NSW Police introduces domestic violence disclosure scheme to protect...
In a national first, New South Wales introduces a domestic violence disclosure scheme, where people at risk can find out if their partner has a history of violent criminal offences.
View ArticleNSW Labor leader Luke Foley lays own job on line over Noreen Hay's refusal to...
New South Wales Opposition Leader Luke Foley threatens to resign if the Labor Party whip, Noreen Hay, does not step down from her position.
View ArticleElection 2016: Turnbull in damage control after Barnaby Joyce links asylum...
Malcolm Turnbull is in diplomatic damage control, rejecting his deputy Barnaby Joyce's comments that a 2011 decision to suspend live cattle exports to Indonesia is linked to an increase in asylum...
View ArticleWater bills cut by up to $100 per year in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the...
The cost of water in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra will be reduced by around $100 per year for four years from July 1 2016, an independent tribunal announces.
View ArticleStolen Generation compensation, scholarship scheme among NSW Parliament...
A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the Stolen Generations recommends the state set up a compensation scheme for survivors.
View ArticleNSW Liberals in disagreement over prison education future
New South Wales Liberal MP Pru Goward backs teachers at Goulburn Jail facing the sack because of a State Government plan to overhaul education in prisons.
View ArticleGreyhound racing ban: NSW trainers vow 'industry will fight this to the finish'
Greyhound trainers say they will fight until the end to stop the New South Wales Government's ban on their sport.
View ArticleGoulburn prison brawl sparked by attempts to convert inmates to Islam, union...
A gun shot and tear gas were used to control a brawl at Goulburn jail this week, which was sparked by attempts to convert inmates to Islam, according to a union official.
View ArticleOpal card: No paper tickets to be used on NSW public transport, concerns for...
Paper tickets will no longer be sold or accepted on the New South Wales public transport network from today, with the Opal card being the only ticketing option available.
View ArticleNoreen Hay opponents consider challenging for seat of Wollongong
Wollongong MP Noreen Hay will step down after 13 years.
View ArticleLabor MP Noreen Hay to resign after 13 years in NSW Parliament
The New South Wales Labor MP, who has held the seat of Wollongong on the state's south coast since 2003, says she is retiring from Parliament.
View ArticleCall for ALP probe into Illawarra branches prior to Wollongong by-election
There is a call to 'clean up' ALP branches ahead of the Wollongong by-election.
View ArticleNSW opposition calls for extra trains to compensate for Bulli Pass closure,...
The NSW Government has defended the two-month closure of Bulli Pass saying night work would take a year and cost $30 million.
View ArticleNSW inter-city train fleet to be built overseas
A $2.3 billion contract to build an inter-city train fleet for New South Wales is awarded to a company offshore.
View ArticleShark attacks: Blimps and drones may be better than nets and hooks
New technologies are being trialled for shark detection on NSW beaches as scientists look for solutions other than nets and culls to make beach swimmers feel safe again.
View ArticleInmates on terror-related offences may be held at Sydney's Long Bay jail, NSW...
Sydney's Long Bay Correctional Centre is being considered as a potential Supermax unit for inmates detained on terrorism-related offences currently located 200 kilometres out of the city, Corrective...
View ArticleBaird's legacy in regional NSW: From applause to anger
Premier Mike Baird's announcement on Thursday that he will retire from politics is being met with mixed reaction by the people of regional New South Wales as Coalition MPs in country seats assess the...
View ArticleNSW Local government merger campaigners vow to fight Liberals in Manly...
Opponents of the New South Wales' Government's forced amalgamations of local councils vow to unseat the Liberal Party in the forthcoming Manly by-election, forced by the resignation of Mike Baird.
View ArticleNSW council amalgamations possible backflip faces mixed reactions across the...
While some communities are celebrating the NSW Government's possible backflip on council amalgamations, others in the merged councils say it is too late to turn back, and Labor accuses the Deputy...
View ArticleNSW council amalgamations: Pending city mergers to proceed, regional plans...
The NSW Government will push ahead with forced council amalgamations in the city, but will walk away from regional council mergers that are currently in court.
View ArticleNSW council amalgamations: Regional winners celebrate, while city losers...
City councils will battle on with their fight against council amalgamations, while regional centres celebrate, after the NSW Government's announcement of a split policy on forced council mergers.
View Article"We have lost trust": Barilaro strikes conciliatory note at Nationals state...
The NSW National Party uses its state conference to acknowledge it has lost the trust of its members, but urges them to embrace its "imperfections."
View ArticleNSW budget: Government touts billion dollar boon for growth in regional...
Regional communities are being touted as winners in this year's New South Wales budget, crowned by a Regional Growth Fund of more than $1 billion for projects to promote economic advancement outside of...
View ArticleWollongong-Sydney train tunnel could slash commute, report to NSW Cabinet says
Confidential cabinet documents show train journey times from Wollongong to Sydney would be slashed to 66 minutes if a $3.6 billion railway tunnel was built instead of the F6 motorway extension.
View ArticleF6 freeway extension in southern Sydney to cost $18 billion, confidential...
Confidential documents reveal the F6 freeway extension through southern Sydney would cost about $18 billion, and recommend a new road through the Royal National Park.
View ArticleMP Gareth Ward denies 'special' massage, says he was snared in New York...
NSW MP Gareth Ward says he was "terrified" after two men began filming him and demanding money after he ordered a massage at his Times Square hotel.
View ArticleGreater Sydney and NSW public transport undergo state's 'largest' timetable...
Check your public transport timetable before leaving the house this week in Sydney and NSW as more than 9,000 new weekly train, bus and ferry services launch for the Greater Sydney network.
View ArticleBoost for palliative care industry in regional NSW
The NSW Government allocates $3 million to fund nine new palliative care specialists in health districts across regional NSW.
View ArticleSydney train strike means no rail transport and 'roadways will be a mess',...
Transport Minister Andrew Constance admits it will be impossible to find alternatives to move more than 1 million passengers on Sydney's train strike day.
View ArticleSydney and NSW train workers to go on 24-hour strike
In what's being described as an "extraordinary" move, train workers in New South Wales plan to strike for 24 hours later in the month, potentially plunging the struggling Sydney rail network into...
View ArticleNSW Train workers to strike after Sydney Trains fails to resolve pay dispute
No agreement is reached to avert the planned train strike at the end of this month, despite four hours of negotiations between Sydney Trains and unions.
View ArticleSydney and NSW train strike still on the cards despite Transport Minister,...
The tone of talks may have improved, but a pay deal is yet to be thrashed out ahead of a planned rail strike that will cause commuter chaos later this month.
View ArticleSafety barrier at Falkholt family crash site fast tracked ahead of Easter
A stretch of highway on the NSW south coast where actress Jessica Falkholt and her family were involved in a deadly crash is to be divided by a wire barrier as part of safety measures being fast...
View ArticleWhen is a region 'regional'? Debate over whether Newcastle, Wollongong are in...
A debate erupts about what is defined as regional after Wollongong and Newcastle are classified "metropolitan" in discussion around which areas will get a cut of the NSW Government's Snowy Hydro windfall.
View ArticleFalkholt family crash site first responder says new safety barriers 'not enough'
The New South Wales Government is criticised for not doing enough to improve safety on the Princes Highway on the state's south coast.
View ArticleAnn Sudmalis to quit politics at next election due to 'branch-stacking,...
Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis says she will not recontest her marginal seat at the next election, blaming "branch-stacking, undermining and leaks", in a major blow to Prime Minister Scott Morrison's efforts...
View ArticleWhen size does matter: Drought forces new rules for hay trucks
Trucking load regulations are relaxed at state borders to get animal feed to drought-affected farmers.
View ArticleFarmers, waste industry in limbo following suspension of NSW rubbish re-use...
There are concerns hundreds of millions of dollars of investment is in doubt following the NSW Government's decision to end a waste re-use scheme on farms.
View ArticleShooters, Fishers and Farmers Party takes aim at the NSW Lower House in...
Dissatisfaction with the major parties and the Murray-Darling fish kill could tip the scales in favour of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party at the state election.
View ArticleDrought, water pressures and the Menindee fish kill put Barwon in the balance
The Menindee fish kill could be sucking the life out of the Nationals campaign in the New South Wales far western safe seat of Barwon and breathing new air into campaigns for Labor and the Shooters,...
View ArticleKatrina Hodgkinson runs as Nationals candidate against Warren Mundine in Gilmore
The prospect of a Coalition win in the marginal seat of Gilmore narrows as long-serving former Nationals minister Katrina Hodgkinson confirms she is running against Warren Mundine.
View ArticleLabor promises to shave 20 minutes off Sydney to Wollongong train trip in...
The NSW Opposition has made one its biggest promises of the election campaign outlining a $2.4 billion transport plan for rail in the Illawarra.
View ArticleNSW election candidates camp outside pre-polling stations to capture early votes
Political candidates capitalise on every vital minute to make personal contact with voters before they make their final decision.
View ArticleFederal election 2019: Gilmore hopeful Warren Mundine attacked over 'bizarre'...
Labor has taken aim at Warren Mundine over a series of tweets, some of which criticised Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull, but the Gilmore candidate says it's just "the argy-bargy" of politics.
View ArticleBarnaby Joyce says he sent 'an awful lot' of special drought envoy reports to PM
The Federal Government's former special drought envoy says he sent "an awful lot" of reports to the Prime Minister, after a letter tabled in the Senate notes he did not compile a final report during...
View ArticleMan suing NSW Public Trustee over claim they altered his mother's will
A New South Wales man claims he has been "deceived" by the state's public trustee after his elderly mother's will was allegedly changed without his knowledge.
View ArticleTreasure trove of cars, motorbikes, tractors to be auctioned in Southern...
On a property hidden in bushland are old cars, tractors, motorbikes, trucks and sulkies from a bygone era that once belonged to an Australian politician and obsessive collector.
View ArticleDrought-hit towns anxiously await federal economic stimulus package
Hopes are raised in drought-stricken towns that the Federal Government is on the cusp of delivering a stimulus package, with local mayors urging a generous spend.
View ArticleMajor stimulus package for drought-affected regions set to be approved by...
The ABC understands drought-stricken towns will be the target of federal stimulus potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars under a program designed to support regional communities enduring...
View ArticleExit packages might help some farmers, but history shows the take-up is slim
The Federal Government is unlikely to adopt the National Farmers' Federation call for exit packages for drought-ravaged farmers. But even if it did, history suggests they're unlikely to have much impact.
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