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A car belonging to Western Sydney mayor Ola Hamed was destroyed in a suspected firebombing, as police investigate a string of shootings and arson attacks across Sydney’s south-west.

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NSW nurses and midwives have been awarded a major pay rise following a decision of the Industrial Relations Commission.

The decision amounts to a 16 per cent pay rise for registered nurses and midwives, an 18 per cent rise for enrolled nurses, and 28 per cent for assistants in nursing over three years.

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association say they had "hoped for a better outcome" for registered nurses and midwives.

A fire has broken out at one of Australia's two currently operational oil refineries, with residents in parts of Geelong told to stay indoors due to smoke.

A 70-year-old man accused of using the banned phrase "from the river to the sea" at a Gaza conflict protest will claim the charge was "insane", a magistrate has heard.

Convicted gang rapist Michael Angok has been arrested in Sydney's west five days after escaping custody from Bankstown Hospital.

Before his arrest, police "observed a pair of shoes" belonging to Angok outside a property and set up a crime scene.

He has been refused bail and is due to appear at Blacktown Local Court on Monday.

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NSW Police have been criticised for heavy-handed arrest of a protester who attended the anti-Isaac Herzog protest in February, with eight heavily armoured officers breaking down the woman’s door at 5am on Thursday morning.

A powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia has disrupted production at the ‌country's two biggest liquefied natural gas plants run by Chevron and Woodside, exacerbating a global supply crunch caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

More than 650 venues in NSW will need to close their gaming machines, or pokies, between 4am and 10am each day in reforms announced by the NSW Government.