A plan to have city magistrates remotely dealing with bail applications from the country has raised alarm about fairness and the possibility of recidivist offenders getting out more often.
Reacting to a Daily Telegraph report that hundreds of flood-affected residents on the mid-north coast have been unable to access hardship grants, Premier Chris Minns today broadened eligibility and extended time limits.
Hopes of reforming the state’s broken workers compensation scheme before July have been dashed after the NSW government’s legislation is committed to a longer inquiry.
A triple shooting in the heart of Sydney’s west, which critically injured a female kebab shop worker caught in the crossfire, is believed to have been carried out by two men hired on an Airtasker-like app.
Southwest Sydney residents will finally receive a long-awaited new primary school as part of a $2.6 billion injection into school infrastructure in the Minns government’s budget next week.
The biggest fire station in Western Sydney, upgraded roads and new stormwater infrastructure will be features of next week’s NSW Budget.
Sydney Water has warned it will only be able to provide water connections to 120,000 new homes over the next five years if it is not allowed to significantly increase water bills, endangering the state’s ability to meet its housing targets.
Premier Chris Minns acknowledged NSW lacks support for families of young offenders while promising more help in the upcoming budget.
New analysis of the projects approved by the government’s powerful three-person panel will largely be built in Sydney’s east, despite massive population growth looming for the west.
A staggering 15 per cent of elderly people in Australia are currently experiencing abuse, according to a new report that warns the state lacks the services needed to combat the silent epidemic.
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