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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

New South Wales reports Australia's first death from COVID-19 in 10 months after a woman in her 90s died in Sydney after contracting the virus in a family setting.
2021-07-11

Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night.
2021-05-22

The death toll from Cyclone Debbie and the associated flooding in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland rises to five people.
2017-04-2

The search continues for three missing people in the Australian states of New South Wales and Tasmania. Four deaths have so far been confirmed in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and NSW.
2016-06-7

Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for a state election with the Liberal-National Coalition led by Mike Baird retaining government.
2015-03-28

In Australia, the New South Wales Police charge the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, with allegedly covering up a child sexual abuse crime committed by another priest, James Fletcher, in the 1970s.
2015-03-17

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

Residents in the New South Wales town of Bega evacuate as the Australian flood crisis continues to worsen.
2012-03-2

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