Jodie Stephens
NSW Upper House rejects public servants’ pay freeze
The NSW Upper House has reversed the state government’s controversial 12-month pay freeze for public servants as the state government vows to...
Rural Fire Service boss to head new NSW crisis agency
Celebrated NSW Rural Fire Services boss Shane Fitzsimmons is taking on a new role, heading up an agency aimed at ensuring the...
Hazard reduction not a panacea: RFS boss
The boss of the NSW Rural Fire Service says hazard reduction is important but not a panacea for bushfire risk and has...
Shoppers crushed in Christmas giveaway stunt
Five people have been taken to hospital after a pre-Christmas balloon drop at a Sydney shopping centre caused a dangerous crowd crush....
Ex-NSW Labor MP denies concocting story
A former NSW Labor MP accused of selling a table at a fundraising dinner to a banned donor for $100,000 denies he...
Billionaire ‘offered to deliver ALP cash’
Former NSW MP Ernest Wong says Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo volunteered to personally deliver a bag of cash raised from a Labor...
NSW abortion bill ‘won’t pass this week’
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has taken a veiled swipe at federal Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce over his involvement in the state’s abortion...
Bill to decriminalise abortion passes NSW lower house
A NSW bill to decriminalise abortion has passed its first hurdle after a lengthy and passionate debate in the lower house. However,...
Kathleen Folbigg inquiry ‘reinforces guilt’ for killing her four children
An inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions for killing her four babies has reinforced her guilt, a former NSW District Court chief judge...
Ex-premier’s daughter pledges to ‘make things right’ after drugs conviction
The daughter of former NSW premier Neville Wran says she is determined to make things right for everyone who has felt the...