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| UpdatedThe Independent Commission Against Corruption has a colourful history of digging up dirt on the state's political and business establishment, and now Premier Mike Baird wants it overhauled. We take a look at ICAC's past.
Topics: corruption, state-parliament, government-and-politics, 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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A stem cell treatment which has successfully restored some movement in quadriplegics' arms and hands will soon be on offer in Australia if a US company has its way.
Topics: stem-cells, medical-procedures, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedA New South Wales couple face the prospect of decades behind bars for the sexual assault and torture of their daughter over a 15-year period.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000
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A 49-year-old man extradited from Tonga has been refused bail after being charged over the stabbing murder of a Sydney restaurateur in 1990.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, double-bay-2028, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedTwo sisters tell a Sydney court their lives have been ruined by their parents' "putrid acts of torture" and abuse over a 15-year period, after their father is convicted of 86 child sex offences.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, nsw
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Health Minister admits the Government will struggle to meet its target of reducing child obesity rates by 5 per cent over the next decade.
Topics: obesity, child-health-and-behaviour, states-and-territories, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, nsw