AAP

Call to arms for boosters: Interval drops from four to three months

NSW Health urges people to book boosters for COVID-19.

Newcastle Herald

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NSW, Victoria, SA and ACT cut Covid vaccine booster interval as Sydney nurses protest conditions

Doctor also describes ‘very dire’ conditions with non-ICU trained nurses working in ICU wards, patients not being fed or showered

The Guardian - AU

Nurses call on Perrottet to visit Westmead

Nurses are calling on NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet to visit Westmead Hospital to see for himself the "desperate" situation in its intensive care unit.

AAP

‘Scarred for life’: Australia COVID wave heaps pressure on nurses

Healthcare workers say Omicron-driven wave of hospital admissions has exacerbated longstanding staffing problems.

Al Jazeera

New hospital opens at Maitland as COVID cases continue rising

A $470 million public hospital has opened in the NSW Hunter Valley, in a triumph for the local community after a decade of planning and debate over its funding.

ABC News

NSW residents' bid to take part in Orroral Valley fire inquiry refused

A group of NSW residents wishing to take part in the Orroral Valley fire inquiry has had their application refused.

The Canberra Times

Bourke transformed by floodwaters heading for South Australia

Two years ago, boats sat on the dry Darling River in Bourke. Now floodwaters have arrived, bringing hope to the town.

ABC News

ACT records 1467 new COVID cases, 60 patients in hospital

There were 60 patients in ACT hospitals.

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AAP

NSW school return sparks COVID surge fears

The return to school could trigger a further rise in COVID-19 cases in NSW, as children recommence face-to-face learning amid the surging Omicron outbreak.

AAP

Queensland, NSW can February Origin camps

Queensland and NSW have cancelled pre-Origin camps scheduled for next month due to the "current COVID volatile environment".

ABC News

SA Premier asks ACCC to investigate reports of RAT supply 'interference' by NSW and Victoria

Steven Marshall says he will ask the consumer watchdog to investigate reports that the Victorian and NSW governments have requisitioned rapid antigen tests bound for the state.

Newcastle Herald

Almost 2000 new COVID-19 positives in Hunter New England

A person from the Central Coast is among the 32 people with COVID-19 who lost their lives in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.

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More than 40,000 rapid tests stolen in NSW

Police are investigating the theft of 42,000 rapid antigen tests from a freight depot in Sydney, amid nationwide shortages of the kits.

AAP

Record $67m cannabis bust in western NSW

NSW Police have seized a record $67 million worth of cannabis in the state's west from what they have described as one of the largest drug farms they have seen.

ABC News

NSW brings forward wait for COVID-19 booster shot as hospitalisations climb towards 3,000

Three men are arrested after 42,000 rapid antigen tests were allegedly taken from a warehouse in Sydney as NSW brings forward access to a COVID-19 vaccine booster jab to three months after a second dose.

The Guardian - AU

Covid case surge continues as 67 deaths recorded nationally – as it happened

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ABC News

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

A number of states including NSW, Victoria and South Australia have reduced the interval between getting the second dose of COVID vaccinations and receiving a booster shot.

ABC News

Sydney news: Westmead nursing staff protest over excessive overtime

MORNING BRIEFING: Nurses at Westmead Hospital will hold a rally this morning over understaffing and excessive overtime, demanding the NSW government take action immediately to support health care workers on the COVID frontline.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: paramedics under pressure, Tonga faces ‘unprecedented disaster’, Nick Kyrgios wins

Wednesday: Sydney paramedics asked to take ambulances home and remain on call after 13 hours shifts. Plus: comedian Nazeem Hussain on his beloved massage gun

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