BURNT bush is regrowing at twice the normal speed, a former state fire chief says, slashing the time before it is back to being a blaze risk.

FORMER deputy premier John Barilaro was not required to seek approval from the parliamentary ethics adviser to take up a $500,000-per-year job because of an obscure clause in the Ministerial Code of Conduct which Labor has labelled a “loophole”.

COMANCHERO boss, Mark Buddle‘s plans of reaping in millions of dollars from a ‘’tax’’ on drug imports appears to have failed.

A VETERAN phys-ed teacher has warned sedentary children who are not doing enough physical activity are at risk of slipping through the cracks thanks to a shortage of PE staff in NSW schools.

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