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Kaitlyn Hudson-O’Farrell is a general news reporter and has worked at The Daily Telegraph since June 2019. She enjoys covering everything from breaking hard news to grassroots community affairs and lifestyle or health yarns.

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NSW's Payne Haas sent to the sin bin during Game 2 of the State of Origin match between the NSW Blues and Queensland Maroons at ANZ Stadium. Picture: Brett Costello

NRL adviser’s Haas defence an ‘insult to 17,000 cops’

NSW’s top cop and Police Minister have heavily criticised the defence of league star Payne Haas made by an adviser to the NRL.

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‘I’ll keep my job’: NRL adviser defends Haas comments

A gender adviser for the NRL has defended controversial comments she made in support of Broncos prop Payne Haas who escaped conviction for a drunken outburst against police.

NSW

(LtoR) Kylie Gilhooly with her daughters Abrianna 15years and Isabelle 14years old as several western Sydney schools have signed on to buy pouches which lock kids phones during school hours, stopping them from using them in class. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Schools locking up students’ mobile phones for the day

Parents love them but kids hate new lock-up pouches being used to stop students using their smartphones in class. What do you think? Take our poll.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 2021.A health care worker at a small pop-up drive thru Covid-19 clinic at West Ryde. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

NSW records zero cases, WA rethinks border relaxation

NSW has recorded no locally transmitted cases for the 18th straight day. It comes as WA announced it won’t be relaxing it’s border restrictions with Victoria yet.

NSW

It appears traffic is moving through the southbound lanes of the harbour tunnel after a crash , heavy traffic is the result .picture John Grainger

Six-kilometre traffic after Harbour Tunnel crash

Six kilometres of bumper-to-bumper traffic queued back to the Lane Cove Tunnel this morning after a four-car crash closed the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.

Your SayNSW

Dee Zibara, in Frenchs Forest, today. Dee uses a

Health apps a ‘double-edged sword’ warn experts

Australians are downloading wellbeing apps in record numbers but with smartphone use linked to rising anxiety, experts warn they may be a double-edge sword.

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Pictured is the scene at Blaxland Street in Hunters Hill where a child has been hit by a car (pictured) and flown to hospital in stable condition.Picture: Richard Dobson

‘Horrific feeling’: Boy hit by car driven by P-plater

A 10-year-old boy is in hospital with serious head, chest and facial injuries after being hit by a car on Sydney’s North Shore.

UpdatedNSW

A supplied image obtained on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, shows Farag Barsoum, 70, being dragged onto the road by his stepson Mark Morgan, 30, on Sunday afternoon outside their homeon The Parade, Telopea. Picture: Channel 7

‘A loud smack’: CCTV shows shock attack on stepdad

CCTV footage has captured the terrifying moment a man dragged his stepdad onto the street before allegedly mowing him down in a violent rampage.

ExclusiveNSW

Clockwise bottom left, Isobel 4yrs, Thomas 4yrs, Ariah 4yrs, Zaira 4yrs, Murdoch University's Dr Anabela Malpique urged parents to pivot away from phones and to old school pencils and paper to boost memory, hand eye coordination and fine motor schools, St Paul's Bald Hills, Monday February 1st 2021 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Experts reveal key to improving kids’ literacy

Educational experts say handwriting should be emphasised over typing in the early years of primary schooling, with a number of benefits to going old school.

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Police are investigating after four shots were fired at a home in Frank St Mt Druitt at 2am on Monday, February 1. Picture: Kate Lockley

Gunmen opened fire on dad as he drank his morning coffee

A dad was enjoying his morning coffee on the veranda when two gunmen opened fire. His terrified wife and children were sleeping just metres away.

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