Local ‘Business as usual’: Domestic violence advocates say NSW budget misses the mark Domestic and family violence advocates call out a lack of funding in the Minns Government’s 2025-26 New South Wales Budget handed down today.
Local Domestic violence-related assaults on the rise in NSW, as specialist services stretched Domestic violence-related assaults and sexual assaults have increased in NSW, amid funding shortfalls for support services.
Local ‘Determined to beat it’: NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car shares breast cancer diagnosis NSW Deputy Premier and education minister Prue Car says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is taking personal leave.
News & Views A ‘life-changing’ reform: GPs in NSW to diagnose ADHD, prescribe medication GPs in New South Wales will soon be able to diagnose and prescribe medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
News & Views Man charged with murder one month after 19yo Audrey Griffin was found dead Police arrested 53-year-old Adrian Noel Torrens on Monday and charged him with the murder of 19-year-old Audrey Griffin.
News & Views 94% spike in demand: domestic violence services buckle in NSW One year after the NSW government introduced its $230 million emergency package on domestic violence, frontline services in the state have experienced an alarming spike in demand.
News & Views ‘A lot of people in harm’s way’: What to know ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s forecasted landfall The cyclone is predicted to become one of the most significant weather events in Australia’s recent history.
News & Views Kristian White found guilty of manslaughter after tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland A jury in the NSW Supreme Court has found a police officer guilty of manslaughter, after he tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland in an aged care home last year.
Women's Health News ‘Our mental health system is crumbling’: NSW mental health experts sound alarm on workforce shortages In NSW, the Mental Health Alliance says they’re concerned of the number of people with mental health challenges amid a workforce shortage.
News & Views NSW to make access to the contraceptive pill easier for women Women in New South Wales will soon be able to access a resupply of the oral contraceptive pill from a certified pharmacist without a new prescription.
News & Views Domestic violence primary prevention strategy launched by the NSW government The NSW government has launched the state’s first primary prevention strategy for family, domestic and sexual violence in NSW.
Local Stronger protections for victim-survivors of domestic violence in NSW to be introduced Stronger protections for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence have been announced today by the NSW Labor government.