Newcastle pub shut down in night of violence

Police shut down hotel after several warnings and an officer being sturck in the head by a thrown object .

Frontline services will be hit: unions

Sean Nicholls Unions are warning that frontline services across the state are at risk after NSW Treasurer Mike Baird announced further cuts to the public service, despite already axing thousands of jobs and...

Economy to pick up steam as low rates add momentum

Matt Wade The NSW economy will pick up pace over the next two years as record low interest rates help stoke household spending, business investment and home building, the state budget has forecast.

Government aims to bank trust now hard decisions are in place

Sean Nicholls Mike Baird has delivered the very model of a mid-term state budget. It capitalises on the difficult decisions taken in the first two years of the government's first term and sets it up for the short...

Lacks fireworks but has Liberal flavour

Matt Wade If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget.

An unexciting budget that's designed to establish trust

Sean Nicholls In recent days, Mike Baird has been telling us he will deliver a "responsible budget", carefully downplaying expectations of lavish new spending initiatives or more savage cuts.

NSW budget 2013: winners and losers

How will the NSW budget announced on Tuesday by Treasurer Mike Baird affect you? Read below to find out.

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At a glance: NSW budget 2013

The main points from this year's NSW budget, delivered by Treasurer Mike Baird on Tuesday.

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Campaigner takes big stick to feral oysters

Andrew Darby The usual tool for dealing with an oyster is a stubby-bladed knife, inserted and twisted to prise the bivalve apart and unlock the seafood treasure inside.

Hospitals shut door on public patients as strain worsens

Amy Corderoy, Anna Patty Up to 10,000 people are on so-called hidden waiting lists to see doctors in some parts of NSW, and hospital clinics are refusing new public patients because their waiting lists are so long - leaving...

Two punches, many reactions

Lisa Davies, Nick Ralston Simon Cramp was supposed to be at game one of the State of Origin series on Wednesday night. He had a ticket to join friends and 80,000 other screaming passionate NSW Blues fans for the first of the...

Hunt for missing Leisl: police search rural property

Nick Ralston A property belonging to the parents of a person of interest in the suspicious disappearance of a Central Coast woman is being searched by police.

Ivy tops list for violent incidents

Sean Nicholls Justin Hemmes' flagship nightclub, Ivy, has been named the state's most violent venue.

Toddler found

A toddler who went missing in Johns River, near Taree, has been found safe and well.

Train schedule revamp to come in its own good time

Nicole Hasham The state government is resisting calls to reveal details of its new train timetables after a leaked draft of the drastic changes sent commuters across Sydney into a spin.

Macdonald denies gifting mine to a mate

Linton Besser Ian Macdonald has denied allegations at the state's corruption watchdog that he "gifted... hot property to a mate", when he directly issued a coal licence to former union boss John Maitland.

'I had total authority' for mining licences: Macdonald

Linton Besser The former resources minister Ian Macdonald has insisted to a corruption inquiry that he had "total authority" to issue exploration licences without a tender, including to a company backed by former...

Fox was suspected as source of leaks, abuse inquiry told

Stephen Ryan Senior police were concerned that confidential details about the investigation into alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church were being divulged and detective Peter Fox was the...

Training mine was 'quid pro quo' for coal licence

Linton Besser A key financial backer of a training mine spruiked by Labor party figure John Maitland has told a corruption inquiry he ''never had any intention'' of running a training mine and planned instead to...