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Labor will go on the attack with a pivot to a Mediscare-style campaign against Scott Morrison’s team, as the ­opposition battles to reset after a disastrous first week ­derailed by Anthony Albanese’s errors.  Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed to review NSW’s foster care system after furious advocates slammed the current laws as “disastrous” and “u...

Thousands of families left homeless after the devastating floods will be able to relocate to temporary housing “pods” as they rebuild their lives.  After 15 years at the Nine Network, rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns is struggling to accept a demotion from the commentary box to sideline duties.  Police are exploring possible links to a notorious Sydney crime family and an a...

Twenty-five years after a headless body was found in a river southwest of Sydney police have ramped up efforts to find the man’s killers and finally end the mystery. A Sydney developer shared in a $200,000 profit on land it bought from Canada Bay Council after its mayor did not declare the buyer was a friend and donor of his. Suspended Liberal NSW Minister Gareth Ward has revealed he is cons...

Rugby league boss Peter V’landys has vowed to use the power and influence of his sport to fight the gang bloodshed in Western Sydney. Anthony Albanese was forced to clean up another potential campaign mess for Labor after saying turning back asylum seeker boats meant offshore detention wasn’t needed.  Scott Morrison has refused to admit he broke a key election promise by not estab...

The  gang crisis plaguing Western Sydney is now sweeping the entire city, from Blacktown to Bondi, with police mounting an all-fronts assault to try and stop the bloodshed. As travel chaos descended across airports Australia-wide and passengers faced huge delays, it’s been revealed Qantas head office staff were last week treated to a festival of Zumba classes and stress-relieving puppy...

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is prepared to go it alone and scrap restrictive Covid-isolation rules if other states insist on keeping them.  Police are investigating whether the fatal stabbing of a teenage carnival worker at the Royal Easter Show is linked to ongoing violence between rival postcode gangs from Western Sydney.  Anthony Albanese no longer argues climate change is the gr...

Rugby league boss Peter V’landys and NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo are calling on the NSW government to bring in tougher penalties to tackle pitch invaders after two matches were interrupted over the weekend.  Labor's campaign was in crisis on day one with Anthony Albanese forced to issue an embarrassing apology after he could not recall critical economic figures.  A Sydney man w...

A special task force to combat bullying in schools is being created in the wake of teenager Matilda “Tilly” Rosewarne’s heartbreaking suicide as Education Minister Sarah Mitchell vows to save other students from falling through the cracks.  Sydney Roosters superstar Isabelle Kelly inspired a history-making NRLW premiership win over St George Illawarra on the back of another...

  Scott Morrison will head to Canberra today to ask Governor-General David Hurley to fire the starting gun for an election to be held no later than May, 21.    Authorities are investigating claims chronic poker machine addicts were given cash handouts of up to $1050 a week to keep them hooked  It has been 24 years since her son Arthur Haines tragically died, but his mum Julie S...

New research has revealed first-home buyers hoping to get into the market with help from recently ­expanded federal initiatives are facing slim pickings in Sydney.  A $400,000 plan to address the critical teacher shortage by luring and training “career changers” into the profession is still being designed with not one new staff member having yet been recruited.  The socia...

Dozens of people have been rescued from flash flooding and thousands ordered to leave their homes as experts tipped rising water to break decades-old records overnight... A major new hospital in Sydney’s west could be built on top of an old rubbish tip contaminated with asbestos, lead and other hazardous waste.  A north shore council has been accused of driving visitors away by jacking...

The Liberal member who took the Prime Minister to court in a bid to block the endorsement of candidates in 12 seats has been expelled from the NSW Liberal party.  The Panthers have been rocked by another off-field drama, with young gun Taylan May charged with assault by Queensland police.  A push to allow unvaccinated teachers back into classrooms to address the staffing crisis which is...

It’s been revealed that one in five public school students did not turn up to class on Monday because they were sick, self isolating or simply told they must learn from home due to the fact there were not enough teachers to cover classes..  A major legal win for Scott Morrison has guaranteed his “captain’s pick” candidates in key NSW seats, as the Coalition now seeks t...

A NSW police strike force set up to investigate alleged sexual assaults linked to Katoomba High School has charged one student with multiple serious offences. Exclusive data reveals some homeowners have made more than $1 million since March 2020 as the equity in their homes ­skyrocketed during the pandemic. Two-up will be played for three days, Middle East veterans honoured and events will be...

Defence Minister Peter ­Dutton has slammed Anthony Albanese for “making things up”  A Sydney solicitor is facing potentially years in jail if convicted after allegedly bashing a driver during a road rage incident  The mother of a young woman whose body lay hidden in a bush grave for three years after she was shot on a dirt track has spoken for the first time of her anguis...

Domestic violence offenders who are also subject to apprehended violence orders could be forced to wear ankle tracking bracelets to protect women  Australia’s online safety watchdog has not issued a ­single formal notice to teen ­cyber-bullies ordering them to remove harmful content Lismore's second major flood in weeks has turned out to be the final straw for shattered resident...

Shane Warne’s memory will be permanently enshrined at the Sydney Cricket Ground where he holds the record for the most Test wickets taken. It will be “impossible” to tell if petrol stations have passed on the full 22 cent cut to the fuel excise and hurt the budget bottom line with no clear benefit to Australians Western Sydney families are living in a “childcare desert&rdqu...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has launched a surgical strike on the cost of living, using his Election Year budget  Headlining the government’s battle plan is a cut to the fuel excise tax. The Treasurer’s speech also showed the Government has young Australians in its sights. And It's official. Queensland legend Cameron Smith is back to haunt Brad Fittler’s Blues. See omnystudio....

Hundreds of thousands of Australians will be able to train for skilled jobs across in-demand industries under a major budget boost for tradies  NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has been forced to condemn Extinction Rebellion after the group gave him their tick of approval  A Sydney banker called his wife a “psycho” when he allegedly assaulted her at a child’s hospital bedside, a...

First home buyers will be given a leg up to get into the property market under the major expansion of a guarantee scheme to help young people, regional families and single parents in a “cost of living” pre-election budget pitch to Australians.   The state’s most wanted man, who is believed to have organised the murders of several members of the Hamzy family, is thought...

It's been dubbed “bigorexia” – an eating disorder mostly affecting teenage boys that drives them to endlessly lift weights and binge on ­protein.  A review of 14 separate studies on mental health has found the Covid pandemic has left healthcare workers with dangerous levels of depression, anxiety, sleep problems and stress.  The family of an eight-month old baby is...

It has been a wild ride, but Sydney’s pandemic-induced property boom is over. The wife of Australia’s most wanted man was allegedly caught in a $1 million lie used to buy a plush family home in western Sydney as police hunted her husband. A fresh wave of price spikes is about to hit Aussie households already struggling with massive increases in fuel costs and higher expenses. And in sp...

Trams running on the second stage of the Parramatta Light Rail will be required to be built in Australia, in a potentially industry-building edict put out by new Transport Minister David Elliott.  A crippling disease impacting one in nine Australian women will be tackled with $58 million, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s wife Jenny joins the pre-election political frontline with a hea...

Three real estate agents are among six people charged over a scheme in which they allegedly used names of unsuspecting members of the public to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in Covid rent relief payments for homes they were actually using as drug labs. Lecturers at the University of Sydney have been banned from sleeping with their students, while other ­universities have maintained t...

Anthony Albanese has declared that Labor will be the party of mainstream Australia — not the woke left — and a friend to business and aspirational Australians. An urgent review of penalties faced by protesters who cause mayhem on our streets is set to report back to the government within days. Your economy needs you – and fortunately NSW has a stellar line-up of autumn and winter...