Could a land tax be coming to replace the emergency services levy in NSW?

NSW property owners face new tax to fund emergency services

The NSW government is weighing five options to reform emergency services funding. All would see every property in NSW hit with an annual levy.

  • Max Maddison

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Emergency services were treating the man’s injuries on Saturday morning.

‘Horrific scenes’:Rottnest Island shark attack victim had been spear fishing with friends

Police said the man’s friends watched on in horror as he was attacked by a shark at Horseshoe Reef on Saturday morning.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
One person is dead and at least two others are fighting for life after a bus rollover in north Queensland injured about 20 people.

One person killed in bus rollover on Bruce Highway

The same stretch of road was the site of a fatal Greyhound bus crash in 2024 that killed three women and critically injured two young men.

  • William Davis andCourtney Kruk
JBS Aussie Beef’s Dinmore Meatworks facility,on Lock Way.

Five in hospital,hundreds evacuated after ‘industrial-size’ chemical leak

Almost 900 people have been evacuated,with some requiring hospitalisation.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Elena walked off the job after she was assaulted whilst pregnant.

‘Is my baby OK?’ Pregnant paramedics speak out about assaults on the job

Early in their pregnancies,two Victorian paramedics made the difficult decision to leave their jobs. “Irrespective of what we want ... it’s too real,” they said.

  • Isabel McMillan
The toddler was rushed to hospital in critical condition.

Toddler bitten on neck in dog attack

The girl was rushed to hospital in a serious condition,as local authorities were yet to determine the animal’s fate.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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A fire broke out in Milton shortly before 2pm on Wednesday.

Person rescued from seven-storey building on fire in Brisbane’s inner-west

A cherry-picker was called to help evacuate a person from the top floor of the mixed-use building in Milton.

  • Dominique Tassell andCatherine Strohfeldt
HP composite Ballina boat incident

Hero volunteers killed in northern NSW yacht rescue identified

Bill Ewen and Frank Petsch died when their rescue boat capsized off the South Ballina breakwall. A man,believed to have been on the yacht,was also found dead.

  • Jack Gramenz,Sarah McPhee andEmily Kaine
Triple Zero Victoria’s call-answering performance metrics are the toughest in Australia.

145 seconds to save a life:Triple Zero standards overhauled after pandemic crisis

A long-awaited overhaul of Triple Zero Victoria’s performance standards has been completed. See how long it should take to dispatch police or paramedics.

  • Aisha Dow andHenrietta Cook
Nick Panagiotopoulos,who died in 2021 following a long wait for an ambulance,and his wife Belinda.

‘His death could have been prevented’:Coroner finds 000 system designed to save Nick failed him

When Nick Panagiotopoulos began to feel sharp pains in his chest,he did what so many other Australians do in an emergency – he called Triple Zero.

  • Melissa Cunningham