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NSW budget
NSW welfare recipients to be eligible for 50 per cent discount on fines
From July 1, financially disadvantaged people including those on JobKeeper can apply to have their fines halved.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Crime
Man, 20, charged with murder after woman, 18, found dead in Hunter Valley
The man, believed to be known to the woman, is due to appear in court on Sunday charged with murder.
- by Lisa Visentin and Laura Chung
Labor in turmoil
NSW Labor MP Julia Finn quits shadow cabinet over branch stacking allegations
The Granville MP stood aside from shadow cabinet on Friday after she was named in an internal investigation into branch stacking in western Sydney.
- by Lisa Visentin
Labor in turmoil
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay addresses branch stacking claims
Seven people will face a NSW Labor party tribunal following a report into branch stacking in western Sydney, but Jodi McKay has insisted the party does not have systemic issues.
Health
NSW government bungles bid to block medical gas bill
Danial Khan, whose daughter Amelia was left brain damaged after a toxic gas mix up at Bankstown‑Lidcombe Hospital, watched from the public gallery as the government rejected a bill to regulate the medical gas industry.
- by Lisa Visentin
Indigenous culture
'Very significant': Bipartisan support to protect artefacts at coal mine
A motion to protect the ancient Aboriginal artefacts at the site of an open-cut coal mine has gained cross-party political support in the NSW upper house.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Opinion
NSW ice inquiry
We've advised what to do about the ice scourge, so why keep shattered communities waiting?
It's time for action, writes the commissioner who presided over the inquiry into the drug ice.
- by Dan Howard
Labor in turmoil
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay censured over party branch stacking claims
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay has been censured in State Parliament over branch stacking claims.
- by Alexandra Smith
State Parliament
One Nation MP secures role after planned motion around Aboriginal deaths in custody
Rod Roberts was promoted after he told the upper house of his planned motion around Aboriginal deaths in custody, stating "the truth matters".
- by Lisa Visentin
Life after Lockdown
One-off $3000 boost for small business amid Sydney job slump
Berejiklian government wants NSW businesses to adapt to the new four-square-metre economy after the COVID-19 shutdown.
- by Alexandra Smith, Matt Wade and Shane Wright
Crime
Shoebridge stands by staffer accused of Cook statue vandalism
Greens MLC David Shoebridge has declared he will not sack a staffer who was charged with defacing a statue of Captain Cook.
- by Lisa Visentin