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Premier Dominic Perrottet has backed controversial drug law reforms. The ICAC hears Daryl Maguire met with Gladys Berejik­lian while she was Treasurer where he raised his push to get millions of dollars for a Wagga Wagga shooting club. All adults in NSW will get a $50 voucher to spend on accomodation anywhere in the state. Penrith player Tyrone May is fighting for his future at the club. For updat...

Drug users caught by police with a small amount of drugs would be given a second chance and referred to intervention programs, under a bill being drawn up by cabinet ministers. Gladys Berejiklian was secretly grilled by the ICAC as Premier. NSW farmers are warning they urgently need 16,000 workers from interstate and overseas to deliver the current harvest. Push for The Everest to be given Group 1...

Sydney’s cocaine addiction was evident on the first weekend after lockdown with a taxi driver among 17 people caught dealing or in possession of ­cocaine in just two nights of routine police operations across the eastern suburbs. Social media and reality TV shows have been blamed for a disturbing spike in violent attacks by schoolgirls, with the number of bashings committed at NSW public schools h...

Sporting coaches, high school teachers and parents will be offered suicide prevention training as part of a $130 million state government mental health package to tackle a rise in self-harm cases. An elderly doctor with a ­religious objection to vaccinations has come out of retirement to hand out hundreds of fraudulent medical exemptions to teachers trying to avoid mandatory Covid jabs. He’s kept...

Bumper crowds will be able to gather for the rest of the Spring Carnival with capacity increased to 10,000 vaccinated racegoers. Fake vaccination certificates are being used to allow people not yet double-jabbed to access venues and use services supposedly restricted to the fully immunised. Today show is fast closing the gap on Sunrise for  the nation’s top-rating breakfast show And Eased Covid re...

Bombshell secret government documents reveal corruption allegations had previously been made to ICAC in 2018 about the controversial $5.5 million gun club project, now at the centre of next week’s hearings into the conduct of ­ex-premier Gladys Berejiklian. Concerns were raised about the hire-car company at the centre of the Delta outbreak months before one of its drivers tested positive to Covid....

A corruption investigation into Gladys Berejiklian’s conduct will hear from newly elected deputy Liberal leader Stuart Ayres and former premier Mike Baird. Australia’s peak Muslim body has been condemned for inviting members to participate in a forum on Afghanistan that will include at least one member of the Taliban. Nuclear energy and the cost of building it in Australia is “definitely worth inv...

A bold plan to turbocharge the production of clean hydrogen in NSW is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs within the decade while helping heavy industry to decarbonise. Australia must develop a nuclear industry for the sake of national security and to protect ourselves against China or any other potential foreign threat, the nation’s top blue collar union has declared. In sport, aspiring seco...

Pill testing at events sends the “wrong message to young people,” the state’s police minister says, ruling out calls for the government to reconsider its stance after the ACT approved the nation’s first dedicated testing centre.  Small businesses, including tradies, will be able to recoup the cost of road tolls under an expanded scheme to provide rebates on state government fees and charges. Sydne...

Hospitality venues brace for Sydneysiders to celebrate today like it’s New Year’s Eve. Today Olympic sprinter Rohan Browning will take off down the final straight against jockey Hugh Bowman at Royal Randwick. International travel to and from Sydney will resume within weeks if home quarantine for ­vaccinated travellers is fast-tracked. Cricket is holding its breath that DRS will be available for ev...

Lisa Wilkinson has revealed how she was sexually assaulted by her friend’s father when in high school. Cuts to the cost of childcare will be brought forward to March. A vaccine passport trial will begin in four different regions from Monday. Jackson Hastings says he’s returning to Australia and the NRL having redeemed himself overseas. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a su...

Former deputy premier John Barilaro was clocked at more than 30km/h over the speed limit when he lost his ­licence. The very diaries that helped convict Kathleen Folbigg may now hold the key to overturning her convictions. The NRL Integrity Unit will question Penrith Panthers co-captain Nathan Cleary after his mates breached QLD border rules. Fans will be able to watch the NRL pre-season trial mat...

The Australian Turf Club has made a fresh push to more than double the crowd at The Everest. Students across the state will be let out of lockdown sooner than expected with all grades returning to school in two weeks. The state’s police minister has told residents of the eastern suburbs to put an “end” to their cocaine addiction. Brisbane will have a second NRL club in 2023. For updates and breaki...

Ben Roberts-Smith has accused Nine newspapers of paying a woman they labelled as his former mistress. The magic 70 per cent vaccination threshold has been met but Premier Dominic Perrottet will keep the weekend cancelled. Sydneysiders are racking up one million tolls every day. NRL expansion is set to face its final hurdle today. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscrip...

NSW has declared it can rescue the Ashes. Dominic Perrottet is promising NSW a brighter summer after the darkness of lockdown. Paul Toole is set to be elected the Nationals leader. Former Australian women’s football players have revealed a toxic culture within the sport. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for...

No regrets from a manager wrongly sacked by Transport for NSW for helping police catch a killer. Chaos rules in the NSW government as MPs stare down a triple header by-­election. A broken foot didn’t hold Penrith’s Dylan Edwards back in Souths triumph. South Sydney contract negotiations with Cody Walker will kick off this week. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscripti...

Twelve months on from their own grand final heartache the Panthers broke the hearts of the South Sydney faithful to claim the club’s third premiership with a 14-12 victory  Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is on track to be installed as NSW Premier with Stuart Ayres serving as deputy Liberal leader Australia has added an extra 15,000 doses of a lifesaving Covid-19 treatment to its national stockpile  A...

Outgoing premier Gladys Berejiklian was planning to fight on in the job despite being made aware that she was at the centre of a corruption investigation. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has promised to inject new blood into Cabinet should he win a party room ballot this week to become the State’s next premier. There are a million reasons why every Australian who is still unvaccinated against Covid-19...

In the end Gladys Berejiklian didn’t have any choice but to quit as Premier, after ICAC announced it would hold a public probe into her conduct. Sydney's median house price has jumped nearly $300,000 over the past year and now stands at a whopping $1.3 million. A socialite from a prominent eastern suburbs family that made its fortune in the fashion industry has been charged by police with commerci...

Two regional NSW towns were hit by a tornado and hailstones the size of tennis balls thrashed other parts of the state  The  head of the private schools teachers union has received a slap down from the Education Minister A split within the NSW Valuer General’s office has come to light with an employee saying he couldn’t “stand in ­silence”  And Former South Sydney boss Shane Richardson has opened...

Australia's critical infrastructure suffers a cyberattack every 32 minutes, a parliamentary body has been told. Families frazzled by homeschooling finally got some ­relief after the NSW government announced it would bring forward the reopening of schools by a week  Doubts cast by former PM Malcolm Turnbull have been “totally” rejected. And Snoop Dogg, so the rum­our goes, did more than simply wear...

NSW has hit the accelerator on its emissions reduction target vowing to halve the state’s carbon footprint in less than a decade and trigger a $37 billion investment windfall The state’s road map out of the pandemic has been slammed as a moving at a snail’s pace with businesses and the tourist-starved regions left confused and angry. A leading epidemiologist has urged the government to send kids b...

The NRL Integrity Unit will interview Melbourne Storm stars over mobile phone footage of the pair in a hotel room with a mystery white substance. Local governments and universities are refusing to ­resume business as usual and proceed with long-awaited graduations and Christmas events. Covid-19 support payments for businesses and workers could be scrapped when NSW reaches the 80 per cent vaccinati...

A temporary relaxing of restrictions that would allow thousands of Sydney footy fans to safely watch the NRL Grand Final inside a stadium or special live site has the backing of administrators and clubs.  Rookie NRL star Reece Walsh made an emotional apology to his club and fans yesterday after he was arrested for cocaine possession during post-season celebrations on the Gold Coast.  Online grocer...

Double demerits will be scrapped for the first time this October long weekend as the State Government looks to reward residents after the pro-longed lockdown, Children as young as two could soon be receiving ­Moderna jabs, with the US manufacturer also revealing plans to make the vaccine in Australia. The biggest urban wildlife restoration project in Australia’s history, will be established in wes...