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NSW Liberal party denied extension after missing council elections deadline in ‘monumental stuff-up’

State’s electoral commission receives request from party president after it failed to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates

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Dutton’s strident Gaza digression drowns out Liberals’ epic election blunder in NSW

A random response to a single question on Wednesday morning at Sydney airport engulfed the news cycle and gave the opposition some welcome distraction

The Guardian - AU

NSW councillor Nathan Tilbury all smiles after leaving Liberal party days before nomination fiasco

Independent now has ‘surprise’ backing of Liberal elder statesman and departing Hornsby mayor Philip Ruddock

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Agree to link up pokies in the ACT? Then work with NSW, committee says

Estimates committee recommends working with NSW on monitoring system.

The Canberra Times

Liberals' council nomination extension plea rejected

The NSW electoral commissioner has rejected the state Liberals' request for more time after the party failed to nominate candidates for a string of local seats.

AAP

Seventh heaven as Aussie golfer claims lead at PNG Open

On a day of low scoring, NSW golfer Andrew Campbell has carded a stunning seven-under-par second round to hold a one-shot lead at the PNG Open.

AAP

Tell us about your disastrous admin errors and worst clerical mishaps

The NSW Liberals are imploding as the result of a ‘mind-boggling’ administrative problem – but who hasn’t ruined their lives through a trivial screwup?

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Sydney’s largest public housing estate is being redeveloped, but not all these homes need to be demolished

The New South Wales government is forging ahead with renewal of the state’s largest public housing estate. Developer Stockland and three community housing providers are contracted to deliver the first stage nearly a decade after it was announced. Some 749 homes are to be demolished and replaced with more than…

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Sydney teacher charged with further alleged sexual offences – as it happened

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Cop's false claims to blame for wrongful jailing: state

The state of NSW will blame an ex-premier's son for a man's wrongful jailing after he fabricated evidence, later resigning from the police force.

AAP

NSW prisons settle case over Indigenous inmate's death

A confidential sum has been paid to the widow of an Indigenous man who experienced a fatal asthma attack while behind bars.

AAP

Liberal train wreck just the ticket for minor parties

The NSW Liberal Party has wrapped up a calamitous week by appointing a new state director after the predecessor was sacked for not submitting nomination forms.

AAP

Morning Mail: inside a ‘broken’ system failing vulnerable Australian children, grim milestone in Gaza, arrests over Matthew Perry’s death

Caseworkers speak out over NSW child protection system; Gaza death toll hits 40,000 with many more to be counted; arrests over Friends actor’s death

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The brutal calculation that decides if children in danger get help

The child protection system is so stretched that some cases are simply marked ‘closed’ without children being seen at all, caseworkers say. In the northern rivers, the situation is among the worst

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‘Shocked and gutted’: NSW Liberal councillors mull legal action against own party over administrative disaster

Fallout continues over Liberal party’s failure to lodge paperwork to nominate 136 candidates in upcoming council local government elections

Newcastle Herald

Lib candidates consider legal action after blunder ruins election hopes

'I am deeply saddened and struggling to find any clear answers.'

Newcastle Herald

'Staffing crisis and poor pay': courthouses crippled as sheriffs strike

It comes after sheriffs protested outside Newcastle court last month.

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Mark Speakman calls on NSW Liberal director to resign after ‘monumental stuff-up’ over council elections

Opposition leader says Richard Shields should ‘fall on his sword’ after party fails to nominate key candidates

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NSW did nothing in a year to help most at-risk species

A government audit has delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW environment department's efforts to save more than 1000 species from extinction.

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'Mind-boggling' nomination failure sparks Liberal upset

The NSW Liberal Party director is defying calls to resign after "incompetence" left more than 130 candidates off upcoming election ballots.

Newcastle Herald

Liberal nomination 'debacle' splits Hunter council in 'worst act of mismanagement'

Maitland members appear to be swept up in the nomination scandal.

AAP

Sheriffs' defy industrial commission, walk-off over pay

The union representing sheriffs and other public servants and the state government department employing them have been ordered to work things out.

AAP

Regional TAFE campuses to get with technological times

A $74 million investment in TAFE campuses across regional NSW is designed to ensure students have the technological equipment they need regardless of location.

The Guardian - AU

New figures show NSW children are being ‘criminalised for their disadvantage’, advocate says

More than half the 10- to 13-year-olds who faced court had been a victim of violence and about a third had accessed homelessness services, report finds

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Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering into Wednesday of more than 100mm in less than six hours

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