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Former SAS trooper, accused of killing Afghan man, has sought bail in a Sydney court after being arrested a week ago

Labor victory shows the region lost trust in Coalition, experts say, and is not afraid to ‘flex its political muscle’

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ESSENTIAL workers are being priced out of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie as house prices and rentals continue to climb.

Australia’s mainland is now wall-to-wall ALP after Chris Minns’ defeat of Dominic Perrottet; a third of companies rely on artificial intelligence to help them hire the right person

A third of the nearly 400,000 public sector workers across New South Wales are women, and a third are aged under 35 — they are now seen as the "biggest supporters of the red side of politics."

Some schools in suburban Sydney receive more incentive points than their regional counterparts

Sometimes defeat can come with small victories. In his NSW election concession speech, defeated Liberal-National Coalition Premier Dominic Perrottet remarked the campaign had been a “race to the top”. Voters seemed to agree. Perrottet’s opponent, Labor’s Chris Minns, brought the conciliatory tone he maintained as opposition leader into the campaign.

Outgoing treasurer Matt Kean will not run for the leadership of the NSW Coalition, saying it's time for him to hang out and be a dad.