Alexander Lewis

Drivers have been stuck in Sydney's M4 tunnel for several hours over fears part of its concrete roofing could tumble onto traffic.

The Minns government has been unable to break an impasse after six months of trying to pass the legislation.

A neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament on Saturday morning was deemed "authorised" because police had chosen not to oppose the public assembly.

Medical staff at Northern Beaches Hospital say a potential loss of private beds could mean less expertise, fewer services and more travel for patients.

The government says it was "investigating" a medical defence for drivers prescribed cannabis but ruled out the use of sniffer dogs and strip searches for suspected drug possession at music festivals in its response to last year's drug summit.

The New South Wales government has been left disappointed after the state's Supreme Court struck down a new law giving police the power to move on protesters gathered near places of worship.

The artwork, Queer Sydney: A History, was hung at Surry Hills Police Station, metres from where the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held.

In most of Australia, prescribed cannabis patients are unable to drive legally - even when unimpaired. The NSW Government is thinking about bringing in a medical exemption. 

Non-profit childcare providers have pushed back against the NSW government's plan to triple maximum penalties for breaching regulations.

Arts industry leaders say creative tax form is needed to create greater opportunities for Australian artists.

The CEO of Affinity Education Group appears at a state parliamentary inquiry into the sector.

An attempt to stop a Queenslander being parachuted into a NSW seat in the Senate vacated by a One Nation senator has failed.

The proposed centrepiece is a "single front door" authority to provide advice on development applications on behalf of all government agencies.

Steve Kinmond has been removed from office after an independent investigation found he intervened in a "working with children check" while failing to declare a conflict of interest.

A legislated medical defence for drivers using medically prescribed cannabis was recommended by last year's drug summit. Independent MP Alex Greenwich, who takes medical cannabis, is pushing for reform.

The NSW Minister for Families and Communities, Kate Washington, says she inherited an out-of-home care system that was "spiralling out of control", but since the change in government, reports of abuse have kept rising. 

Winter is almost over, but there was fresh snowfall across NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT overnight.

Busy Bees New Lambton failed to report a serious fall until a child presented to hospital nearly a month later with a fractured skull, budget estimates has heard.

The partly-built Woollahra Station is set to be finished and nearby land rezoned for housing under a plan to "rebalance" the development of new housing in Sydney.

Not-for-profit Allambi Care was named during a budget estimates hearing on Tuesday as the subject of a redacted forensic auditor's report tabled in parliament.

A NSW parliamentary inquiry into the childcare sector has been told of a number of regulation breaches by the owner of Little Zak's Academy.

After the convicted sex offender lost his bid on Thursday to stop the NSW parliament expulsion, Gareth Ward resigned from his position as minister.

Convicted sex offender MP Gareth Ward has lost his bid for court orders to prevent his expulsion from NSW parliament.

Lawyers for convicted sex offender Gareth Ward have argued his expulsion from NSW Parliament pending appeals would be an "affront" to representative democracy, according to court documents.

A renewed push to limit activists to staging three protests a year with taxpayer-funded crowd control has been shut down by the NSW government.