NSW ministers have been told to spend their share of the Berejiklian government's $3 billion COVID-19 acceleration fund on fulfilling their election promises instead of new projects.
The NSW Premier says her government will take action if needed following revelations a company building Sydney's new trains was identified as a beneficiary of a potentially exploited workforce.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro has refused in Parliament to guarantee he will keep the Coalition intact.
A parliamentary inquiry will investigate NSW rural and regional healthcare,after a Herald investigation revealing widespread dysfunction in country hospitals.
The state's corruption watchdog has given pork-barrelling a free pass in its submission to a NSW parliamentary inquiry into allegations of community grants rorting.
Labor and the Greens have called on Treasurer Dominic Perrottet to stand aside pending an investigation into why two of his ministerial staffers were on the payroll of icare.
NSW Labor is pushing for extra sitting days of Parliament to deal with critical reports.
Mr Lennon's resignation comes after icare has endured a torrid week of criticism of its performance and financial management.
NSW Health will open a new coronavirus testing clinic in Picton and extend hours at its Crossroads Hotel pop-up site in Casula.
Hundreds in the area have been tested for COVID-19 and 21 people have been linked to a coronavirus cluster at the Crossroads Hotel.
Labor and environmental groups are calling for changes to how the extinction threat to koalas and other species is set,and for beefed-up protections near Sydney to preserve the state's healthiest koala colonies.