Missiles are one thing, but North Korea could already being waging war on Australia in a big way.

The new president of the NSW RSL James Brown has committed to helping the inquiry into the troubled branch to ensure all skeletons are cleared from the closet.

Criticism, tensions and pre-emptive defences about Sydney's Lindt Cafe siege continue to fly in the final hours before the NSW coroner hands down his findings.

The NSW Snowy Mountains resort of Perisher is awaiting a government review in October before potentially embarking on some significant development.

NSW prison officer Sharon Yarnton, 50, is accused of trying to kill her then-husband, Dean Yarnton, with a staged car explosion in February 2015.

Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald will be stripped of their pension entitlements after Premier Gladys Berejiklian introduced legislation into NSW parliament.

The families of Lindt Cafe siege victims Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson have slammed the police response to the crisis.

A former juvenile justice centre officer charged with child sex abuse has been granted conditional bail in Sydney.

An elderly Newcastle man has been charged with the alleged sexual assault of three children over a 20-year period from the late 1970s to the early 90s.

A woman has been charged over child sex offences allegedly committed at a juvenile justice centre in Sydney's southwest 20 years ago when she worked there.

A 65-year-old man who died at a NSW beach, north of Wollongong, was loved by locals for his positive attitude and laid-back charm.

Criticism of the emergency response to the December 2014 Lindt Cafe siege from victims' families is 'upsetting', says the NSW Police minister.

A 77-year-old former vet from Sydney has been jailed for his brazen and shameless dishonesty crimes.

A man in his 50s has died after an accident at Sydney's NorthConnex worksite with a SafeWork NSW inspector investigating the accident.

Friends have paid tribute to Nathan Balzano, 19, who died after his ute crashed into a pole on the same street as his former high school in Sydney's west.

Five men accused of being bikies have been charged after police raids across NSW seized a variety of weapons and drugs.

The Red Cross Blood Service is urging those with O-Negative and O-Positive blood types to come forward as Australia's supply falls dangerously low.

The three-day CeBIT Australia kicks off in Sydney on Tuesday putting the global spotlight on NSW's technology strengths and investment potential.