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• Andrew and Anne Basnett image

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  Posted February 17, 2017 14:40:52

  Topics: rural, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, gunning-2581, nsw, australia

• Tigers cancel Simona's registration for alleged betting on NRL matches

  Posted February 17, 2017 14:12:41 | Updated February 17, 2017 15:03:58

  Wests Tigers back Tim Simona faces being banned from rugby league after becoming embroiled in an NRL betting scandal.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, balmain-2041, nsw, australia

• Fast-moving grassfire threatens homes near Queanbeyan

  Posted February 17, 2017 13:48:49 | Updated February 17, 2017 15:04:59

  An emergency warning is issued for an out-of-control grassfire burning near Carwoola, about 10 kilometres south-east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, queanbeyan-2620, nsw

• Government accused of backtracking on light rail promise for Sydney Olympic Park

  By political reporter Sarah Gerathy

  Posted February 17, 2017 13:33:39

  The State Opposition accuses the Government of backtracking on a promise to provide light rail to Sydney Olympic Park in the first stage of construction, amid concerns it will eventually be dropped from the plan altogether.

  Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, parramatta-2150, nsw, sydney-2000

• Yahoo7 fined $300k over article that caused murder trial to be aborted

  By Joanna Crothers

  Posted February 17, 2017 11:53:27 | Updated February 17, 2017 14:42:21

  News organisation Yahoo7 is fined $300,000 after one of its journalists published a story that prejudiced a Melbourne murder trial.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, journalism, information-and-communication, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw, sydney-2000

• 'Poisonous gas' in water tank where three bodies found

  Posted February 17, 2017 11:14:40 | Updated February 17, 2017 14:55:01

  Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected as the cause of death for three family members found dead at the bottom of a concrete water tank in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, police say.

  Topics: death, community-and-society, gunning-2581, nsw, canberra-2600, act

• Anna Bligh appointed as Australian Bankers' Association CEO

  By Kristian Silva

  Posted February 17, 2017 11:00:10 | Updated February 17, 2017 12:31:55

  Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh is appointed as CEO of the Australian Bankers' Association, an industry group representing 25 banks across the country.

  Topics: banking, people, alp, regulation, brisbane-4000, qld, nsw

• How John Howard's vision for the Murray-Darling Basin was betrayed Analysis

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  By Jo Chandler for Background Briefing

  Posted February 17, 2017 10:39:14 | Updated February 17, 2017 10:43:24

  With political heat flaring the length of the Murray-Darling, there are fears the future of the fragile water sharing deal hangs in the balance.

  Topics: rivers, environment, water-management, water-supply, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, joyce-barnaby, turnbull-malcolm, howard-john-winston, murray-darling-basin, australia, sa, qld, vic, nsw

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  Posted February 17, 2017 08:42:39

  Topics: accidents---other, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, rural, gunning-2581, nsw, australia

• GWS Giants appoint AFL's first female recruiter

  Posted February 17, 2017 08:23:57

  Football journalist and draft expert Emma Quayle becomes the first female recruiter in the AFL after joining Greater Western Sydney.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, women, homebush-2140, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw

• Collingwood lifts bar for Super Netball

  By Neil Cross

  Posted February 17, 2017 08:21:34 | Updated February 17, 2017 11:37:01

  Australia's new Super Netball competition has not even started and already there are concerns it will be dominated by three new franchises backed by football clubs.

  Topics: netball, sport, collingwood-3066, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, sydney-2000, nsw, perth-6000, wa

• Three family members found dead in concrete tank on NSW property

  Posted February 16, 2017 23:57:44 | Updated February 17, 2017 10:47:51

  Three 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

• Keeping the farm cool with cow sprinklers and pineapple sun screen

  ABC Rural

  By ABC staff

  Posted February 16, 2017 12:12:37 | Updated February 17, 2017 11:15:51

  How are primary producers battling the heat and what will it mean for consumers and their wallets?

  Topics: agribusiness, sheep-production, dairy-production, vegetables, poultry-and-egg-production, fruits, rural, food-and-cooking, weather, australia, vic, nsw, qld, hay-2711, dubbo-2830, bordertown-5268, stanthorpe-4380, wamuran-4512, glass-house-mountains-4518

• NSW greyhound industry to pay for its own watchdog

  By state political reporter Sarah Gerathy

  Posted February 16, 2017 07:33:24 | Updated February 16, 2017 13:13:10

  The greyhound racing industry in New South Wales will be made to pay for a tough new integrity commission, under a new plan to stamp out animal cruelty in the sport.

  Topics: racing, gambling, animal-welfare, state-parliament, nsw

• Five things we learned from the AFL chairman's departure speech

  By Patrick Wright

  Posted February 15, 2017 18:46:39 | Updated February 15, 2017 19:12:07

  Mike Fitzpatrick reflects on the ups and downs of his 10-year reign as AFL chairman, including Essendon's doping saga, the AFL's expansion plans, gambling and the new women's league.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, nsw, sa, wa, tas, qld, nt

• Glenn Stevens hired to advise NSW Government on housing affordability

  By state political reporter Sarah Gerathy

  Posted February 15, 2017 18:23:41 | Updated February 15, 2017 18:49:37

  A stoush about housing affordability erupts in Parliament after the Premier announces she has hired former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens to advise her Government on the issue.

  Topics: state-parliament, housing, nsw

• Abandoned mines are rife across Australia, report finds

  Lateline

  Posted February 15, 2017 18:23:41 | Updated February 16, 2017 14:22:04

  More than 60,000 mines have been abandoned across Australia and there is evidence that only a handful have ever been fully rehabilitated, according to a report, raising concerns about how the land will be managed as the mining boom ends.

  Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, coal, muswellbrook-2333, nsw, australia

• Medich offered killers bonus to 'finish the job' early, witness says

  By court reporter Karl Hoerr

  Posted February 15, 2017 16:36:57 | Updated February 15, 2017 19:10:54

  Property developer Ron Medich wanted to go "all the way" in regards to harming a former associate he is accused of murdering, a Sydney court hears.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, nsw, sydney-2000

• Young people overcome challenges to record 'life-changing' album

  By Mazoe Ford

  Posted February 15, 2017 13:59:42 | Updated February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  Thirteen young Sydneysiders facing issues including homelessness and substance abuse join Mission Australia's Sounds of the Street program to shake off their demons and record their own album titled Mess.

  Topics: education, music, community-and-society, youth, mental-health, sydney-2000, nsw

• RFS volunteer Murray Coe lost his family home Video

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  ABC News

  2min 44sec

  Posted February 15, 2017 07:05:15

  Cattle farmer and NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer Murray Coe lost his family home near Leadville while he was helping to save other properties.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, leadville-2844, nsw

• Climate scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted February 15, 2017 06:15:27 | Updated February 15, 2017 09:21:50

  Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.

  Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas

• RSL NSW council agrees to step down on condition of selecting caretaker

  PM

  By Angela Lavoipierre

  Posted February 14, 2017 19:54:31

  The RSL's national leadership and its NSW branch are negotiating terms for the entire state council to stand down amid investigations over several alleged financial scandals.

  Topics: veterans, charities-and-community-organisations, nsw

• Canberra Labor MLA blasts RSL over tiles in toilets showing Aboriginal men

  By James Fettes

  Posted February 14, 2017 19:35:15 | Updated February 15, 2017 06:49:00

  A RSL club faces an extraordinary attack from Bec Cody over toilet wall tiles which depict Indigenous men — criticism the club says is "ridiculous" and "out of order".

  Topics: states-and-territories, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, canberra-2600, act, jervis-bay-2540, nsw, bega-2550

• Child abuse monitoring system a 'hodgepodge', NSW Deputy Ombudsman says

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  By Oliver Jacques

  Posted February 14, 2017 18:54:01 | Updated February 15, 2017 11:04:46

  One of Australia's most senior child protection bureaucrats expresses concern with the way governments monitor incidents of child abuse within religious institutions.

  Topics: child-abuse, children, nsw

• City fights on as country celebrates merger victory

  By Lucy McNally and Gavin Coote

  Posted February 14, 2017 14:54:13 | Updated February 14, 2017 16:11:34

  City councils will battle on with their fight against council amalgamations, while regional centres celebrate, after the NSW Government's announcement of a split policy on forced council mergers.

  Topics: state-parliament, 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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