NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW firies brace for rising temperatures
NSW firefighters battling dozens of blazes throughout the state are hoping to see some easing of conditions before temperatures soar early next week.
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Woman escapes kidnapper in NSW Hunter
A 29-year-old man will face a NSW court after he allegedly kidnapped a woman and strangled her until she lost consciousness.
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Brave firefighter returns to front line just a day after devastating diagnosis
The father of two's stage-four melanoma diagnosis did not stop him from heading to the scene of raging fires on the NSW mid-north coast.
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Pilot walks away from RFS chopper crash
The pilot of a NSW Rural Fire Service helicopter has walked away after a crash north of Newcastle.
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NSW man to be charged for fire spree
A man is set to be charged over a spree in Tumut in NSW's south during which a telecommunications exchange and three cars were set ablaze.
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Sydney driver clocked at 104km over limit
Police have clocked a driver travelling at an astonishing 194 kilometres per hour in a 90 zone in western Sydney.
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'Too big to put out': Mega fire near Sydney will burn for 'many weeks'
The Bureau of Meteorology said some NSW fires were pumping out so much smoke they were appearing as 'significant rain' on their radars.
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Man charged for starting fire in NSW
A man will appear in court in Newcastle, NSW, charged with intentionally causing a fire and other offences in the Lake Macquarie area.
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Man, 29, stabbed to death in Sydney unit
A 29-year-old man has died after being found stabbed multiple times in a unit in south west Sydney.
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Puppy put down after longbow shooting
An eight-month-old puppy had to be put down after a man allegedly shot it in the back with an arrow fired from a longbow.
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'Living in fear': Firefighters' small window to conquer weekend fires
Firefighters will face a race against time this weekend as they try to get on top of the bushfire crisis before conditions deteriorate.
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'Mum collapsed' after learning what happened to son on Bali Schoolies trip
Newcastle teen Lawson Rankin's dad said his wife collapsed after learning what had happened to their son in Bali.
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Northern NSW man shoots puppy with longbow
A man in northern NSW has been arrested after shooting a puppy with a longbow.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW Labor set for 'sweeping' reforms
The NSW Labor party will introduce governance and administration reforms following a review prompted by an ICAC inquiry.
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'Hazardous' air quality may force NSW beaches to close
Some of NSW's beaches may not open on the weekend due to poor air quality and a lack of visibility.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNSW 'living in fear' as bushfires rage
So much of NSW is now alight that smoke from the bushfires is impacting communities across the Tasman Sea in New Zealand, the NSW RFS says.
NewsAustralian Associated PressTrial for Cranstons' alleged $100m fraud
A former ATO deputy commissioner's two children have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud the tax office in an alleged $100 million fraud.
NewsAustralian Associated PressCouple prepare to fight NSW 'megafire'
A huge 250,000-hectare bushfire at Gospers Mountain northwest of Sydney has joined up with the neighbouring Little L Complex and Paddock Run blazes.
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NSW cops arrest alleged one-punch attacker
A police manhunt for a man alleged to have punched a teenager in the back of the head in Sydney has ended in the suspect's arrest.
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NSW man denies stabbing murder in home
A NSW man is alleged to have stabbed a man in the back and front but will defend a murder charge on the grounds it wasn't intentional, a court has been told.
NewsAustralian Associated PressSmoke health issues drag into third week
An above-average number of people are going to hospitals or calling an ambulance for breathing problems for the third week in a row amid NSW's bushfire crisis.
NewsAustralian Associated PressA snapshot of the NSW bushfires
More than 100 fires are currently burning in NSW, with nine at "emergency warning" level on Friday afternoon.
NewsAustralian Associated PressAlleged sword-killers to be tried in 2020
A couple have formally denied murdering Sydney rapper Jett McKee with a samurai sword and will face trial in late 2020.
NewsAustralian Associated PressJock may return to prison: Bulgarian judge
A Bulgarian judge says there is a real fear Jock Palfreeman could be returned to prison despite the Sydney man being released on parole in September.
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