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A severe thunderstorm that hit Sydney and Wollongong, leaving three in hospital after being hit by lightning, left widespread damage from large hail and broken trees.
Topics: storm-event, weather, penrith-2750, campbelltown-2560, sydney-2000, bowral-2576, wollongong-2500, nsw
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| UpdatedThe NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for a grassfire east of Queanbeyan, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, captains-flat-2623, act, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAnother storm hits the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales after two days of severe weather caused widespread blackouts and property damage in parts of the state.
Topics: weather, storm-event, penrith-2750, nsw, campbelltown-2560, australia, palm-beach-2108, shellharbour-2529, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedWhen evacuated residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedReporter Siobhan Heanue examines the damage caused by the fast-moving grassfire that swept the Carwoola region.
Topics: queanbeyan-2620, australia, canberra-2600, nsw, act
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| UpdatedOne week after devastating fires ripped through central western NSW, farmers are being given a helping hand with fodder being delivered from across Australia.
Topics: bushfire, community-and-society, rural, livestock, dunedoo-2844, cassilis-2329, nsw
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| UpdatedThree women sitting on a park bench at Bowral are struck by a bolt of lightning as severe storms lash the New South Wales east coast for a second day, with parts of Sydney and Wollongong hammered by large hailstones.
Topics: weather, storm-event, penrith-2750, campbelltown-2560, bowral-2576, nsw, australia, shellharbour-2529, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedReds keeper John Hall escapes serious injury after slamming his head into the goalpost while making a save in Adelaide's 1-0 win over Newcastle.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, adelaide-5000, sa, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe Brisbane Lions make it three from three with a win over Collingwood while GWS and Fremantle play out the first ever AFL Women's draw.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, brisbane-4000, blacktown-2148, nsw, qld, collingwood-3066, vic, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa, australia
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At least 15 properties have been destroyed by the Carwoola fire to the east of Queanbeyan in NSW.
Topics: bushfire, fires, captains-flat-2623, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, act
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| UpdatedThousands of homes remain without power after hail, heavy ran and wind gusts of up to 109 kilometres an hour lashed the NSW central coast region yesterday.
Topics: storm-event, weather, sydney-2000, nsw
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In most cases of death from carbon monoxide poisoning, the first responder will not recognise the risk and also die trying to rescue the victim, an expert says.
Topics: health, gunning-2581, act, canberra-2600, nsw
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| UpdatedThousands of homes in Sydney's north and on the New South Wales Central Coast could be without power for the weekend, as crews frantically work to restore supply ahead of another storm this afternoon.
Topics: storm-event, weather, storm-disaster, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedResidents are beginning to return to their homes in the wake of a major bushfire east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, anxious to find out whether buildings are still standing.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, captains-flat-2623, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia, act, canberra-2600
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Siobhan Heanue reports from the NSW Rural Fire Service headquarters near Queanbeyan, February 17, 2017.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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Topics: rural, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, gunning-2581, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedWests 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
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| UpdatedAt least 15 homes have been lost in an out-of-control grassfire burning in southern NSW, as police warn that number may grow.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedNews 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
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| UpdatedAccidental 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
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| UpdatedFormer 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
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| UpdatedWith 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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Topics: accidents---other, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, rural, gunning-2581, nsw, australia
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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