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This blog is now closedAlbanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support for state’s nickel minersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBirmingham backs Dutton’s asylum boat commentsThe shadow foreign minister, Simon Birmingham, was on ABC RN earlier this morning.It is our responsibility to hold the government to account and if there are cuts to...

About 75,000 lightning strikes were detected across the city and afternoon commuters facing delays with T1 Western and T9 Northern lines affectedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFour people have been taken to hospital with burns after being struck by lightning in Sydney’s botanic gardens.A spokesperson for New South Wales...

Positive tests recorded at schools in Marsden Park and Orchard Hills takes total number of sites to have tested positive to 34 since early JanuaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThousands of New South Wales students will be forced into remote learning for a week after asbestos was found at...

Single piece of bonded asbestos found in a garden bed at Allambie Heights public schoolExclusive: Testing regime meant to stop toxic chemicals going into NSW landscape products gamed by suppliersMap and full list of locations where asbestos mulch has been foundA second primary school in Sydney’s north is among four additional sites that have returned positive results for asbestos contamination.The NSW Environment Protection Authority...

Hundreds of sites including schools are being investigated amid the growing asbestos mulch crisis across NSW. This map shows contaminated parks and other locationsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAsbestos-contaminated landscaping materials have potentially been used at hundreds of locations across Sydney and at least one in regional New South Wales.The premier, Chris Minns, has said the Environment...

Jarrad Antonovich died after drinking plant-based psychedelic and having frog toxin extract ‘kambo’ dabbed into burnsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ceremonial leader of a spiritual retreat in northern New South Wales at which a man died after drinking ayahuasca may have told witnesses not to talk about the fatal ceremony, a coroner has heard.The second sitting...

Exclusive: Manufacturers retest contaminated soil fill until it ‘complies’ with regulations and can then be used at childcare centres, schools or parksMap and full list of locations where asbestos mulch has been foundGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA testing regime meant to stop toxic chemicals going into landscaping products in New South Wales has been gamed by...

Environment minister says authorities are testing mulch in the area but any issues would be resolved before pop star’s sold-out shows at Accor StadiumTaylor Swift Melbourne concert live updates: Eras tour hits AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales environment minister has sought to assure Taylor Swift fans that the pop star’s Sydney concerts will...

This blog is now closedTaylor Swift Melbourne concert live updates: Eras tour hits AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAbout 400 requests for assistance remaining in Victoria, SES saysThe Victorian state emergency service says there are about 400 active requests for assistance remaining, after the extreme weather earlier this week.We’re making good progress restoring services following the severe...

Cryptosporidium parasite causes 498 diarrhoea cases in NSW this year and 736 in Queensland in January alone Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHealth authorities are urging people with diarrhoea to avoid swimming pools as cryptosporidiosis infections surge across New South Wales and Queensland.The cryptosporidium parasite, which causes acute diarrhoea and can survive in chlorinated water for many...

Police charge 28-year-old over alleged criminal cell plan to murder members of Sydney rap groupA third member of an alleged criminal cell allegedly hired to kill gang rivals is being held by police.Police believe the group is behind multiple contract kidnappings and a plan to target Sydney-based drill rap group OneFour. Continue reading...

Man succumbs to serious injury suffered during fall while skiing, with paramedics declaring him dead at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice say the death of a man while waterskiing at an annual event on the Victoria-NSW border is a tragedy that will affect the community for months...

Two of the biggest Aboriginal groups in NSW claim racism is ‘rife’ in the child protection system, which needs an overhaulFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPressure is growing for the New South Wales government to review its out-of-home care providers after it was revealed in court that a faith-based...

Legislation banning the use of the devices, which have been linked to deaths in custody, passes in NSW with cross-party supportGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAdvocates are calling for a nationwide ban on spit hoods – which have been linked to deaths in custody – after New South Wales became the second state to outlaw the use...

Defence lawyer tells court accuser ‘curated’ her version of events after alleged incident at Bondi Beach pub in December 2022Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe rugby star Kurtley Beale’s lawyer has told a court his alleged rape victim concocted the allegations to gain sympathy from her fiance.As the two-week trial draws to a close, Margaret Cunneen SC...

Environment minister says ‘overwhelming majority’ oppose offshore mining and proposed reforms reflect these concerns Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe controversial Pep-11 project would be killed off along with all offshore gas and mineral exploration projects in waters off New South Wales under new laws proposed by the state government.Penny Sharpe, the NSW environment minister, on Monday...

Heatwave warnings as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues to dump heavy rain across parts of outback QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMuch of southern Queensland and eastern New South Wales will be gripped by heatwave conditions over the weekend as western Sydney and Melbourne brace for temperatures in the high 30s on Sunday.Ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily has continued to...

Ecologists condemn watchdog decision, accusing it of making reckless changes to allow easier logging of state forests containing glider habitatGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNSW’s environmental watchdog has put the endangered greater glider on a fast track to extinction by watering down logging protections, experts say.Ecologists from WWF-Australia and Wilderness Australia have condemned the watchdog, accusing it...

Family of Lauren O’Neill told ‘we believe a NSW Ambulance staff member was responsible’ for leak after St Vincent’s hospital launched investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales ambulance staff member is responsible for leaking an image of a shark bite victim’s injuries from inside the hospital, the state’s health department has revealed.NSW Ambulance said...

Rugby union star has pleaded not guilty and denies sexually assaulting woman at Beach Road Hotel in December 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman accusing rugby star Kurtley Beale of rape made hand-written notes to herself before confronting him with the allegations in a secretly recorded phone call,...

Rugby union star has pleaded not guilty and denies sexually assaulting woman at Beach Road Hotel in December 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman accusing the rugby star Kurtley Beale of rape has denied his lawyer’s assertions that she invited him into a men’s bathroom cubicle with her...

Health authorities issue urgent warning about the so-called MDMA tablets, which are orange or red with a red bull logoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree people were hospitalised in Sydney after taking tablets they believed to be MDMA but that actually contained a potent opioid.Health authorities in New South Wales have issued an urgent warning about the...

Family pays tribute to ‘visionary’ who ‘changed the lives of so many people’ through his building projects and donationsBillionaire Sydney property developer Lang Walker AO has died, aged 78.In a statement released on Sunday, his family hailed Walker as a “devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather” and “visionary” who shaped postwar Australia with his expansive builds. Continue reading...

Gathering of at least 20 black-clad, masked men at Artarmon Reserve follows confrontation with police resulting in six arrests on FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has doubled down on his push to tighten anti-vilification laws after a group of neo-Nazis attempted to hold another rally in a public park on...