Dog racing review response pushes safety down the track Despite failing to properly implement minimum safety standards for five years, the greyhound industry will get another 18 months to clean up its act. AAP · Dec 8, 2025
Sydney’s home of greyhound racing to become shared green space as Minns unveils Wentworth Park plan NSW premier says parkland and sports grounds will support more than 7,000 new homes in Blackwattle Bay area, as racing industry concedes ‘the world has moved on’ The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025
‘The ultimate sacrifice’: NSW firefighter killed by falling tree during ‘foreboding’ start to bushfire season The 59-year-old member of national parks firefighting team killed in Bulahdelah in ‘deeply distressing turn of events’ The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2025
Australians’ credit card debt at four-year high – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2025
NSW joins High Court battle to protect kids online NSW has joined South Australia to defend Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s against a High Court challenge brought by several plaintiffs. AAP · Dec 7, 2025
Firefighter dead as hot and dry weather spells danger A veteran firefighter has been killed protecting homes as hot weather combined with moderate winds threatens to bring another day of elevated fire dangers. AAP · Dec 7, 2025
NSW Central Coast ‘not out of the woods yet’ as bushfire conditions ease – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2025
Man pleads not guilty over allegedly projecting pro-Palestine messages on Sydney Opera House forecourt Lawyers for Fouad Masri say the case will have important ramifications for freedom of speech in Australia The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025
Chris Minns Announces New E-Bike Regulations In NSW After Man Killed By Garbage Truck At around 6am, police responded to an incident in Sydney's CBD, where a man in his 30s was treated by paramedics but sadly died at the scene. Pedestrian.tv · Dec 1, 2025
NSW considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as rider dies in collision with garbage truck Police plead with parents to buy only safe, unmodified ebikes as Christmas presents The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2025
A sliding doors moment meant 11-year-old Leo walked free. Do NSW law changes risk locking more children up? Leo was found not guilty of 72 offences. But after changes passed into law by NSW on Thursday, it could be a different story for other children The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025
Former NSW Labor staffer gives secret evidence to MPs about 2014 phone call from Chris Minns querying fundraiser donations Premier ‘absolutely rejects’ any suggestion of wrongdoing and says Icac has already investigated The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2025
Premier denies decade-old election corruption links A state premier says any suggestion he was involved in an illegal donation scandal is "completely wrong", accusing a committee of leaking against him. AAP · Nov 26, 2025
'Be ambitious': new Liberal leader gets stuck in A freshly installed Liberal leader has come out swinging against a "sluggish" government as she takes the reins of a battered opposition. AAP · Nov 24, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025 ‘I would just like to see more people housed’: inside NSW’s social housing changes NSW Labor says it’s ‘proud of our record’ on public homes – but what’s really happening with social housing in the state?
The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025 Who is Kellie Sloane, the new NSW Liberal leader – and can this first-term former journalist save the party? Former television reporter and presenter, now the member for Vaucluse, praised for her ‘enormous potential’
The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025 Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark Speakman Former journalist and first-term MP has vowed to take the fight on energy, infrastructure and housing to the Minns Labor government
The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025 Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him Opposition leader says ‘brand damage’ from the federal Liberals had colleagues looking for generational change and endorses Sloane as replacement
The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025 ‘Shock’ loophole in NSW law meant to protect children against incarceration could mean more will be locked up Minns government bill says presumption known as doli incapax can be overturned if child knew conduct was ‘seriously wrong’
The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025 Tony Burke reviewing anti-hate laws and says South African neo-Nazi will not be allowed back into Australia Home affairs minister’s comments come as NSW moves to ban white supremacist chants after neo-Nazi protest
AAP · Nov 19, 2025 'Not good enough': hospital funding feud spills over Australian governments are wasting $1.2 billion a year on avoidable public hospital spending as states and territories unite to call for more federal funding.
AAP · Nov 18, 2025 Hollywood royalty leads farewell to talkback radio king Regular disagreements have not stopped Russell Crowe from leading tributes to talkback titan John Laws before an audience of influential Australians.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2025 Sydney’s $60 road toll cap to be made permanent with plan for two-way fee on Harbour Bridge to fund it ‘It’s a massive cost-of-living relief measure for hundreds of thousands of people who live in western Sydney,’ premier Chris Minns says
AAP · Nov 17, 2025 Neo-Nazi taken into detention and awaiting deportation A South African man who attended a neo-Nazi rally in Australia is being compared to a guest who turns up just to wreck the place, with his visa torn up.
AAP · Nov 17, 2025 'Go home': neo-Nazi's visa torn up after shock protest One of the 60 demonstrators who took part in a fascist protest touting Hitler slogans outside a state parliament has had his visa cancelled.