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Cyclone Alfred disaster relief payment: here’s what you need to know after Queensland and NSW battered by storm

The easiest way to get a disaster relief payment is to log into your myGov account. Here’s what you need to know

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NSW Government Says People Were Charged $144 Million In ‘Unlawful’ Fees

The NSW government claims NSW residents have been charged $144 million in potentially illegal service fees since 2016.

Pedestrian.tv

Long wait for refunds of 'gobsmacking' unlawful fees

Everything from fine payments to marriage certificates have been hit with wrongful merchant surcharges in NSW over eight years.

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Millions of people in NSW charged illegal merchant fees by state agencies, government says

Residents unlawfully charged about $144m in fees on services such as licence renewals, car registrations and fine repayments since 2016, minister says

The Guardian - AU

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Two men have been jailed for using false identities to rort a COVID-19 small business grant scheme of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

AAP

Knife taken to govt agency that helped handle pandemic

Some 125 Service NSW positions will be cut as the government reduces costs that ballooned during the pandemic.

AAP

Honour sacrifices and service without glorifying war this Anzac Day

'There are no winners in a contemporary war'

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Former MP convicted for defrauding coronavirus grants

A disgraced former federal MP has been forced to repay $25,000 in COVID-19 grants fraudulently obtained from the government.

AAP

Woman convicted after leaking data to accused kidnapper

A former Service NSW worker has been sentenced after providing confidential information to her then boyfriend who has been accused of a violent kidnapping.

AAP

Third time lucky the hope for fix to licence system

A major database holding images and home addresses of one in four Australians is decades old but replacing it has been plagued by issues, a report has found.

AAP

NSW government confirms $60 toll cap from January 1

The upcoming state budget will allocate $561 million over two years to the toll cap.

Newcastle Herald

Man accused of stabbing Service NSW worker has history of mental health issues, court told

Mahmoud Salhab, accused of stabbing a Service NSW employee, remains in his cell as a court is told the 37-year-old is "not mentally in a stable position".

ABC News

Stabbed Service NSW worker in intensive care

A 55-year-old public servant at NSW's customer service agency has been stabbed in the lower back, chest and shoulder in the centre of Sydney.

The New Daily

Service NSW worker undergoes surgery after being stabbed multiple times in Sydney CBD branch

A Service NSW employee has been stabbed multiple times in Sydney's CBD in what police have described as an unprovoked attack.

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Service NSW worker stabbed multiple times in central Sydney

A 37-year-old man was arrested by police after stabbing at service centre in Haymarket

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A Service NSW Worker Has Been Stabbed Multiple Times While On The Job In Sydney’s CBD

The man is now fighting for his life in St Vincent's Hospital.

ABC News

Former Service NSW employee granted bail over alleged involvement in Sydney kidnapping

Police allege the 21-year-old accessed addresses and driver's licences through her government job before passing it on to members of a criminal syndicate.

AAP

Ex-minister planned agency split despite service impact

Former coalition minister Stuart Robert planned to split a department into four agencies despite advice about the proposal's negative customer service impact.

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Newcastle Herald

Why aren't we more worried about turbines off Newcastle's coast?

I hope my fears are unfounded but common sense suggests to an oldie like me that these issues should be taken into account.

Newcastle Herald

Perrottet offers voters power bill payment

Households would access the $250 credit after comparing their energy bill with other providers' deals on a Service NSW comparison tool.

AAP

Perrottet's $250 per house energy cash election pledge

NSW households who check whether their energy provider is offering them a fair deal would be given a $250 one-off payment, in a major pre-election sweetener.

Newcastle Herald

Former German army officer joins Libs' fight

The Service NSW senior executive has a PhD in computer science.

ABC News

NSW scraps mandatory reporting of COVID-19 positive rapid antigen tests

The NSW government scraps mandatory reporting for rapid antigen tests that return a positive COVID-19 test result.

The Guardian - AU

NSW joins Victoria in scrapping mandatory reporting for positive Covid tests

NSW chief health officer urged people to continue registering positive RATs voluntarily, saying it informs the state’s public health response

Newcastle Herald

Disability group says sorry after cyber hack

The affected individual said they had also been caught in the Optus hack and had done everything possible to protect their information by various methods including changing passwords. They had gone to Service NSW at Wallsend for new driver's licence number after the Lifestyle Solutions hack but were told it…

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