NSW

A confirmed measles case has visited multiple locations across NSW while infectious, sparking an alert.
Health
Demi Huang

Health alert across NSW after person with ‘highly infectious’ disease visits multiple locations

If you have visited these areas, you need to be on the lookout for symptoms.

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Police may advise the government to cancel New Year's fireworks if Sydney trains are not running. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Max Corstorphan

Major call on cancelling iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks

A final decision has been made on whether Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks will go ahead, after ongoing union action threatened to dim the welcoming of 2025.

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Police thanked the community for their help.
Australia
Molly Magennis

Major update after toddler found alone on Sydney street

The child was found in her pyjamas and with no shoes on.

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A man has been arrested on alleged child sex offences.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Priest arrested over alleged child sex offences against 14yo

Police have swooped and arrested a man who they describe as a priest over child sex offences and allegedly grooming a 14-year-old boy.

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Arnold Vitocco, his company and two others have been charged over the alleged contamination of mulch with asbestos.
NSW
Georgina Noack

Billionaire property developer charged over asbestos scandal

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has laid 102 charges over the asbestos mulch contamination crisis that shut down dozens of parks, schools and hospitals.

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Video
Tommy spent days in the hospital after being put into an induced coma due to a funnel web spider bite on Tuesday.
Australia
Hayley Taylor

Mum’s Christmas tree warning after toddler bitten by deadly spider

‘A new fear has definitely been unlocked for us.’

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Police have been left shocked by the level of cruelty.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

‘Horrific cruelty’: Police enraged after 29 animals killed

‘Horrific acts of cruelty’: Police have begun a hunt for those responsible after 29 animals were brutally killed in a pen at an education facility.

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The NSW government has rejected a union peace deal to keep trains on track for New Year's Eve.
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NSW
Georgina Noack

No deal: NSW knocks back union NYE peace deal

The NSW government knocked back the rail union’s ‘peace deal’ to end strike action that is threatening to ruin millions of people’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve plans for one major reason: trust.

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Eastgate Bondi Junction was evacuated on Monday morning.
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NSW
Matt Shrivell

Bondi Junction shopping centre evacuated after alert raised

A Bondi Junction shopping centre has been evacuated and emergency services are on the scene after an alert was raised.

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A man has died in a crash after his car hit a tree on Saturday night.
NSW
Hayley Taylor

Tragic discovery after driver notices car behind ‘had disappeared’

Investigations are ongoing.

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Video
Over a dozen passengers were injured in the fatal crash, prompting a warning from paramedics.
NSW
Hayley Taylor

New details emerge after one killed in Greyhound bus crash on major highway

One injured passenger told 7NEWS she was violently woken from sleep when the coach crashed - as a possible cause for the collision emerges.

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Australia's busiest urban rail network faces disarray on the final weekend before Christmas.
Australia
Jack Gramenz

Chaos as train strike that may shut down NYE fireworks begins

Cancelling Australia's biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display could send businesses to the wall, but the impacts of rail network chaos are already in play.

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A man has died after he was found unresponsive by a NSW highway.
NSW
Dominique Tassell

Man dies after he was found with head injuries on side of NSW highway

He was unconscious with critical injuries when emergency services arrived.

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The P-plate driver clocked 200km/h.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

P-plate driver’s 200km/h pursuit and two high-range results

Police have charged a P-plate driver after he was clocked doing 200km/h after being stopped twice in four hours, recording a high-range drink driving reading both times. 

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The bus driver was killed in the collision.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Horror as bus, truck collide killing driver, many injured

Bus driver killed, many seriously injured after a packed bus and truck collide leaving one of Australia’s busiest highways closed.

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