NSW Ambulance has launched investigation into the death of 80-year-old woman from cardiac arrest.
The six victims have been identified as five women and a man. Four of the women died at the scene while a fifth died in hospital.
The driver and three passengers were killed when the ute left the road and rolled over.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.
The five-year-old was reportedly with his family when he stood too close to the horse.
Three teenage boys were heading home from the gym on Monday night when their vehicle crashed into a pole,killing the two passengers.
A one-year-old boy has died in hospital after he was struck by a ute on the shores of Lake Burrendong on Saturday morning.
Severe thunderstorms swept through the Blue Mountains and Western Sydney on Thursday,a day after lightning struck four people on the Three Sisters track.
After notching up some wins on housing,the NSW government will end the year wearing the scars of a bruising public sector pay row.
The salary increases will range from between 11 and 29 per cent,preventing a New Year’s Day shutdown by paramedics.
The NSW health minister says he has had “fruitful discussions” with union representatives but that some challenges remain in ending the deadlocked pay dispute.