A gunshot victim found in a river has done his best to evade police, swimming to an island and climbing a tree, in one of two violent knife incidents in NSW.
A former NSW volunteer firefighter has been charged with deliberately lighting a fire in the state's Riverina region and making false reports about other fires.
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.
The NSW anti-corruption watchdog will investigate Premier Gladys Berejiklian for potentially breaching public trust by failing to disclose her relationship with embattled former MP Daryl Maguire.
