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| UpdatedWith thousands of new students starting university this week, an advocacy group claims violence against women is rife on Australian campuses, and there is a culture of covering up claims.
Topics: university-and-further-education, sexual-offences, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, education, sydney-2000, the-university-of-sydney-2006, nsw, australia
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Hundreds of animals are adopted into new families over the weekend in a state-wide promotion by the RSPCA which sold animals for $29 over three days.
Topics: human-interest, animals, animal-welfare, livestock, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedGordon Wood was paranoid police would try to "stitch him up again" after he was acquitted of murdering his former girlfriend Caroline Byrne, the Supreme Court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, suicide, sydney-2000, nsw
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Central Coast comes from behind to draw 1-1 with Newcastle, denying the Jets a return to the A-League's top six.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia
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Collingwood, the Giants and the NSW Swifts record Super Netball wins in round two at the expense of the Firebirds, Fever and Thunderbirds.
Topics: netball, sport, qld, collingwood-3066, vic, nsw, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, wa, australia
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The NSW Waratahs slog their way to a 19-13 win over the Western Force in their season-opening clash.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, nsw, perth-6000, wa, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe entire RSL NSW council is stood aside from their positions while an investigation over several alleged financial scandals takes place.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, sydney-2000, nsw
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After almost being scratched due to the wet, champion Winx has easily claimed her 10th Group One victory in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, randwick-2031, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAn Australian playwright, whose work has been a standard study text, raises concerns about proposed changes to the HSC English curriculum, which favour bringing in more Shakespeare.
Topics: education, education-industry, access-to-education, secondary-schools, schools, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw
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The ‘Not Our Way’ campaign includes this video which focuses on the effects of methylamphetamine abuse.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, health, addictive, drug-use, police, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nsw
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Sydney FC return to winning ways in the A-League, with Bobo's double and Manny Muscat's calamitous defending giving the Sky Blues a 3-1 win over a 10-man Melbourne City.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFormer doctor Graeme Reeves, who is on trial for manslaughter, says he made a mistake when he misdiagnosed a mother who later died, but was not criminally negligent.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, doctors-and-medical-professionals, courts-and-trials, baulkham-hills-2153, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government launches a new campaign to recruit more women to become train drivers, saying there is no reason it should be a male-dominated field.
Topics: rail-transport, industry, transport, government-and-politics, parliament, states-and-territories, nsw
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A Hunter Valley farmer is now running out of feed and water due to dry weather, months after the dairy price wars.
Topics: drought, rainfall, rural, agricultural-crops, dairy-production, livestock, east-gresford-2311, newcastle-2300, nsw
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A New South Wales beef and wool farmer has placed a third of her property under conservation in hopes the farm’s environmental credentials will attract 'high end' international buyers.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, rural, livestock, pasture, woomargama-2644, nsw
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| UpdatedA New South Wales farmer has placed a third of her property under a conservation covenant in the hope it will increase the value of the farm and its produce.
Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, conservation, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedEmployment centres in Sydney's west are out-performing the city's east and the CBD on the time it takes for people to commute to work, Opal Card data reveals.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFrontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, health-policy, health-administration, australia, act, nsw, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, wa
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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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Australia's energy operator finds power plant failures contributed to the unprecedented pressure on the New South Wales electricity grid during this month's heatwave.
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| UpdatedSydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has distressed his family, as the club suspends membership of 14 fans in the Red and Black Bloc.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, antisocial-behaviour, sydney-2000, homebush-bay-2127, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPremier Gladys Berejiklian resists calls to sack her new Minister Ray Williams over allegations he accepted illegal donations, but says the Liberal Party will assist the NSW Electoral Commission with any inquiries.
Topics: political-parties, state-parliament, castle-hill-2154, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedIf you want to know who's going to win the Oscars, your best bet is the bookmakers.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, academy-awards-oscars, australia, nsw
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