A professor who has been at the forefront of providing health care vulnerable people around Sydney's Kings Cross for 30 years is calling for drug use to be decriminalised.

Round three of the NRL wraps up as Canberra hammers the Wests Tigers before Cronulla is shocked by St George Illawarra.

The New South Wales Corrections Minister defends a rise in Indigenous incarceration rates, saying the issue should not be judged on race.

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Facing retirement as one of New South Wales' longest serving police chiefs, Andrew Scipione says his work is not done in addressing domestic violence, the scourge of ice and associated violent crime, March 19, 2017.

Residents in northern New South Wales are warned of severe thunderstorms with the potential to cause flash flooding, after a weekend of wild weather.

Facing retirement as one of New South Wales' longest serving police chiefs, Andrew Scipione says his work is not done in addressing domestic violence, the scourge of ice and associated violent crime.

Of all the nicknames the Sydney Harbour Bridge has received in the past 85 years, the Iron Lung is one that echoes its significance for those who built it between 1923 and 1932.

Louis Nowra's new history of the Sydney neighbourhood of Woolloomooloo is affectionate but shines light in some dark corners.

The Brumbies notch back-to-back wins over the NSW Waratahs for the first time in Super Rugby history.

A George Burgess elbow sours South Sydney's win over Newcastle, with Knights skipper Trent Hodkinson also sent from the field for showing dissent to a referee.

Monopoly fans have voted in droves to replace three of the game's traditional tokens, the thimble, the boot and the wheelbarrow, with new tokens including a tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.

The Rabbitohs win a spiteful clash with Newcastle, the Roosters beat Penrith at the death, and the Cowboys are shocked by Manly in Townsville.

Champion mare Winx makes it 16 wins in a row with an easy victory in heavy conditions at Rosehill in the Group One George Ryder Stakes.

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At least three flood rescues have been carried out in the north of New South Wales, as heavy rainfall in the region causes flash flooding and multiple road closures.

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The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a weekend deluge on the New South Wales mid-north coast, warning more than 200 millimetres of rain could fall in some locations today.

Despite more rain and possible thunderstorms approaching parts of New South Wales, severe conditions in the state's north are expected to ease, after flash flooding cut roads and left people stranded.

Regional Express Airlines confirms their fleet will continue operating as normal despite one of their planes losing a propeller on a flight between Albury and Sydney yesterday.

The New South Wales SES sends extra crews to the mid-north coast where torrential rain of more than 200 millimetres could fall in some areas.

Australia's booming craft beer industry, which has more than doubled in the past five years, is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back.

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Would you move to the country for cheaper housing? Stan Grant goes to Wagga Wagga to ask the locals about the pros and cons of living away from the big smoke.

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Meet Paul Harris. He's a coal miner. He's also campaigning against the expansion of his own mine - which will threaten his back yard and the town he's lived in all his life.

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Martha Wainwright's father is American folk legend Loudon Wainwright; her mother and aunty are Canada's famous McGarrigal sisters; and her brother is singer songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was almost inevitable that she'd end up being a singer as well.

Former publican-turned-hat maker pulls threads for country races in outback mining town.

Stan Grant spends a day filming The Link in the main street of Wagga, finding out why locals don't envy city dwellers battling big mortgages, job insecurity and long commutes to work.

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