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Australia reports a record 88 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 46 deaths in New South Wales, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,976.
2022-01-21

New South Wales reports Australia's first confirmed death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated man in his 80s who had experienced breakthrough infections and also had underlying health conditions.
2021-12-27

Victoria reports a record 1,438 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, surpassing New South Wales as the epicentre of the pandemic in Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews blames the increase on illegal parties held to celebrate the AFL Grand Final and also announces that the time between doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine will be reduced to three weeks.
2021-09-30

An explosion and fire aboard a boat injures at least eight people, some of them critically, on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia.
2021-04-4

Firefighters extinguish a blaze on bulk freighter MV "Iron Chieftain", which was burning for almost a week while docked at Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia. Police say they will remain on-scene to assist the owner and operator with salvage operations.
2018-06-24

Mike Baird becomes the 44th Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales.
2014-04-17

Barry O'Farrell resigns as Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales after giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission against Corruption.
2014-04-16

Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, declares a state of emergency due to bushfires that have already claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of homes.
2013-10-20

Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for the NSW state election with the Liberal-National coalition led by Barry O'Farrell winning government by a landslide.
2011-03-26

The New South Wales parliament votes to legalise adoption by same sex couples in Australia's most populous state.
2010-09-8