Sources: (ABC News
Restrictions are eased further in New South Wales as more than 80% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Limits on private gatherings and density caps at businesses are relaxed, and schools begin a phased reopening. 2021-10-18
New South Wales (NSW) lifts lockdown restrictions for fully vaccinated residents after 107 days. Travel restrictions are lifted, businesses reopen in a limited capacity, and private and public gatherings are permitted with some restrictions. NSW residents who are not fully vaccinated, with the exception of residents of some regional towns where infections are low, will be expected to continue to follow lockdown restrictions. 2021-10-11
New South Wales reports a record 1,035 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-08-28
A batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Australia from Poland, in which half of vaccine doses will target people aged 20 to 39 years old in 12 local government areas of concern across New South Wales. 2021-08-15
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
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
New South Wales reports the first locally-transmitted case in two weeks, after a 45-year-old Sydney man who drives international flight crews to and from the Sydney Airport tested positive for COVID-19. 2020-12-16
A C-130 water bomber crashes in southern New South Wales, Australia, while helping control a bushfire. Three American firefighters are killed. 2020-01-23
An NSW Rural Fire Service pilot dies when his plane crashes while fighting fires near the town of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. 2013-10-24
Thousands of residents of Australian towns Bellingen and Moree, New South Wales are warned to prepare to evacuate as a result of heavy rain. 2012-02-2