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Bushfire hero Shane Fitzsimmons is set to be dumped and the costly Resilience NSW organisation he helms drastically cut down, following a scathing review of the agency’s work in the Lismore floods.  David Elliott will strip the powerful treasury portfolio from Matt Kean if he wins the deputy leadership of the NSW Liberal Party. Senator Pauline Hanson has declared that she will make herself the fac...

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 th...

NRL boss Peter V’landys has vowed to take the NSW government to court after Premier Dominic Perrottet pulled back from a promise to revamp suburban footy stadiums.  Repayments on a $1m loan will be nearly $1000 a month higher than they were in April after an unprecedented fourth official interest rate increase in under 100 days.  Targeted rail strikes will leave NSW commuters stranded at the platf...

A respected policeman has died after an incident at Ermington Police Station in Sydney’s west.  A chief inspector with NSW Police was allegedly bashed with a bike seat pole when he tried to intervene upon seeing three teen boys abusing people at a western Sydney train station while on his way to work.  Emails released to parliament have revealed a shortlist of candidates for a plum NSW government...

Miranda MP Eleni Petinos has been dumped from cabinet amid bullying allegations. A gas shortage in NSW and southern states will force the closure of businesses and further drive up the cost of living unless exporters increase supply to the domestic market for next year, according to an “alarming” report. Australia's tax on beer is on the rise again with the biggest increase in more than three deca...

Ash Barty has married ­longtime partner Garry ­Kissick in a secret setting  Premier Dominic Perrottet is being urged by his own ministers to stand aside his under-fire Trade Minister Stuart Ayres  One of the state’s leading property developers has called on Premier Dominic Perrottet to fix the “forgotten” suburb of Pitt Town And Two maximum security prisoners plaited bedsheets together to form a r...

Thousands of fraudulent flood grant applications totalling more than $38m have been intercepted by NSW authorities Teen rap phenomenon The Kid Laroi claims his former manager withheld money, cut deals with record labels behind his back, and engaged in behaviour that amounted to stalking. The father of a missing toddler has allegedly been caught lying to the court that is trying to find his son. An...

It will take two years for cost-of-living pressures to ease as inflation is expected to soar toward 8 per cent by Christmas Manly chairman Scott Penn has declared the club’s leadership is unanimous in wearing its controversial inclusivity ­jersey again next year. Under Fire Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has denied he wanted a name added to the “short shortlist” of people in consideration for a plum...

Manly has sensationally banned their seven dissenting players from attending tonight’s big match at 4 Pines Park after being warned off by NSW Police Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman has urged his good mate Gus Worland to use the controversy around the Manly Pride jersey to make a difference with his charity Gotcha4Life. The mother of schoolgirl Charlise Mutten has been charged as part of the inves...

Two part-time players, a rugby league journeyman and a grandson of an Immortal have been tasked with keeping Manly’s top eight hopes alive. About two weeks ago, one of Manly’s Pride jerseys arrived on the doorstep of Aussie A-lister Hugh Jackman. Not a single molecule of extra gas has flowed into NSW as it struggles with a gas crisis And Former deputy premier John Barilaro’s appointment to a lucra...

The Manly Sea Eagles have been plunged into chaos with a host of players considering pulling out of Thursday night’s clash against the Sydney Roosters because of the club’s Pride jersey. A doubling of jail time for offenders caught carrying a knife in public is being pushed by the state opposition after another teenager was stabbed over the weekend. Secret documents about John Barilaro’s appointme...

Vincent Carlino was on Saturday charged by NSW Police with Shereen Kumar’s murder, three days after he reported her missing to authorities. A family has been left shattered after two women and a young boy were killed in a horror blaze. Planning Minister Anthony Roberts has vowed to enable 400,000 new homes across NSW. Manase Fainu’s three-year exile from the NRL could be over next month with the M...

When Cody Simpson fell head over heels for Emma McKeon he won her heart serenading the champion swimmer with love songs she couldn’t resist. Australians with an online betting account will receive a monthly statement outlining their wins and losses. First major policy commitments to be unveiled ahead of the upcoming March state election by Labor leader Chris Minns. Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has r...

As many as one-in-five people have Covid in some suburbs and it’s on track to become the single biggest cause of death in 2022. Families most in need are apparently unaware of emergency government relief packages. Plummeting housing demand and an explosion in rents have created a window of opportunity for property ­investors. Border security staff at Australian airports have been given unprecedent...

Bruno Mars opening the new Sydney Football Stadium on the same day as The Everest at Royal Randwick has stunned racing officials. The scandal-plagued appointment of John Barilaro to a plum New York trade role has followed Dominic Perrottet to Japan. Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud wants the Government to draw a line on closing our borders with Indonesia. The medical community should hav...

John Barilaro’s former chief of staff gives an explosive statement to an inquiry into his appointment to a New York trade role. Three men have faced Sydney local courts after a dramatic arrest in the middle of peak-hour traffic. Former NSW Liberal MP John Sidoti has vowed to clear his name in court after ICAC findings. A new mum has hit out at a government form which calls mothers “birthing parent...

A Sydney family is lucky to be alive after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from using a charcoal barbecue inside their home. Essential supermarket products surge by 13%. The devastated boyfriend of a young woman killed when their two boats collided has sent her mother a heartbreaking text message from his hospital bed. Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has described suggestions he wants out of the...

Kassandra Muhr’s Australian dream ended in tragedy on Sunday night when she was killed in a high-speed boat crash in Pittwater. Premier Dominic Perrottet says mandatory Covid isolation should be scrapped by September as long as the health system is coping. Massive flood damage bill expected if Warragamba Dam wall not raised. Cameron Smith’s bullish style pays off at the British Open. For updates a...

Gangsters and bikies are being kicked out of a rejuvenated Kings Cross and banned for five years under a daring new scheme cooked up by police and the nightclubs themselves. The parents of a 14-year-old boy and his older brother charged with the stabbing death of an Easter show worker say they are “deep in shock” that two of their sons have been accused of murder. Yet another cruise ship carrying...

Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns has been using medicinal cannabis for almost two years to treat his brain seizures and chronic pain.  Prison officers will be trained to identify right-wing extremist symbols such as “Pepe the Frog” and “Celtic cross” tattoos under a nationwide program to fight radicalisation. Hospital patients stricken with Covid are being kept in general wards and sick kids shu...

Exiled Comanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle has secretly tied the knot with a Northern Cypriot woman in what official sources have described as a fake marriage. Falls in available rental homes in some parts of Sydney have happened more quickly than ever before, pushing up costs even further. The race is on to develop a single vaccine that could protect against all Covid variants, with at least 12 res...

Benji Marshall started taking notes in anticipation of his coaching career a decade ago. Those notes are set to come in handy as Marshall prepares to dip his toe in the water at the Wests Tigers next season, having agreed to be part of a succession plan that will result in him taking over as head coach at his beloved club from Tim Sheens in 2025. Australian parents have been warned to think twice...

A top-secret mission involving Interpol agents and the National Turkish Coast Guard was behind the dramatic arrest of Aussie bikie boss Mark Buddle. Lance Franklin’s career at Sydney could be over, with reports the AFL great is set to retire or find a third club due to a “lowball contract offer”. The business community is calling for employers and the government to “double down” and ”maintain mome...

Northern Cyprus has deported Comanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle to Turkey, where he is being processed before his handover to Australia. They’ve been dubbed the “Quiet Australians” — and now a new report shows that almost one in four Australians have been forced to hide their views on social issues and politics as a result of cancel culture. Pensioners and other welfare recipients struggling to mak...

The battle to recruit hospitality staff during the ongoing staff shortage crisis continues to intensify, forcing a glitzy Bondi restaurant to email its customer database to try to fill positions.  The woman rejected for a New York trade position in favour of John Barilaro has told an inquiry she was informed the job would be “a present for someone” else when her job offer was revoked.  A newly ann...