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Madeleine BowerState Political Reporter

Madeleine Bower is a state political reporter for The Daily Telegraph, working out of the Macquarie Street press gallery. Over her career she has covered politics, local government, crime and breaking news throughout Australia.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 10 2024; NSW Nurses and Midwives are striking and holding rallies across NSW today for a 15 percent pay rise and are seen outside Premier Chris minns office in Kogarah, in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Cancer treatment and surgeries delayed as nurses strike

There are longer waits across emergency departments and chemotherapy and elective surgeries are cancelled as NSW nurses and midwives walk off the job for 24 hours in pay dispute.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 5, 2024. 5 Guide Dog puppies have been named with Olympic themed names inspired by the Paris Olympics and the Paralympics. Pictured are Paris, Silver, Goldie, Foxy and Discus at the Guide Dogs Centre in Glossodia. Picture: Jonathan Ng

New laws ban landlords from refusing renters pets

Landlords and real estate agents will no longer be able to charge renters extra fees when they pay their weekly rent or refuse pets without a good reason under proposed new laws.

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Minister for Transport Jo Haylen at Leichhardt bus depot on Monday to present the findings of the Bus Industry Taskforce's final report. Photo: Tom Parrish

Trains – and passengers – stuck without drivers at Bondi Junction

Trains at Bondi Junction were stranded with no drivers on Friday evening. It comes ahead of the Minns government making all trains across Sydney free this weekend in the face of mass disruptions due to industrial action.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 19, 2024: Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley pictured speaking at a press conference at NSW Parliament House to discuss the NSW GovernmentÃs response to the Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Police Minister blames Border Force for flood of cocaine

Police Minister Yasmin Catley has taken an extraordinary swipe at Australian Border Force, blaming it for the huge prevalence of cocaine in Sydney.

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Six tonnes of dand, left, and a one-gram bag of cocaine, right. Sydney has a cocaine problem. Pictures: News Corp/iStock

How much coke Sydney has snorted in four months

NSW has an insatiable appetite for cocaine, with enough of the drug consumed to give every single person in the state more than two bags of the drug a year on average.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos. August 19 2024. Commuters ride a metro train on the opening day of the Sydney Metro. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Train strike could stop all trains on one line

All trains services along the T3 line will be cancelled from next weekend should negotiations fail between the rail union and the Minns government.

NSW

Clover Moore and her first campaign flyer

NSW votes: Clover aims for record-breaking 20-year reign

Millions of voters will go to the polls in 128 different councils today. Some will have no Liberal candidates to vote; while in Sydney, Clover Moore is seeking a record sixth term as mayor.

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‘Extremely worrying’: Kids in frontline of road rage rise

Angry drivers hurling abuse and tailgating other motorists have increased across NSW, with 21 per cent of the incidents witnessed by children.

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Public infastructure projects must be put on hold to reaching housing target

Minns vows: ‘I won’t ice Metro over more housing’

The Premier has shot down a landmark report suggesting he put public projects like the Metro, school and hospitals on ice in order to build more houses, saying he doesn’t “have a choice” but to continue.

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Nurses strike Kogarah. Picture Elizabeth Pike

‘Shame, shame, shame’: Nurse challenges Premier on live radio

An “exhausted” nurse called 2GB to challenge NSW Premier Chris Minns, explaining why nurses have staged a walkout as hundreds shouted ‘shame, shame, shame’ outside his Kogarah office.

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