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| UpdatedThree people found dead in an empty water tank at a rural property in the New South Wales Tablelands overnight were from the same family, authorities confirm.
Topics: accidents---other, gunning-2581, yass-2582, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Barton Highway, which has been voted one of the worst stretches of road in NSW, will receive a raft of upgrades after the federal and NSW governments agreed on a strategy, however residents pushing for a duplication will likely be disappointed.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, murrumbateman-2582, nsw, yass-2582, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A company ramps up plans for a proposed 122-turbine wind farm in southern NSW, saying it could be a game changer for the local economy.
Topics: wind-energy, boorowa-2586, orange-2800, yass-2582
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| UpdatedFloriade is closed for the second day in a row due to heavy rain in Canberra, while Corin Forest receives 10 centimetres of snow.
Topics: weather, rainfall, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, yass-2582, nsw, bega-2550
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| UpdatedAfter a dramatic increase in just a few months, three of the biggest inland dams in New South Wales are now at 100 per cent capacity... and more.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-management, water-supply, weather, community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, dubbo-2830, cowra-2794, wellington-2820, wagga-wagga-2650, yass-2582
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| UpdatedA missing Victorian woman is found safe in Yass after she and her husband sparked an interstate search in what police say is the most bizarre case they have seen in decades.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, yass-2582
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The company behind a $15 million saleyard complex in southern NSW says it plans to sell more than 1 million sheep in the first year.
Topics: beef-cattle, sheep-production, livestock, yass-2582, orange-2800, goulburn-2580, young-2594, wagga-wagga-2650
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Newly-elected Eden-Monaro MP Mike Kelly says his approach will be to place grassroots issues above party politics, regardless of who forms government.
Topics: federal-elections, batemans-bay-2536, tumut-2720, yass-2582, bega-2550, cooma-2630
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| UpdatedThe Labor Party responds to the Federal Government's promise to upgrade the Barton Highway by pledging $76 million.
Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, canberra-2600, act, yass-2582, murrumbateman-2582
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The Federal Government pledges $50 million to upgrade the Barton Highway if it is re-elected, a promise the region's local mayor welcomes.
Topics: industry, road-transport, federal-elections, government-and-politics, australia, canberra-2600, act, murrumbateman-2582, yass-2582, nsw
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| UpdatedResidents along Barton Highway in the ACT call on the Government and Opposition to commit to funding the road's duplication in the coming federal election.
Topics: industry, road-transport, federal-election, event, government-and-politics, hall-2618, yass-2582, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Yass is one of the new areas in the Eden-Monaro electorate. Good generic. (28 April 2016)
Topics: government-and-politics, yass-2582
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Australian heavy horse lovers try to beat the Irish in a record attempt for the most number of horses pulling continuously and simultaneously across a paddock for 60 seconds. Read more
Topics: livestock, equine-production, rural-tourism, yass-2582
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All things pumpkin, from tasty scones to giant gourds, are being celebrated in the southern New South Wales village of Collector.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, human-interest, collector-2581, canberra-2600, act, yass-2582
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Topics: agribusiness, equine-production, yass-2582
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Topics: agribusiness, equine-production, yass-2582
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Topics: agribusiness, equine-production, yass-2582
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New South Wales police are appealing for the public's help to pinpoint the exact location of a sexual assault on a 44-year-old woman in the state's south.
Topics: sexual-offences, yass-2582, campbelltown-2560
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A man is charged with dangerous driving after equipment fell from his vehicle and killed the driver of another car in southern New South Wales, police say.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, boorowa-2586, nsw, yass-2582, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA group of Western Australian Clydesdales is set to join many more for a world record attempt in Yass, New South Wales.
Topics: animals, livestock, bridgetown-6255, yass-2582
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| UpdatedA $670 million wind farm project is approved by the State Government after a seven-year delay.
Topics: wind-energy, regional, regional-development, urban-development-and-planning, yass-2582, harden-2587, jugiong-2726
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| UpdatedYass Junction train station, north of Canberra, could become an unmanned stop under a new proposal, which New South Wales Trainlink says will modernise services.
Topics: rail-transport, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, yass-2582, nsw, australia, goulburn-2580
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The Rural Fire Service is to evaluate the effectiveness of the air tankers known as Southern Belle and Thor, which were on loan from the United States.
Topics: fires, emergency-incidents, wollongong-2500, yass-2582, pilliga-2388
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| UpdatedPoor wool prices 40 years ago were the impetus for one sheep family to diversify into roses.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-crops, wool, agricultural-marketing, flowers, bookham-2582, yass-2582, canberra-2600, wagga-wagga-2650
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A year after the New South Wales Government rejected a wind farm in southern New South Wales, it has recommended it be given the go-ahead but the number of turbines would be almost halved.
Topics: wind-energy, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, regional, harden-2587, yass-2582, wagga-wagga-2650, orange-2800