New South Wales News

News FASTER trains, new motorways and $150 for new mums. This is what’s in the NSW Government’s big-spending cost-of-living Budget.

Politics Northern NSW will share in more than $4 billion in regional infrastructure spending announced in Tuesday’s state budget.

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News A QANTAS flight has been forced back to Sydney to check for damage after it was struck by lightning.

People and Places Since his television debut more than a decade ago, this highwayman has become an Australian legend

News THE NSW Government will spend $3 billion on high-speed underground rail as part of the state Budget to be handed down today.

News A TRUCK driver has broken down in court as he recalled the moment he drove over the body of a Sydney grandmother. Warning: Graphic content

Politics THINGS didn’t go quite to plan when former One Nation senator Brian Burston confirmed he would join Clive Palmer’s new party.

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Weather WITH plummeting temperatures causing freezing conditions and snow across the country this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology is warning more severe weather is on...

Crime POLICE said the sexual assault of a young girl who was abducted in broad daylight from a park in NSW had sent “shivers down the spines” of the community.

Crime A SYDNEY man has been arrested and charged with two terrorism offences, including planning an attack and preparing to engage in hostile activity.

News A MAN is in custody after an 11-year-old girl was allegedly abducted in broad daylight from a park and raped in a horrific five hour ordeal.

Offbeat THREE professional eaters took just 39 minutes to eat their way through 16kg of food — including a 1.5kg Wagyu beef patty and a 6L milkshake.

News Elderly man goes missing while on fishing trip on Clarence Valley river

Smarter Shopping PURCHASING a Dyson usually ends in a bloodbath. And at this Sydney sale, the results were disappointing.

News THE driver accused of fatally hitting a woman only removed her clothes stuck on his truck because it thought it was rubbish, a court has heard.

Crime THE grandmother of the five-year-old stabbed to death has discussed the horrific moment she found the boy covered in stab wounds.

Crime A man has been charged with murder after a young Sydney woman mysteriously disappeared five days ago.

News THE NSW government is set to announce a 10 per cent tax on all online bets in next week's budget, with the racing industry due to benefit from the proceeds.

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Critical Alert POLICE hold concerns for the whereabouts for 15-year-old, last seen on May 20.

News A 15-YEAR-OLD Sydney girl has died after drinking a cocktail of alcohol and energy drinks concocted from an online recipe.