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| UpdatedFor many years, Australian parents of infants diagnosed with an extremely rare and devastating genetic disease have been left with little hope, however that could change with a new treatment dubbed "ground-breaking".
Topics: genetic-disorders, infant-health, babies---newborns, parenting, medical-research, motor-neurone-disease, neuroscience, family, darwin-0800, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedPerth Scorchers make it three Big Bash League titles from five finals with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers at the Furnace.
Topics: sport, cricket, twenty20, sydney-2000, nsw, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Big Bash final is here, with the Perth Scorchers ready to rumble against the Sydney Sixers. Follow all the action with our live scores, stats and commentary.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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A massive search effort is underway at Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast after two fishermen from Sydney are reported missing.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, missing-person, jervis-bay-2540, act, canberra-2600, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Perth's heat and a dry WACA surface could play into the hands of the visiting Sydney Sixers in Saturday's BBL final, according to spinner Johan Botha.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Sydney Harbour foreshore will be lined by 12 resplendent zodiac lanterns, while the Sydney Opera House's sails and Harbour Bridge will be bathed in red light for the city's Chinese New Year Festival.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedChinese 'lions' perform a dance as part of Chinese new year celebrations in Sydney.
Topics: performance-art, dance, sydney-2000
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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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Bush Nippers from Orange travel to the coast to improve their water safety skills, as rural towns look at ways of reducing an alarming number of deaths on inland waterways this summer.
Topics: safety-education, disasters-and-accidents, orange-2800, wagga-wagga-2650, sydney-2000
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The Malek Fahd Islamic School in south-western Sydney will reopen its doors next week, despite the ongoing legal battles over losing $19 million worth of federal funding.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, education, secondary-schools, community-and-society, greenacre-2190, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFederal Minister Paul Fletcher says Sydneysiders aren't thinking about housing affordability as Labor steps up its attacks on negative gearing and the city's real estate discord.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA former Trinity Grammar School teacher who sexually abused six boys in the 1970s and 80s is sentenced to 18 years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period of 11 years.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedPreparing for the new year is a special time for many Asian families and different cultures cook particular dishes to make sure the coming year is full of luck and prosperity.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, people, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedVeteran New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner announces her retirement from politics amid speculation she was going to be dumped from the Government's frontbench.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, health-administration, health-policy, sydney-2000
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Graham Arnold says he and his Sydney FC team is targeting more than the championship or premier's plate — they want the greatest season in the league's history.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Sydney FC salvages a Big Blue win, coming from behind to defeat 10-man Melbourne Victory for the second time this season to all but clinch the A-League premiership.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedStan Grant finds a missing part of his family tree — a man who connects him directly to the time of first contact, when white met black on the shores of Botany Bay.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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Sydney's Australia Day celebrations have been marred by violent clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through the inner city.
Topics: police, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA police officer is injured and a man charged after clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through inner-city Sydney.
Topics: australia-day, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, alice-springs-0870
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Topics: sheep-production, advertising-and-marketing, advertising, agricultural-marketing, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSportspeople, musicians, business leaders and humanitarians are among the New South Wales people to receive 2017 Australia Day honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, community-organisations, australia-day, nsw, sydney-2000
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Wugulora Indigenous morning ceremony to commence Australia Day and celebrate Australia's traditional landowners.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-culture, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedDistinguished Australians have been recognised for their service to regional communities and industries this year.
Topics: community-development, veterinary-medicine, agricultural-chemicals, conservation, australia, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, alice-springs-0870, summertown-5141, jambin-4702, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedTwo men in Sydney are charged following the largest seizure of illegal abalone in 20 years.
Topics: illegal-fishing, law-crime-and-justice, fishing-aquaculture, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedMoises Henriques earns redemption from his 2014-15 BBL final fumble with a match-winning display with the bat in the Sixers' semi-final win over the Brisbane Heat.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia