Buying takeaway wine or cocktails with a meal from your favourite restaurant is here to stay, with the state government permanently adopting a number of initiatives that were introduced to slash red tape during the pandemic.

Lawyers, mafia figures and bikies are among 160 people being targeted by police after being caught organising crimes, including drug-smuggling and money-laundering, via the secret police Trojan horse app AN0M.

Penrith Stadium will be knocked down and rebuilt to create a world-class sporting and cultural destination, as part of the state government’s suburban stadium masterplan.

And in sport, on his first day in the job “Perfect Pat” Cummins positioned himself to become the first fast bowling captain in history to lead Australia to a Test victory.

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