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| UpdatedThe NSW Government will push ahead with forced council amalgamations in the city, but will walk away from regional council mergers that are currently in court, the ABC understands.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedMany residents forced to flee their homes because of a huge bushfire in central western New South Wales are yet to return, a local mayor says, while insurance assessors begin to count the cost of the blazes which have raged across the state.
Topics: fires, bushfire, nsw, dunedoo-2844
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Newcastle holds Melbourne Victory to a goalless draw to return to the A-League's top six.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedSuperstar mare Winx claims a 14th consecutive victory, winning the Apollo Stakes at Randwick ahead of Hartnell and Endless Drama.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, randwick-2031, nsw, australia
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As fires that engulfed thousands of hectares across NSW on the weekend die down, residents are returning to their communities to find nothing left.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, dunedoo-2844, nsw
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| UpdatedThe former partner of rugby league star Semi Radradra tells a Sydney court he punched her in the face soon after she gave birth, and then confessed to their pastor.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sport, nrl, rugby-league, domestic-violence, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe death of a man during the Southern 80 waterskiing competition — the sixth fatal incident at the event since 1987 — sparks renewed concerns about the popular tourist attraction on the Victoria-New South Wales border.
Topics: water-skiing, death, community-and-society, sport, echuca-3564, moama-2731, vic, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedLin family killer Robert Xie, who murdered five members of his family, is given five life sentences without the possibility of parole, while his wife says he is innocent and a "scapegoat" for the crimes.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, family-and-children, courts-and-trials, epping-2121, sydney-2000, nsw
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Warren Jarvis from Cassilis, in central west New South Wales, lost his house and his stock when bushfires went through on Sunday.
Topics: bushfire, cassilis-2329, nsw
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| UpdatedMost of the small community of Uarbry has been wiped out by a bushfire burning near Dunedoo, residents say, with some of the destroyed homes belonging to volunteer firefighters who were out combating the blaze.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, crime, police, nsw, boggabri-2382, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444
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There are more than 80 fires still burning around New South Wales, with at least 12 homes lost but no known fatalities.
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| UpdatedWhen you think of Canberra, it's unlikely the ocean springs to mind.
Topics: history, navy, jervis-bay-2540, bega-2550, lake-illawarra-2528, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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Irish striker Roy O'Donovan is the hero for Central Coast, with his double giving the Mariners a 2-0 away win over Western Sydney Wanderers.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, gosford-2250, homebush-bay-2127, nsw, australia
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Fires raging from catastrophic weather conditions have razed hectares of bushland in New South Wales.
Topics: bushfire, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, beechwood-2446, port-macquarie-2444, boggabri-2382
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| UpdatedFire warnings are downgraded in New South Wales after properties were destroyed, a man was flown to Sydney with severe burns and a firefighter sustained serious injuries.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, bushfire, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444, boggabri-2382
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People who live in bushland areas with catastrophic fire conditions are told to leave their homes, as the NSW RFS issues an emergency warning for a fire at Leadville, near Dunedoo, where residents are describing the sky as "black and eerie".
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, dunedoo-2844, nsw
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| UpdatedAn emergency fire warning has been issued for a fire 20km east of Dunedoo.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, dunedoo-2844, nsw
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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) is urging residents to prepare for catastrophic fire conditions before it is too late as temperatures across the country are set to break records.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, nsw, australia
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Plastics harm turtles
Topics: conservation, internet-culture, nsw
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Turtles plastic
Topics: environment, nsw
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Turtles and plastic
Topics: environment, nsw
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| UpdatedPolice are investigating after two children fall out of a window at an apartment block in Sydney's west.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bankstown-2200, australia, nsw
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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says today's extreme weather conditions have never been seen before, and fears the situation could trigger uncontrollable, deadly bushfires.
Topics: bushfire, weather, disasters-and-accidents, fires, nsw, australia, qld, vic, act
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| UpdatedPeople who live in bushland areas with catastrophic fire conditions are told to leave their homes, as the NSW RFS issues emergency warnings for fires at Leadville near Dunedoo and Lower Pappinbarra, 50km west of Port Macquarie.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, weather, australia, act, nsw, qld, sa
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| Updated"You will not outrun these fires", says the NSW fire chief, warning people to avoid or leave the bush before Sunday as the state gears up for catastrophic fire ratings worse than the Black Saturday conditions in 2009.