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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

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the Alpine National Park in Victoria, Australia, with tremors felt throughout the state and in parts of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania. Some buildings in Melbourne are damaged but no casualties are reported.
2021-09-22

The bodies of three people killed by bushfires in Australia are found – two near Glen Innes, and one at Johns River – as fires that have destroyed at least 150 houses continue to burn in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
2019-11-9

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

Protesters on Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia, occupy the former Legislative Assembly to protest Australia's termination of the island's autonomy. In July, Norfolk Island is set to become part of the State of New South Wales.
2016-04-29

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

Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
2012-02-4

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

A Queensland man is missing presumed dead in floodwaters in Bajool while parts of central New South Wales are declared disaster zones after a week of heavy rains in eastern Australia.
2010-12-3