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Australia reports its first case of the highly contagious Lambda variant in an overseas traveller who had been in a New South Wales quarantine hotel in April.
2021-07-6

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

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

Authorities of New South Wales issue a State Emergency Service for the towns of Murwillumbah and Lismore, and at least 12 flood rescues are underway as former Cyclone Debbie moves south from north Queensland.
2017-03-30

The death toll from flooding in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) rises to two as residents in northern NSW towns including Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Bellingen are evacuated.
2013-02-23

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

New South Wales police are given more powers to remove burqas as anyone refusing to do so faces fines of thousands of dollars or months behind bars.
2011-07-5

Shelley Hancock is elected as the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Australia's most populous state, New South Wales.
2011-05-3

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

Residents are ordered to evacuate from the Australian city of Queanbeyan with Steve Whan, the New South Wales Minister for Emergency Services, declaring it a natural disaster area due to flooding.
2010-12-9