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| UpdatedTwo giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act, nsw, captains-flat-2623
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Wildlife carers, already overwhelmed by bushfires in southern New South Wales in January, are expecting hundreds of injured kangaroos from the Carwoola blaze over the coming weeks.
Topics: animals, livestock, rural, queanbeyan-2620, captains-flat-2623, nsw, act, canberra-2600
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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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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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Firefighters hope a change in weather conditions will help them stay on top of a major bushfire that destroyed at least 15 homes to the east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, queanbeyan-2620, captains-flat-2623
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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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Residents of Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat will be able to swim all summer following a council reversal of cuts to pool opening hours.
Topics: community-and-society, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, braidwood-2622, bungendore-2621, captains-flat-2623, act
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Two men who abducted and subjected a Canberra man to a terrifying ordeal over a drug deal gone wrong are jailed by the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, canberra-2600, captains-flat-2623, nsw, act
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| UpdatedMore Canberra families are turning to home education for their children. Here are some of their stories.
Topics: distance-education, access-to-education, education, canberra-2600, act, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedThe Palerang Council vows to fight plans to use cyanide on a proposed gold mine near Braidwood in southern New South Wales amid fears of contamination.
Topics: mining-rural, rural, environmental-impact, environment, captains-flat-2623, nsw, braidwood-2622, bega-2550, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedTens of thousands of fruit trees will be bulldozed at the historic Wisbey's Orchards in NSW after concerns toxic runoff from a nearby gold mine will impact the water catchment.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, rural, fruits, environmental-impact, captains-flat-2623, nsw, queanbeyan-2620, act, bega-2550
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An emergency app helps rescuers locate a couple lost in bushland south of Canberra.
Topics: police, emergency-incidents, mobile-phones, captains-flat-2623, act, canberra-2600, nsw, bega-2550
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Topics: captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedThe contents of historic homestead Foxlow have been auctioned.
Topics: 18th-century, house-and-home, captains-flat-2623, australia, canberra-2600, bungendore-2621
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A Canberra man has been denied bail over an incident in which he allegedly tied another man to a pole and beat him with a baseball bat over a drug debt.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, assault, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, captains-flat-2623
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About 200 sheep died on one property at Captain's Flat, in south-east New South Wales, this week, from exposure to cold weather and rain.
Topics: rural, livestock, sheep-production, weather, agribusiness, livestock-welfare, animal-welfare, captains-flat-2623
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Livestock Health and Pest Authority vet, Doctor Bob Templeton tells Lucy Barbour how a farmer at Captain's Flat, in south-east New South Wales, lost 200 sheep on one day due to cold and rain.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, livestock, animal-welfare, livestock-welfare, weather, agribusiness, veterinary-medicine, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedThe illegal killing of kangaroos in a state forest puts more pressure on the NSW Game Council.
Topics: states-and-territories, national-parks, conservation, captains-flat-2623, nsw
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There is concern on the New South Wales Monaro that a notorious, unsealed road in the region will trigger a fatal accident if repairs are not carried out soon.
Topics: road-transport, travel-health-and-safety, local-government, bredbo-2626, captains-flat-2623, bega-2550, cooma-2630
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Residents of Captains Flat south of Queanbeyan, say crumbling infrastructure is threatening the town's future.
Topics: states-and-territories, act, canberra-2600, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedThe outgoing Palerang Mayor says NSW local councils should have the power to rezone areas of land as they see fit.
Topics: states-and-territories, rural, bungendore-2621, act, canberra-2600, braidwood-2622, captains-flat-2623
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The outgoing Mayor of Palerang in New South Wales says local councils should have the power to rezone areas of land as they see fit.
Topics: rural, states-and-territories, act, canberra-2600, bungendore-2621, captains-flat-2623, braidwood-2622
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| UpdatedResidents of Captains Flat and Braidwood are vowing to fight plans to cut funding to before and after school care services.
Topics: child-care, local-government, programs-and-initiatives, schools, regional, canberra-2600, braidwood-2622, captains-flat-2623
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A small community on the Northern Monaro in south east New South Wales is calling on the State Government to improve the provision of health services in the town.
Topics: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, captains-flat-2623, michelago-2620, cooma-2630
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Geologists are warning against a new gold rush in the south east of New South Wales
Topics: geology, mining-rural, mining-industry, braidwood-2622, michelago-2620, captains-flat-2623