Premier  Dominic Perrottet and former Minister Stuart Ayres have come to a mutual agreement that the Penrith MP would need to resign from cabinet and as the deputy Liberal party leader after a confidential briefing which raised questions about whether Mr Ayres had influence over a public-sector recruitment process. 

 A doctor shortage has left pregnant women in a major ­regional NSW city facing the prospect of having to rush to another town to give birth,

Comanchero boss king Mark Buddle has arrived back in Australia yesterday, six years after leaving his home country.  

Racing NSW has announced a lucrative stakes and infrastructure funding package providing record race prizemoney of more than $350 million this season. 

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