Xanthe Gregory

The federal education department has revealed Sydney's prestigious Cranbrook School is refusing to hand over a review into its handling of child

A woman has been found dead and a man is in hospital under police guard following an incident at a hotel in Sydney's west.

On the eve of a 24-hour strike, nurses in NSW have lashed out against the state's government refusal to meet its demands for a pay rise, just a day after police received a historic wage increase.

Hundreds of elective surgeries have been cancelled as up to 50,000 nurses and midwives across NSW have walked off the job, despite promising the state government it would not strike until a pay deal was agreed upon.

The $3.5-million upgrade to the Cascade filtration plant will help make drinking water safe again for thousands of residents after PFAS was found in two dams supplying water to the plant.

The NSW government has taken action to shore up the safety of Sydney's drinking water from "forever chemicals", but there are concerns over the "silent, unknown" risk of regional communities' water supplies.

Residents of a NSW town are being offered free bottled water after forever chemicals were detected in drinking water.

A Sydney Water document reveals sewage by-products used in food production contain elevated levels of PFAS.

Treated sewage by-products from Sydney wastewater plants, used as fertilizer, contain elevated levels of harmful "forever chemicals" linked to serious health risks.

A handful of Sydney businesses have taken the train unions to the Fair Work Commission in a bid to stop ongoing industrial action threatening New Year's Eve events.