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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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| 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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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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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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| 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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Council opposes a planned wind farm near Tarago, south of Goulburn, because of perceived impact on residents.
Topics: wind-energy, alternative-energy, environment, rural, regional-development, tarago-2580, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, act, canberra-2600, australia, goulburn-2580
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| UpdatedEssential Energy cuts or relocates 14 finance staff in regional New South Wales in an effort to slash costs.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, workplace, broken-hill-2880, queanbeyan-2620, goulburn-2580, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedNine months after the Queanbeyan-Palerang councils merger, Bungendore butcher Paul Darmody says many of the community's concerns were unwarranted.
Topics: states-and-territories, bungendore-2621, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, canberra-2600, act, bega-2550
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian unveils a new-look frontbench that she says will bring a "fresh approach" and give communities their "fair share" of the state's economic success.
Topics: state-parliament, federal---state-issues, nsw, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedThe nondescript exterior of Harriet Schwarzrock and Matthew Curtis's suburban home belies the many treasures they have created there together.
Topics: contemporary-art, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian axes some of the most experienced ministers from her front bench as part of a Cabinet reshuffle to be unveiled this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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Outraged residents of John Barilaro's seat of Monaro say he will pay the price for supporting the forced amalgamation of the councils in his own electorate.
Topics: local-government, state-parliament, community-and-society, nationals, bombala-2632, cooma-2630, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedNew South Wales premier-in-waiting Gladys Berejiklian is likely to be the state's next premier, but she is already facing pressure from the Deputy Premier to scrap council mergers in regional areas.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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A Canberra man who allegedly reversed his car into a police officer after refusing to leave a club is arrested and charged in Queanbeyan.
Topics: assault, canberra-2600, act, queanbeyan-2620
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The National Irrigators Council's new boss Steve Whan says he will lobby hard in Canberra and beyond.
Topics: agricultural-policy, agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, irrigation, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, nsw
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Deanna Barilaro, the wife of Deputy Premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro, is cleared of any wrongdoing in donating money to her husband and his party.
Topics: government-and-politics, laws, elections, nsw, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedMark Webber's motorsport career ends with a podium finish at the World Endurance Championship's final round at the Six Hours of Bahrain.
Topics: motor-sports, sport, bahrain, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedPolice question two 12-year-old boys over a suspicious fire which took hold of a warehouse and tyre yard in Queanbeyan near the NSW-ACT border.
Topics: industrial-fires, fires, disasters-and-accidents, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A Canberra man is extradited to New South Wales for allegedly assaulting and choking his disabled mother.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, canberra-2600, act, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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| UpdatedThere is some confusion around the recent allegations made in NSW Parliament — that the Nationals broke the law by accepting donations from John Barilaro's wife. So what will happen now?
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, government-and-politics, nationals, queanbeyan-2620, sydney-2000, nsw