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A new agreement between the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and the State Government aims to grow Indigenous business ownership, entrepreneurship and employment.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, work, sydney-2000, nsw
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The New South Wales prison back-log is costing the state more than $200,000 a day as prisons exceed full capacity, an Auditor-General's report finds.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, state-parliament, nsw
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| Updated"No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling," said art historian Kenneth Clark. We visit the Art Gallery of NSW to see if that's true.
Topics: sculpture, painting, visual-art, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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In another case of "close, but not close enough" for Western Sydney, the Wanderers are held to a 1-1 draw by the Brisbane Roar thanks to their own wastefulness and Michael Theo's safe hands.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, parramatta-2150, nsw, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Bombers end speculation by taking Canadian-born defender Andrew McGrath with pick one of the 2016 AFL draft.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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New South Wales Planning Minister Rob Stokes has broken ranks with his federal Liberal Party colleagues on the issue of negative gearing, arguing the rules should change to help ease Sydney's housing affordability crisis.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, tax, nsw, australia
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The New South Wales Government's proposed changes to its koala protection policy may put the vulnerable species closer to extinction, conservationists fear, but the Government says they are improving protections.
Topics: state-parliament, animal-welfare, animals, nsw
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| UpdatedThe artist Elizabeth Gould has not been entirely erased from history, but she has been reduced to an initial or replaced by the name of her husband.
Topics: books-literature, art-history, birds, animal-science, author, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government confirms the relocation of a chemical regulator from Canberra to Armidale, in the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's electorate, at a cost of $25.6 million.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, armidale-2350, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedHarry Ascroft and Roy O'Donovan both score in Central Coast's 2-0 home A-League win over Perth Glory.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, gosford-2250, nsw, australia, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWe asked Crowded House fans to share their memories of the band's historic farewell concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1996. Here are our favourite responses.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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A woman who fraudulently claimed more than $3 million in childcare benefits through her family day care centre is found guilty in the NSW District Court.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, corruption, child-care, albury-2640, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSenior legal figures raise concerns about the independence of Australia's oldest corruption agency, following the resignation of its commissioner, Megan Latham.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, political-parties, government-and-politics, laws, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Anglican bishop of Newcastle, Greg Thompson, tells a royal commission a priest said in the 1970s he would "get ahead" in the church if he offered sexual favours.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333, wagga-wagga-2650, australia, nsw
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Next year's NRL draw is out and there is plenty to look forward to in 2017, with rivalries and revenge on the menu.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, qld, new-zealand, vic, australia
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A Goulburn man avoids jail after decomposing sheep are found on his property in what the RSPCA described as "like a killing field".
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, livestock, rural, animal-nutrition, goulburn-2580, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Topics: animals, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, animal-nutrition, livestock, courts-and-trials, goulburn-2580, nsw, australia
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Despite a challenging growing season, the harvest is now in full swing with silos filling up.
Topics: grain, agricultural-crops, oilseeds, orange-2800, forbes-2871, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650, tamworth-2340
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Three people, including a police officer, are taken to hospital with various injuries after being set upon by three dogs in Sydney's west.
Topics: animal-attacks, police, law-crime-and-justice, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, nsw
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Australian music's finest braved a wet afternoon for the ARIA's 30th anniversary in Sydney.
Topics: music-awards, music, arts-and-entertainment, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedWhile consultation resumes again on the Murray-Darling Basin plan, there is mounting frustration from some farmers and townies in the NSW town of Warren at the pace of the review.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, irrigation, agricultural-policy, community-development, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, warren-2824, nsw
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| UpdatedAustralian artists make a stand against Sydney's controversial lock-out laws at the ARIA Awards, as Flume picks up five gongs and Montaigne takes the Breakout Artist Award, on a night that saw Crowded House inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Topics: music-awards, music, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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CCTV footage shows mail being stolen from letter boxes, in an operation linked to international criminal networks and identity theft.
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| UpdatedAustralian music's finest brave the rain to hit the red carpet ahead of the ARIA Awards, which are celebrating 30 years tonight. Here's a taste of the glitz and glam.
Topics: music-awards, music, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Unvaccinated Year 12 students in NSW will be forced to stay home for two weeks during disease outbreaks under proposed changes to the Public Health Act.
Topics: schools, health-policy, vaccines-and-immunity, nsw