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NSW Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock warned against treating property developers as an "enemy species".
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Council election

Liberals delaying local preselections to weed out developers

The tactic comes as the party's state executive grapples with internal division over its policy on developers and real estate agents sitting on local councils.

  • by Angus Thompson
The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in changes to the Catholic church's holy communion.
Coronavirus outbreak

WA church bans holy water, makes changes to communion over virus fear

In an Australian first, the NSW government has commissioned a review of laws governing access to social media and digital accounts after death or incapacitation.
Social media

Legal overhaul to allow access to social media accounts after death recommended

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Courts

Sarah Hanson-Young wrote court reference for friend charged after he 'slapped' wife

  • by Lucy Cormack
Death caps grow among oaks – and can pop up quite a distance from the actual tree.
Cooking

'Death can follow within 48 hours': Death cap mushrooms arrive weeks early

  • by Zach Hope

Healthcare

UNSW Professor Maria Kavallaris and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
State Parliament

Leading childhood cancer researcher named NSW Woman of the Year

When Maria Kavallaris was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 21, she decided that if she got through the aggressive treatment, she would work to improve therapies.

  • by Pallavi Singhal
WA Health Minister Roger Cook said WA's ongoing campaign to restrain and isolate the virus had so far been successful.
Coronavirus outbreak

WA records third case of coronavirus in traveller returning from overseas

A woman aged in her 30s returned to Perth on Monday, having travelled in the UK and Iceland, coming home via Dubai, and became unwell on Tuesday.

  • by Daile Cross
First time a dummy has been ejected during testing in the Child Restraint Evaluation Program’s (CREP) history.
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Road safety

$600 children's car seat recalled after dummy ejected in crash test

  • by Julie Power
Chinese children wear plastic bottles as protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight in Beijing.
Opinion
Coronavirus outbreak

Are children super spreaders? Of course they are!

  • by Nicola Philp
Jim Greer has a truck stocked up and ready to go in his backyard in the event of an emergency.
Coronavirus outbreak

Apocalypse now: Survivalist prepares to 'bug out' before pandemic hits

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola and Kate Hedley
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New South Wales

NSW Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock warned against treating property developers as an "enemy species".
Exclusive
Council election

Liberals delaying local preselections to weed out developers

  • by Angus Thompson
Social media

Legal overhaul to allow access to social media accounts after death recommended

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Courts

Sarah Hanson-Young wrote court reference for friend charged after he 'slapped' wife

  • by Lucy Cormack

Victoria

Death caps grow among oaks – and can pop up quite a distance from the actual tree.
Cooking

'Death can follow within 48 hours': Death cap mushrooms arrive weeks early

  • by Zach Hope
Courts

Ex-CEO and friend convicted for steering $375k into their yacht business

  • by Adam Cooper
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Bushfires

Conservation watchdog investigates: Is bushfire tree removal 'overzealous'?

  • by Miki Perkins

Western Australia

The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in changes to the Catholic church's holy communion.
Coronavirus outbreak

WA church bans holy water, makes changes to communion over virus fear

Vale

'The guy with the huge heart': Perth radio star's health battle comes to an end

  • by Kate Hedley and Linda Parri
Coronavirus outbreak

WA records third case of coronavirus in traveller returning from overseas

  • by Daile Cross

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