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Eyes on the road: average speed cameras on trial for cars and motorbikes

NSW Government introduces new trial due to climbing road toll

Newcastle Herald

NSW safety drive to put brakes on highway speeding

Cars will no longer be able to sail through average-speed camera zones at high speed as NSW trials a key recommendation of a safety forum on the road toll.

AAP

Newcastle Airport gets funding for new flight destinations

International and domestic routes are being discussed.

Newcastle Herald

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Vivid festival allure dims with big drop in visitors

The shine has come off Sydney's Vivid Festival with a big drop in visitor figures from the previous year and some blaming prices for its decline in popularity.

AAP

New tech trialled to help ease Sydney's traffic woes

NSW is trialling technology aimed at stopping trucks getting stuck in Sydney's tunnels and causing traffic snarls.

AAP

Labor ministers withdraw from AFR summit due to Nine journalists’ strike

Exclusive: Bill Shorten, when asked if he, Katy Gallagher and Murray Watt were uncomfortable about crossing the picket line, said ‘the AFR cancelled the conference’

The Guardian - AU

‘Boulevard of broken dreams’: could Parramatta Road really become Sydney’s Champs-Élysées?

A summit this week raised hopes that trees and light rail could breathe new life into the notorious ‘scar through the heart’ of the city. But after so many failed plans, the roads minister says he won’t rush into ‘another vision’

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States urged to follow NSW lead in later Olympics trade

NSW licensed venues will be allowed extended trading hours if they screen Matildas games or other key events from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

AAP

Intervention flagged in 'over the top' city speed drop

A plan to lower speed limits in central Sydney has prompted calls for the NSW government to intervene as the premier warns it's not a country town.

AAP

Coercive control, bail tweaks begin protecting women

Almost two years after passing parliament, laws criminalising coercive control have taken affect in NSW in a nation-first move designed to protect women.

AAP

Event funds make Hunter streets places to drive to, not through

The Kurri Curry Festival is one of 130 events that will benefit.

Newcastle Herald

30,000 Lake Macquarie drivers get their demerit points wiped

The program targeted areas heavily reliant on cars.

Newcastle Herald

Probe into 'alarming' state election non-voting figures

An inquiry will be launched into an "alarming and disappointing" turnout at the 2023 NSW state election, during which almost 800,000 people failed to vote.

AAP

Western Sydney councillor doubles down on same-sex parent book ban as residents express outrage over move

Steve Christou claims ban has ‘overwhelming’ community support despite petition opposing the ban gaining almost 10,000 signatures in less than 24 hours

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Sydney council bans same-sex parenting books from libraries for ‘safety of our children’

Local MP is concerned move breaches Anti-Discrimination Act while NSW arts minister accuses council of ‘censorship’

The Guardian - AU

The Australian company behind Splendour has a rich parent – so why does it need millions in public money?

The NSW government was ‘devastated’ when Secret Sounds cancelled the 2024 Splendour in the Grass festival, but says financial support for it is in the public interest

The Guardian - UK

Beatings, humiliation and loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

Former schoolboys at the private school give raw testimonies about abuse meted out by John Brownlee

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle band 'absolutely gutted' by Splendour In The Grass cancellation

The future of music festivals in Australia has become unknown.

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Grand prix, euro trains pitched to draw visitors to NSW

Ministers have thrown around creative ideas such as Formula One cars racing on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as ways to draw more visitors to NSW.

The Guardian - UK

Former Edinburgh Academy teacher beat and throttled boys, court told

One witness says John Brownlee would bounce boys’ heads off walls or desks, and tells of PTSD diagnosis

AAP

Probe into COVID 'cooker culture' driving up road toll

A small but dangerous group of drivers could be disproportionately causing crashes as they disregard safety in pursuit of civil liberty, a NSW minister says.

AAP

Tumultuous Mardi Gras week reaching glittering finale

Sydney has exploded with major events since mid-February, culminating in a Mardi Gras parade that has already been tainted by controversy and tragedy.

The Guardian - AU

Four people dead after ute rollover in northern NSW

Police say three men and a woman died after vehicle left the road in Wardell, near Ballina, on Saturday morning

AAP

Govt open to closing loophole for one in four drivers

Average speed cameras across Australia's most populous state all but ignore drivers of cars and utes but change could be on the way.

Newcastle Herald

One millionth frog call just like 'chicken combined with a lawnmower'

Thousands of Australian citizens helped achieve the milestone.

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