The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Netflix’s Byron Baes cast appear to flout NSW Covid measures in Instagram videos

Covid cases in the Byron Bay area have exploded since December, with reports of ‘community immunity’ parties and public health order breaches

The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2022

WA premier going to NSW for Palmer lawsuit

A legal stoush between Clive Palmer and WA Premier Mark McGowan over defamation claims has been delayed, but both men have to attend court in NSW in person.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

Coronial findings on accused sex offender

A coroner has found that an accused NSW child sex offender was shot dead by police whose decisions had shortcomings after their fellow officer was stabbed.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

Concern for mental health in virus wave

There is concern patients needing mental health care have been avoiding hospitals since the beginning of the Omicron outbreak, as hospitalisation rates drop.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

NSW Treasury head to quit public service

The successor to Michael Pratt as secretary of the NSW Treasury is a public service medal recipient with an extensive career in state and federal departments.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

NSW to relax action on school absences

Fines won't be handed out to parents who keep their children home from school out of concern for the impact of COVID-19 on their underlying health conditions.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

NSW school principal says it is not a teacher's job to enforce student COVID tests

As schools across NSW scramble to distribute supplies of rapid antigen tests ahead of classes resuming, one principal says it is not a teacher's job to monitor student testing.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022

Prolific and highly invasive serrated tussock becoming tolerant to herbicides on the NSW Central Tablelands

Farmers on the NSW Central Tablelands discover a highly invasive grass is becoming resistant to the chemical which is supposed to kill it.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022

NSW girl Charlise Mutten was shot dead

A post mortem has revealed nine-year-old Charlise Mutten died from a gunshot wound before her body was found in a barrel near a river northwest of Sydney.

AAP · Jan 25, 2022

NSW Police say Charlise Mutten died after being shot, likely at Mount Wilson property

NSW Police release specific details of Charlise Mutten's death in the hope it will help them fill "significant" gaps in the time line of her alleged murder.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022