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The New South Wales government in Australia bans logging in a 8,400-hectare forest area, identified as home to 106 "koala hubs", as part of a conservation effort to establish a 315,000-hectare Great Koala National Park. 2023-09-12
Australia reports a record 98 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 35 deaths in New South Wales. 2022-01-28
Australia reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people who travelled from Southern Africa and are currently in quarantine in a hotel in New South Wales. 2021-11-28
Several regional areas of New South Wales enter a lockdown after an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. At the same time, due to reaching statewide vaccination targets, lockdown measures are relaxed slightly across New South Wales, with children under the age of 18 years old able to form a "friends bubble" with one other household. 2021-09-21
New South Wales reports a record 1,290 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-08-30
South Australia reopens its land border with Victoria to the state's regional population, while still restricting travelers from Melbourne, the location of the recent outbreak. Similar restrictions are also in place at the New South Wales and Tasmanian borders. 2021-02-18
Police in New South Wales, Australia, reclassify 27 murders from 1976 to 2000 as possible homophobic hate crimes following a review prompted by an Australian Institute of Criminology report that suggested crimes against LGBT victims had been insufficiently investigated. 2018-06-27
The Australian Federal Police arrest 24-year-old Matthew Flannery of Sydney, the self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec hacking group in the New South Wales city of Gosford. 2013-04-23
Heavy rains in the Australian state of New South Wales leads to evacuations or warnings in the towns of Cooma, Goulburn, Queanbeyan and near the town of Kiama. [http:--www.theaustralian.com.au-news-nation-flood-evacuations-loom-in-nsw-as-the-state-gets-a-soaking-story-e6frg6nf-1226285874282 ("The Australian")] [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-03-01-goulburn-prepares-to-evacuate-3862054-?site=illawarra§ion=news (ABC News Australia)] [http:--www.dailytelegraph.com.au-news-sydney-nsw-towns-on-high-alert-as-heavy-rain-continues-story-e6freuzi-1226285745193 ("Daily Telegraph")]The Warragamba Dam, the primary water source for the city of Sydney, is expected to overflow within 24 hours causing nearby areas to flood as well as the Nepean River. [http:--www.news.com.au-national-record-rains-force-evacuations-in-nsw-story-e6frfkvr-1226285665120 (News Limited)]Hundreds of people in the northern part of the state of Victoria, with the town of Tallygaroopna the worst affected. [http:--sl.farmonline.com.au-news-state-livestock-cattle-evacuations-as-floods-waters-lap-homes-cars-2473515.aspx?src=rss ("Stock and Land")]date=August 2019 Heavy flooding is also reported in the region of the capital city Canberra with the Old Cotter River dam going under for the first time in a hundred years. [http:--www.smh.com.au-act-news-live-flood-watch-in-act-and-surrounding-regions-20120301-1u4fp.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")]Hundreds of people in the northern part of the state of Victoria, with the town of Tallygaroopna the worst affected. [http:--sl.farmonline.com.au-news-state-livestock-cattle-evacuations-as-floods-waters-lap-homes-cars-2473515.aspx?src=rss ("Stock and Land")]date=August 2019 2012-03-1
Thousands of people living on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales face a flooding risk, with the town of Kempsey under particular threat and with ten thousand people isolated. 2011-06-15