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Rusting and unseaworthy boats that linger on Sydney Harbour and leak oil and fuel are threatening marine life and waterways, according to environmental and marine advocates.
Topics: environmental-impact, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, environmental-management, human-interest, water-pollution, sydney-2000
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Seven West Media presents a court with emails from former employee Amber Harrison where she declares "war" on her former lover, the company's chief executive Tim Worner.
Topics: media, courts-and-trials, management, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFormer Seven West Media employee Amber Harrison vowed to "destroy" the company's "idiot boss" Tim Worner over an affair, emails tendered in court reveal.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, television, television-broadcasting, broadcasting, information-and-communication, sydney-2000
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Quarantine staff feared three years ago staff cuts would threaten the biosecurity of Australia's multi-million-dollar agricultural industries.
Topics: quarantine, fishing-aquaculture, sydney-2000, port-melbourne-3207, darwin-0800, brisbane-4000, brisbane-airport-4007, melbourne-3000
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There is a new program helping migrants launch their own businesses in an effort to tackle unemployment in the community.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, work, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA key Crown witness had a motive to ensure Gordon Wood was convicted of murdering model Caroline Byrne, because he was writing a book titled Evidence for Murder: How Physics Convicted a Killer, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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Walking an extra 4,300 steps or about 40 minutes every day can mean less days in hospital for older Australians and reduced risk of cancer, new research shows.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle-and-leisure, cancer, older-people, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300
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Australian Border Force (ABF) officials have seized a record volume of illegal cigarettes and tobacco, which came into the country by mail. Many products were hidden inside fluffy toys, machinery, picture frames and shoes.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn increase in exotic pests and diseases pushes Australian agriculture and environmentalists to demand more focus on biosecurity.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pest-management, pests, agricultural-policy, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, mildura-3500, kununurra-6743, lismore-2480, tully-4854, woolloongabba-4102
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| UpdatedBorder Force officials seize a record volume of illegal cigarettes and tobacco, including products hidden inside fluffy toys, machinery, picture frames and platform shoes.
Topics: tobacco, smoking, health-policy, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThere are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Wanderers are again under fire over supporters' behaviour after Saturday's derby against Sydney FC, with a homophobic banner brandished by its fans condemned by Football Federation Australia.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Wallabies player and Brumbies captain Owen Finegan says former Wallabies star Dan Vickerman confided in his friends about the difficulties he faced after retiring from the game.
Topics: rugby-union, sport, death, suicide, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Topics: storm-event, weather, bondi-beach-2026, sydney-2000
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A storm cloud moves across Sydney.
Topics: storm-event, sydney-2000
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Emergency services are frustrated by people making bad decisions when faced with floodwater.
Topics: emergency-planning, floods, livestock-welfare, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedInternet giant Google is about to launch a hiring raid for Australia's best and brightest hackers in a move likely to exacerbate a major IT skills shortage in government agencies.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, security-intelligence, australia, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedMore than 12,000 insurance claims are lodged with damages at an estimated $31 million following the hailstorm that hammered parts of Sydney and Wollongong on Saturday.
Topics: storm-event, insurance, sydney-2000
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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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| 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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| 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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| UpdatedClimate change could threaten the stability of the entire financial system, the prudential regulator warns, as it prepares to apply climate change "stress tests" to the nation's financial institutions.
Topics: climate-change, business-economics-and-finance, regulation, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA powerful storm that blitzed through Sydney yesterday afternoon before moving north-east leaves at least 40,000 homes and businesses without power, with the Central Coast most affected.
Topics: weather, storm-event, sydney-2000, penrith-2750, newcastle-2300, wollongong-2500
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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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| UpdatedA legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000