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Health workers wait for people to arrive for testing at the St Vincent's COVID-19 screening Bondi clinic last week.
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Coronavirus pandemic

NSW records no locally acquired COVID-19 cases, two in returned travellers

NSW recorded just two new cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, both returned travellers in hotel quarantine.

  • by Mary Ward

LIVE: NSW Premier addresses the media

Scott Morrison addresses the media in Canberra.
Letters
Letters

Sin of emissions: Politics trumps climate policy for PM

The federal member for Eden-Monaro, Kristy McBain, started her political career in local government. She is pictured giving her first speech in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra.
Local council

Council meetings could stay online to attract more women councillors

  • by Megan Gorrey
Blacktown Hospital reported the longest average seclusion episode duration of 15 hours and 8 minutes between April and June 2020.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Mentally ill confined to hospital rooms for up to 15 hours during pandemic

  • by Kate Aubusson
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Politics

Troy Grant, Leslie Williams and Niall Blair composite.
Political infighting

Liberals accept defecting Nationals MP after two others quit the party

Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams has been accepted as a member of the Liberal Party, Troy Grant has resigned from the Nationals and Niall Blair will not renew his membership. 

  • by Alexandra Smith
John Edwards, Jennifer Edwards and Jack Edwards. 
Domestic violence

John Edwards was 'pushy' and 'aggressive' at gun club, but was still allowed to shoot there

Child murderer John Edwards was still allowed to shoot at the Hornsby RSL Rifle Club despite breaching the club’s own rules, an inquest has heard.

  • by Jacqueline Maley
NSW Nationals MP Leslie Williams as quit the party over the koala planning policy.
Updated
Political infighting

'Unhelpful and politically reckless': NSW Nationals MP quits to join Liberals

  • by Alexandra Smith
Lord Alan Sugar poses for portrait before addressing The Cambridge Union Society in 2016.
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Coronavirus pandemic

British billionaire and TV host Alan Sugar allowed to quarantine privately

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Deputy Premier John Barilaro is in the crosshairs within his own party.
Political infighting

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro takes a month of mental health leave

  • by Alexandra Smith

Crime & Courts

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Education

Some class sizes have skyrocketed at the University of NSW since the move to online learning.
University

Class sizes soar at UNSW during COVID-19

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education

How raising the school-leaver's age transformed NSW schools

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Teaching

Teachers ill-equipped to teach keyboarding skills amid NAPLAN concerns

  • by Jordan Baker

Health

Blacktown Hospital reported the longest average seclusion episode duration of 15 hours and 8 minutes between April and June 2020.
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic

Mentally ill confined to hospital rooms for up to 15 hours during pandemic

  • by Kate Aubusson
Medicine

Former heroin-addicted psychiatrist fails drug tests

  • by Kate McClymont
Coronavirus pandemic

Alerts issued for taxi passengers, clubs and restaurants as NSW records one local case

  • by Michaela Whitbourn and Georgina Mitchell

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