Regional magistrates would no longer act as part-time coroners under a major modernisation that would create a standalone Coroners Court.
A push to block the anti-corruption watchdog’s request for extra powers will likely come down to one or two Upper House MPs.
The NSW government’s plans to ban gay conversion practices will be extended to include making it illegal to change or suppress a person identifying as trans or gender diverse.
While Premier Chris Minns has stressed building heights must “go up” in well-connected areas,some MPs are urging caution.
Attorney-General Michael Daley is resisting calls to free Folbigg from prison after an inquiry heard her four children may have died of natural causes.
Michael Daley is under mounting pressure to release Kathleen Folbigg after NSW’s top prosecutor accepted reasonable doubt about her convictions over the deaths of her four children.
With the NSW election just weeks away,the small teams of loyalists who look for mud to throw at their political opponents are in full swing.
The apartment giant is making its third attempt at a high-density redevelopment in south-east Sydney,using a new state government scheme that bypasses councils and independent planning panels.
A consortium of top lawyers are making the case after The Sun-Herald revealed seven people were behind bars for 15 years in total for a murder they did not commit.
The man who was fatally bitten by a shark in Sydney’s east on Wednesday has been identified as diving instructor Simon Nellist.
Cases have risen in the councils with the worst vaccination rates in Sydney,as health experts and local representatives express concern about younger people struggling to book Pfizer shots.