Tag: New South Wales

Surfer Killed in Shark Attack on Australia’s East Coast

SYDNEY—A man has been killed in a suspected shark attack on Tuesday off a popular beach on the mid-north coast of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state, rescuers and police said. Emergency services were called to Tuncurry beach, more than 300 kms (186 miles) north of Sydney, after reports of the shark attack, NSW police…


Australia’s First Gas-Hydrogen Hybrid Power Station to Help Replace Coal

New South Wales has secured an $83 million (US$64 million) gas-hydrogen hybrid power station, Tallawarra B, following the planned closure of the Liddell coal-fired power plant in 2023. The closure of Liddell was announced in 2019 and will see the exit of 1,680 MW of reliable energy from the power grid, which forced the NSW…


NSW Restrictions Return After Two Local CCP Virus Cases

New South Wales (NSW) will see restrictions return as the wife of the man who locally acquired the CCP virus yesterday also received a positive test result. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a range of restrictions will be enforced from 5 p.m. today till 12am Monday. It will only apply to people from the…


NSW Restrictions Return After 2 Local CCP Virus Cases

New South Wales (NSW) will see restrictions return as the wife of the man who locally acquired the CCP virus yesterday also received a positive test result. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a range of restrictions will be enforced from 5 p.m. today till 12am Monday. It will only apply to people from the…


Sydney Confirmed to Host Netball World Cup 2027

Sydney will host the Netball World Cup for the third time when the global showcase returns in 2027 after the International Netball Federation (INF) awarded hosting rights. “It’s thrilling to think that we can now begin to transform our vision into reality,” Netball Australia Chair Paolina Hunt said. INF President Liz Nicholl said Australia put in…


Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade

New South Wales (NSW) will need to recruit thousands of new teachers in the next 10 years to meet the demand from record-high student enrolment numbers. A new report (pdf) by economist Adam Rorris commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation Union projects that public schools need to hire at least 11,000 additional teachers by 2031…


Aussie Police Officer Charged for Drink Driving Amid Easter Road Deaths

An off-duty Australian police officer has been charged with high-range drink driving during the Northern Territory’s five-day Easter road safety blitz. The 46-year-old police officer was subject to a roadside breath test on Friday which was set up as part of the territory’s five-day Operation Thalen targeting drink and drug driving, vehicle registration, and roadworthiness. Police…


Tensions Between NSW, Queensland and the Federal Government Flare Over New Tourism Package

New South Wales (NSW) state ministers say they are being left behind in the newly announced federal tourism support package. The package, announced on March 10, is part of a $1.2 billion support package for the struggling Australian tourism industry and will subsidise half the cost of 800,000 airfare tickets for domestic travellers to 13…


NSW’s Net Zero Plan May Benefit China

The New South Wales (NSW) state government has declared it will spend $750 million on the Net Zero Plan as part of an $11.6 billion investment over the next 10 years. Announcing the plan, along with the new Net Zero Industry and Innovation Program, on Monday, the NSW Minister for Energy and Environment Matt Kean said that the…


Remains of Missing Financial Adviser Found on New South Wales Beach

A decomposed foot belonging to alleged Sydney conwoman Melissa Caddick has been found washed up on a remote southern New South Wales beach more than three months after her disappearance. Caddick vanished the day after corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) executed a search warrant at her luxury Dover Heights home on Nov. 11….