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National RSL president Rod White agrees to stand down amid claims he shared in millions of dollars worth of consultancy fees.
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| UpdatedPremiership-winning Cronulla Sharks player Ben Barba returns a positive drug test and is released from his playing contract.
Topics: sport, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedCooler weather allows New South Wales firefighters battling blazes near Kempsey and in the Hunter Valley and Port Stephens region to get containment lines set, ahead of soaring temperatures forecast today.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, fires, kundabung-2441, nsw, kitchener-2325, cessnock-2325, kearsley-2325, karuah-2324, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedRefugee and criminal lawyer Deng Adut is a contender for 2017 Australian of the Year having just been named the New South Wales winner.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSydney FC says it will ask the FFA to remove the fourth official's pitch-side table, after Michael Zullo collided with it on Saturday night.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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NSW police have not used powers targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs since they were introduced in 2014, according to a report by the state's Ombudsman, which also raises concerns officers have over-reached their legal authority during raids.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA member of the Liberal Party lodges a complaint against federal MP Trent Zimmerman using the anti-discrimination act currently under review by the Federal Government.
Topics: government-and-politics, human, liberals, north-sydney-2060, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA new $250 million Sydney Fish Market is set to be built next door to the existing one at Blackwattle Bay.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, state-parliament, retail, pyrmont-2009, balmain-2041, woolloomooloo-2011, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedNext year's AFL Women's competition is filled with athletes like GWS Giants' Mai Nguyen, who are willing to make sacrifices, writes Pat Galloway.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, homebush-bay-2127, nsw, australia
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Forty-three per cent of Australian women are not being screened regularly enough for cervical cancer, a fatal disease that is almost completely preventable, according to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nsw, nt, act, australia
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| UpdatedFires continue to burn in New South Wales near Kempsey and in the Hunter Valley and Port Stephens regions, with crews battling changing conditions through Monday.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, fires, emergency-planning, kundabung-2441, kitchener-2325, cessnock-2325, nsw, sydney-2000, karuah-2324, kearsley-2325
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| UpdatedUnderwater therapy, a dementia friendly community, tireless advocates — they are all amongst the winners for the National Disability Awards announced on Monday night.
Topics: disabilities, health, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, inventions, kiama-2533, nsw, australia, adelaide-5000, sa
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A profound environmental "silver lining" is winding its way down the country's river systems, all thanks to this year's devastating floods.
Topics: birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, renmark-5341, birdsville-4482, bedourie-4829, forbes-2871, winton-4735, vic, charlton-3525, kyalite-2734, goondiwindi-4390, st-george-4487, bathurst-2795, collarenebri-2833, qld, cunnamulla-4490, nsw, menindee-2879, sa
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| UpdatedFirefighters are working to manage more than 50 fires across NSW, as they battle an out-of-control blaze at Port Stephens in the Hunter region.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, fires, industrial-fires, bushfire, karuah-2324, kearsley-2325, kitchener-2325, sydney-2000, nsw
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Sydney FC come from a goal down to beat Melbourne Victory 2-1 and maintain their perfect A-League record this season.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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Fijian striker Roy Krishna bags a first half double against Newcastle, securing Wellington's maiden win of the campaign.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, new-zealand, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA woman who was stabbed six times and doused in petrol received dozens of threatening calls and messages only two days before the attack, court documents reveal.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, port-macquarie-2444, nsw
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| UpdatedThe regional New South Wales city of Orange has made a name for itself as a food and wine destination — but now politicians are swelling the visitor numbers as a by-election looms.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, elections, orange-2800, nsw, australia
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New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliott admits giving wrong information when he said there was no practice of isolation in youth custody, but says he did not deliberately mislead Parliament.
Topics: state-parliament, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedCricket Australia will look to implement the recommendations of the coronial inquest into the Phillip Hughes's death.
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NSW coroner Michael Barnes has found that Phillip Hughes was comfortably dealing with short-pitched bowling before he was fatally struck, and there was no evidence of malice in his death.
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| UpdatedPhillip Hughes' death from a fatal bouncer would not have been prevented even if he was wearing the most modern protection available at the time, but there was no malice on the part of the bowler, the NSW coroner finds.
Topics: sport, cricket, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, sydney-2000, nsw
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The New South Wales Government is running months behind schedule on its medicinal cannabis trials, with the trial for terminally ill cancer patients now unlikely to begin this year.
Topics: cancer, cannabis, health, medical-research, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedHelicopters transporting critically ill patients are unable to land at Nepean Hospital in western Sydney, because construction cranes are blocking approaches to the helipad.
Topics: university-of-western-sydney-2560, sydney-2000, nsw
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One of Australia's largest wind tower manufacturers will take on up to 50 new employees as part of a lucrative interstate arrangement.
Topics: wind-energy, energy, community-and-society, work, portland-3305, nsw