An array of single-use plastics will be outlawed in NSW within a year after the government's $356 million plan to reduce plastic waste passed parliament.
Neighbours have left flowers at the entrance to a northern NSW property where twin girls died following a house fire thought to have started after a candle was left burning.
There are 135 new local cases of COVID-19 in NSW and four deaths as the border to NSW reopens in what the premier says is "a very important milestone".
Several aspects of the process in granting millions to a project being pushed by Gladys Berejiklian's secret lover - including its "expediency" - were unusual in hindsight, former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has told the state's corruption watchdog.
All student year groups are returning to NSW classrooms for face-to-face learning despite some schools being closed for deep cleaning after COVID-19 cases.
