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The university will not merge its arts college with UNSW due to a ‘different vision’ but will still move it from its parkland site
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The woman, who has not been publicly identified, died while in the care of Banks House mental health inpatient unit
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‘Officer B’ rejects accusation, saying he gave conflicting accounts about how and when he fired his gun due to trauma and shock
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Judge gives Wran a two-year non-parole-period for the robbery offence, so with time already served she will be eligible for release on 12 August
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Health minister says installation error by BOC Limited led to babies being given wrong gas at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital
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Politician notorious for interview gaffe nominated as a Liberal candidate for council, along with his sister Jayneline and their father, Jess
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Police pull driver over for traffic offence and allegedly find 3kg of ice on his back seat, which they say leads them to another 87kg of the drug over 24 hours
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Andrew Scipione says police put themselves in harm’s way when they responded to a man who set himself alight and rammed his car into a roller door
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‘Nothing to indicate terrorism’ in Sydney police station attack, says assistant commissioner – video
There are no indications that a man who ignited an accelerant in his car and drove into a police station in western Sydney was involved in terrorism, says New South Wales police assistant commissioner -
MP posted on Facebook after early reporting of a ‘terror attack’, saying: ‘I wonder how quickly some idiot is going to inanely say this has nothing to do with Islam’
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Police unclear on identity of man pulled from his car after apparently setting it on fire outside Merrylands police station, but say it is not believed to be related to terrorism
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Judge says intellectually impaired woman has no criminal history and prospects of rehabilitation are high
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Land and Environment Court dismisses Sydney council’s bid to stop planned amalgamation with Randwick and Waverley councils
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Commander says he will never know if acting differently could have saved lives and denies officers were waiting until someone died before entering Lindt cafe
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Cheltenham Girls high school denies claim in the Daily Telegraph that teachers were told to avoid terms such as ‘girls’ and ‘ladies’
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Senator says any sale of NSW electricity network to a foreign state-owned company should raise national security concerns
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The forward commander in charge when officers stormed the cafe described the events of the siege as ‘high stakes games’
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