An 18-year-old from Sydney has died after a horror skiing accident at Thredbo in the state’s south. 

Lawyers for the man charged with sexually assaulting former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins have applied to push back his trial due.

One of the companies contacted by the NSW government over plans to add another flagpole to the Sydney Harbour Bridge provided a quote for $600,000, raising questions over why the project was given a $25m taxpayer-funded budget.

And in sport, transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey has joined Olympic medallist Madeline Groves in condemning FINA’s decision to ban transgender athletes 

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