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Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, sydney-2000
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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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| UpdatedTopics: food-processing, sydney-2000
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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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| UpdatedMuslim preacher Junaid Thorne challenges the Australian Federal Police to show any evidence that he is the leader of a local terror cell.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, religion-and-beliefs, islam, sydney-2000
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IPA Adjunct Fellow Georgina Downer takes a different view of Australia's position on climate change to Naomi Klein, who claims that Australia is 'raising a middle finger to the world'.
Topics: climate-change, sydney-2000
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Author and activist Naomi Klein has questioned the consistency of those fighting to have 18C repealed whilst remaining silent over asylum seeker rights.
Topics: refugees, rights, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAnthony Albanese and James Paterson have locked horns over the Government's proposal to ban asylum seekers from ever entering Australia, with the Labor MP describing the changes as 'absurd'.
Topics: government-and-politics, refugees, 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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A Stroke Foundation report finds the nation's stroke care system has made little improvement in the past four years, with one in five patients being discharged from hospital without proper medication or a care plan.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, stroke, sydney-2000, australia
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The creator of the chilling play Switzerland is the winner of a new $30,000 prize recognising the talent of Australian women who write for the stage and screen.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, theatre, books-literature, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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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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Topics: wool, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, dairy-production, food-processing, sheep-production, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedInnovation in food and agriculture is the only way we are going to feed a population of 12 billion people by 2100, according to Rabobank.
Topics: food-processing, sydney-2000
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As you climb underground beneath the CBD, the bustle and noise of traffic dulls to the sounds of running water and of air being pumped through what was once a vital water supply for Sydney.
Topics: community-and-society, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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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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| 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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| UpdatedA south-west Sydney man may face charges after allegedly shooting a home intruder with a bow and arrow.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, wattle-grove-2173, sydney-2000, australia
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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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| UpdatedMore than 50 Sydney buildings which are normally off-limits to the public will open their doors on Sunday, including the Lands Department Building, Hong Kong House, Legion House, the Great Synagogue and Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay.
Topics: history, art-history, architecture, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFirefighters are battling blazes across NSW, as engineers carry out safety inspections after a volatile industrial fire in Sydney's west tore through a car wreckers yard and forced the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses.
Topics: bushfire, fires, crime, sydney-2000