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| UpdatedA woman who fell from the second floor of an apartment building sparks another emergency at a hospital in western Sydney, after having to be cut from a car.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedThe ready-made meal sector is being transformed from the unsavoury TV dinners of the 1970s, to full-flavoured chef-designed food of convenience.
Topics: food-processing, beef-cattle, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, sydney-2000, lidcombe-2141
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Topics: rural-youth, disasters-and-accidents, lidcombe-2141
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Graveyards usually prompt people to consider the meaning of life, but an exhibition at Sydney's historic Rookwood Cemetery encourages people to contemplate the meaning of art too.
Topics: death, arts-and-entertainment, lidcombe-2141
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A mix-up with the bodies of a stillborn and a miscarried baby in a Sydney hospital prompts renewed calls from the NSW Opposition for Health Minister Jillian Skinner to be sacked.
Topics: health-administration, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, st-leonards-2065, lidcombe-2141, bankstown-2200, sutherland-2232, nsw, darlinghurst-2010
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Staff at a south-western Sydney hospital where two babies were given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen did not meet their responsibilities, a NSW Health report has found.
Topics: infant-health, health-administration, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, bankstown-2200, lidcombe-2141, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA report into the deadly south-west Sydney hospital gas mix-up outlines recommendations including a performance watch for the health district after a "catastrophic error" left one baby dead and another with suspected brain damage.
Topics: health-administration, infant-health, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, bankstown-2200, lidcombe-2141, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn engineer at a Sydney hospital is stood down over an oxygen mix-up that left one baby dead and another with suspected brain damage, as NSW Health announce they will no longer use the company that installed the gas lines.
Topics: health, infant-health, child-health-and-behaviour, healthcare-facilities, bankstown-2200, lidcombe-2141, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA Sydney hospital at the centre of a disastrous gas mix up confirms another newborn baby was affected by a loss of oxygen in 2014.
Topics: health, health-administration, babies---newborns, family-and-children, community-and-society, bankstown-2200, lidcombe-2141, sydney-2000, nsw
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The mother of the baby who died after a hospital error, Sonya Ghanem, told media that coming home without her baby was devastating.
Topics: family-and-children, health, healthcare-facilities, babies---newborns, family-and-children, community-and-society, babies, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, bankstown-2200, sydney-2000, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedNSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner defends her handling of an error in a Sydney hospital that led to the death of a newborn baby and left another with severe disabilities.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, babies---newborns, family-and-children, community-and-society, babies, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sydney-2000, bankstown-2200, lidcombe-2141, nsw
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Two men are in hospital, one of them in a critical condition, after being stabbed during a street brawl in Lidcombe, involving up to 30 people.
Topics: crime, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedThe remains of Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War will be brought back to Australian soil in June.
Topics: veterans, defence-and-national-security, act, canberra-2600, lidcombe-2141, singapore, richmond-2753, malaysia
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| UpdatedThe owners of units inside a western Sydney apartment block that lost half of its roof during a storm in January find out their insurer will not foot the multi-million-dollar repair bill.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, insurance, storm-event, storm-disaster, activism-and-lobbying, local-government, lidcombe-2141, auburn-2144
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| UpdatedThe gothic-styled All Saints Anglican Church in Canberra was once a Sydney mortuary railway station.
Topics: history, religion-and-beliefs, human-interest, act, lidcombe-2141, canberra-2600
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Sydney's Auburn council will be suspended today, less than a fortnight after deputy mayor Salim Mehajer was stood down for failing to disclose financial interests, the ABC understands.
Topics: local-government, auburn-2144, lidcombe-2141, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA pedestrian is critically injured after being hit by up to two vehicles on Parramatta Road in Sydney's west, causing peak hour traffic delays.
Topics: road, accidents, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedSydney's controversial Auburn City Council defends a 2008 decision to allow a councillor to alter an apartment block that was damaged in a storm last week.
Topics: local-government, storm-event, urban-development-and-planning, lidcombe-2141, auburn-2144, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedEmergency services are cleaning up across Sydney after damaging winds and heavy rain lashed the city, leaving 78,000 customers without power and the SES with 1,000 calls for help.
Topics: storm-event, weather, sydney-2000, lidcombe-2141
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An independent inquiry is underway into Rookwood cemetery in Sydney's west after concerns from some community groups about problems such as pricing and governance.
Topics: community-organisations, death, lidcombe-2141, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA decision by the Commonwealth Bank to move thousands of jobs from Sydney's west to the inner city is criticised as "stupid".
Topics: work, banking, regional-development, sydney-2000, parramatta-2150, lidcombe-2141
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Four people are arrested after gatecrashers sparked a brawl outside a wedding in Sydney's west, police say.
Topics: assault, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedAuburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is fined $220 for shutting down a street of Lidcombe in Sydney's west for his lavish weekend wedding as concerns mount over his position as a developer.
Topics: local-government, auburn-2144, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedThousands of people sign a petition on activist website change.org calling on a Sydney council to sack their deputy mayor after he closed down a street for his extravagant wedding ceremony.
Topics: local-government, human-interest, auburn-2144, lidcombe-2141
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Tony Abbott accuses Labor of insulting Australia's top spies by questioning the use of terrorist recruiting maps during a media event at ASIO's headquarters.
Topics: terrorism, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, federal-government, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, lakemba-2195, auburn-2144, bankstown-2200, punchbowl-2196, greenacre-2190, lidcombe-2141, campbellfield-3061, craigieburn-3064