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The Sydney Sixers claim a last-gasp semi-final berth, defeating the Melbourne Stars by three wickets in the last match of the BBL regular season.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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The NRL future of Wests Tigers forward Kyle Lovett is in limbo after being charged with drug offences.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, drugs-and-substance-abuse, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThousands of people turn out in Sydney to support women's rights and equality in solidarity with American women planning a march in Washington DC to voice their dissent against the Trump presidency.
Topics: women, us-elections, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedPost-inauguration women's marches in Australia and New Zealand launch a global human rights event expected to attract over 2 million people worldwide.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, human, world-politics, new-zealand, australia, sydney-2000, united-states
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| UpdatedEnvironmental groups accuse Sydney Festival of breaching its sustainable event policy with its attraction The Beach at the Cutaway, which is made up of more than a million plastic balls.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, environmental-impact, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSydney FC stretch their unbeaten A-League streak to 16 games, notching their 12th win and 10th clean sheet to climb eight points clear at the summit.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Mike Baird's parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack says social media is eating out the middle ground, and changing the nature of democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, social-media, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedOrganisers of a protest march against Sydney's lockout laws, due to be held in Kings Cross tonight, failed to adequately plan for security and traffic, police say.
Topics: bands-and-artists, music, hospitality, industry, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, kings-cross-2011, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn Australian research team has found three unknown shipwrecks at a notorious reef in the Coral Sea, which they say may offer insights into Australia's early trade with Asia.
Topics: history, archaeology, human-interest, maritime, bundaberg-4670, indonesia, sydney-2000, new-caledonia, india
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| UpdatedClimate change and agricultural run-off are listed as two of the biggest threats to the state's marine waters in a new report.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-policy, rural-women, environmental-management, sydney-2000
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Investing in the tourism industry should be one of the top priorities for the next NSW premier, according to an expert who believes Sydney needs more top-ranked hotels, another cruise port and a high-speed rail link.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, states-and-territories, sydney-2000
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As Mission Australia reports seeing a rise in young people seeking their services, the future of a successful program helping to prevent them from ending up sleeping rough hangs in the balance.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, youth, family, government-and-politics, federal-government, social-policy, australia, melbourne-3000, nsw, sydney-2000, vic
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Veteran midcourter Kim Green's move from the Swifts to the Giants looks positive, with the new club having a strong start ahead of the Super Netball season.
Topics: netball, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian is NSW's premier-in-waiting as senior Government MPs rule out the idea of challenging her for the state's top job.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, manly-2095, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedShirley Brifman was born in far north Queensland in 1935 and became embroiled in the corrupt world of police and politics in two states before her untimely death. Look back on her colourful life.
Topics: death, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, history, qld, nsw, brisbane-4000, clayfield-4011, atherton-4883, sydney-2000
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Pilot and scientist Andrew McGrath checks the health of the environment through aerial surveys.
Topics: environmental-management, earth-sciences, broken-hill-2880, adelaide-5000, sydney-2000, white-cliffs-2836, tibooburra-2880, wilcannia-2836
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian confirms she will stand for the state's top job, as outgoing Premier Mike Baird says she would be "outstanding", but "I haven't backed anyone".
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, liberals, parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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The Sydney Thunder lose their last eight wickets for just 22 runs on their way to a 77-run BBL loss to the Adelaide Strikers.
Topics: sport, twenty20, cricket, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000
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The past is being dug up at Triabunna on Tasmania's east coast at a site believed to have once been a British military barracks.
Topics: archaeology, 19th-century, 20th-century, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, human-interest, triabunna-7190, sydney-2000, canberra-2600, hobart-7000
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The number of stingray incidents at beaches is the second highest form of injury caused by marine life in NSW, closely behind bluebottle stings.
Topics: animal-attacks, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, marine-parks, marine-biology, animals, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedRetrace the journey from the Blue Mountains, underneath the Granville Bridge, and all the way to Central Station with ABC reporter Clare Blumer, who this morning travelled the line 40 years after the Granville train disaster.
Topics: community-and-society, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, granville-2142, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn injured red panda cub is on the mend after receiving around-the-clock attention from keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
Topics: human-interest, animals, animal-welfare, mosman-2088, sydney-2000
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Celebrations at the Sydney Opera House to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum look back at the significance of music in helping to inspire historic change.
Topics: constitution, government-and-politics, music, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSydneysiders flock to beaches in the early hours of this morning, trying to escape the heat with temperatures reaching a scorching 31 degrees Celsius at 6:00am.
Topics: swimming, oceans-and-reefs, weather, surf-life-saving, bondi-beach-2026, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSurvivors and descendants of victims of Australia's worst train disaster gather to commemorate the anniversary of the accident which killed 83 people.
Topics: community-and-society, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, granville-2142, nsw, sydney-2000