The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Plan to finish forgotten Woollahra train station and build 10,000 homes won’t combat Sydney’s affordability crisis, critics say

‘If this just becomes a very high-end market development … it’s not going to do anything,’ University of Sydney academic says

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2025

Man charged after elderly woman dies in 'tragic' fire

Police have charged a relative of a 77-year-old woman who died in suspicious circumstances after a unit fire on the NSW Central Coast.

AAP · Aug 25, 2025

‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Walter Mikac, who lost his wife and two daughters in the 1996 shooting, warns that Labor-backed Shooters party bill will weaken national firearms agreement

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2025

Lobbying rules in NSW are woefully inadequate but Icac’s calls for reform keep getting ignored

The state’s corruption watchdog is up against the age-old dynamic of cosy relationships: no one on the inside of politics wants to change

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2025

‘I’m not against development, but …’: Sydney’s plans for greater density face a morass of confusion and hostility

NSW has big plans to encourage more properties to be built, but it’s far from easy to satisfy councils, planning experts, residents and would-be residents

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

‘All hell let loose’: Abigail Boyd fought to release documents that revealed gross childcare failings. Then she had to read them

‘The more I look, the more horrified I am – there’s no end to the things that keep coming through,’ NSW upper house member says

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Police files link Milat to 58 cold cases over decades

A new investigation could give closure to the families of 58 victims police have linked to the backpacker killer across every Australian jurisdiction.

AAP · Aug 22, 2025

Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear

Central Coast council says residents should not touch the balls and avoid beaches where they wash ashore

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Successor search goes on as recruits farewell top cop

A woman caught up in a mass stabbing is among probationary constables welcomed to the nation's biggest police force by its trailblazing retiring commissioner.

AAP · Aug 21, 2025

Afternoon Update: Netanyahu doubles down on Albanese feud; wild weather in NSW; and is it ever OK to feed wildlife?

The Israeli PM ignored pleas from Australian Jewish groups to calm his feud with Anthony Albanese

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2025