Penrith

• Cowboys shocked by Manly after Rabbitohs, Roosters win

  Posted March 18, 2017 15:53:34 | Updated March 18, 2017 23:21:38

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

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, newcastle-2300, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, sydney-south-2000, manly-2095, brookvale-2100, nsw, australia, townsville-4810, qld

• Cowboys lose Matt Scott for season, Panthers' Cartwright cleared

  Posted March 13, 2017 14:12:47 | Updated March 13, 2017 14:18:01

  North Queensland will be without co-captain Matt Scott for the rest of the year after he was diagnosed with a torn ACL.

  Topics: sport, rugby-league, nrl, townsville-4810, qld, penrith-2750, nsw, australia

• Radradra stars in Eels' win over Dragons, Panthers thrash Tigers

  Posted March 12, 2017 15:38:59 | Updated March 12, 2017 21:40:57

  Semi Radradra scores four tries in Parramatta's 34-16 triumph over St George Illawarra, while Penrith flexes its muscle to hammer Wests Tigers 36-2 as round two of the NRL wraps up.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, balmain-2041, parramatta-2150, penrith-2750, wollongong-2500, nsw, australia

• Sydney residents catch hail storm on social media Video

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  Posted February 19, 2017 11:56:50

  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

• Storm hits Hunter and Central Coast, wild conditions expected (photos)

  Posted February 19, 2017 07:11:45 | Updated February 20, 2017 00:06:41

  Severe thunderstorms that ravaged the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales are over, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but Ausgrid and SES volunteers are still working to repair the damage.

  Topics: weather, storm-event, penrith-2750, nsw, campbelltown-2560, australia, palm-beach-2108, shellharbour-2529, wollongong-2500

• Three women hit by lightning as large hail lashes NSW

  Posted February 18, 2017 16:07:11 | Updated February 19, 2017 00:25:10

  Three women sitting on a park bench at Bowral are struck by a bolt of lightning as severe storms lash the New South Wales east coast for a second day, with parts of Sydney and Wollongong hammered by large hailstones.

  Topics: weather, storm-event, penrith-2750, campbelltown-2560, bowral-2576, nsw, australia, shellharbour-2529, wollongong-2500

• Severe storm cuts power to 40,000 homes across Sydney, Central Coast

  By Riley Stuart, Dom Vukovic and Paige Cockburn

  Posted February 17, 2017 14:26:41 | Updated February 18, 2017 06:30:05

  A 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

• Mercury passes 41 on hot, humid Sunday in sweaty Sydney

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted February 05, 2017 10:25:57 | Updated February 05, 2017 15:54:39

  Sydneysiders swelter through another sizzling summer's day, with Parramatta and Penrith among the hot spots.

  Topics: weather, sydney-2000, bourke-2840, wilcannia-2836, penrith-2750, parramatta-2150, campbelltown-2560, moree-2400

• Sydney sweats through hottest January night ever

  By Clare Blumer and Lily Mayers

  Posted January 14, 2017 14:04:32 | Updated January 15, 2017 00:28:52

  No, you did not imagine it — Friday night was ridiculously hot — because it was the hottest Sydney night in January since city weather records began.

  Topics: weather, sydney-2000, penrith-2750

• Nine-year-old who helped pregnant mum honoured with bravery award

  By Jean Kennedy

  Posted December 14, 2016 11:19:48 | Updated December 14, 2016 17:40:18

  A nine-year-old Sydney girl who dealt with a triple-0 operator to help her pregnant mother through a terrifying medical emergency says she can't believe she has been honoured with a bravery award.

  Topics: family-and-children, family, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, nsw

• Sydney's sweltering night breaks December record

  Posted December 14, 2016 08:21:02 | Updated December 14, 2016 14:34:20

  Sydneysiders suffer through the hottest night ever recorded in December, but the sweltering conditions are expected to ease tomorrow, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

  Topics: weather, sydney-2000, bondi-2026, penrith-2750

• Suspected 'petrol bomb' found in Penrith cleared by police

  By Nick Dole

  Posted December 08, 2016 17:36:30 | Updated December 08, 2016 17:42:52

  NSW police are examining a suspicious device, initially thought to be a homemade bomb, that sparked an emergency response and evacuations after being found at a power substation in Sydney.

  Topics: police, electricity-energy-and-utilities, penrith-2750

• Doctors say $550 million not enough for Nepean Hospital upgrade

  By Jackson Vernon

  Posted November 28, 2016 17:35:16

  Doctors at the Nepean Hospital in western Sydney have welcomed a major upgrade announcement but say it does not go far enough to meet projected future demands and shows the Government is beholden to the richer suburbs' "medical mafia".

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, community-and-society, government-and-politics, penrith-2750, kingswood-2747, sydney-2000

• Western Sydney hospital to get $550 million upgrade

  By Ashleigh Raper

  Posted November 28, 2016 12:28:07 | Updated November 28, 2016 14:50:23

  The New South Wales Government will spend half a billion dollars upgrading Nepean Hospital in Sydney's west, one of the city's busiest, in a long-awaited redevelopment.

  Topics: health-policy, health-administration, health, federal---state-issues, kingswood-2747, penrith-2750, sydney-2000

• Police officer, two residents injured in Penrith dog attack

  Posted November 24, 2016 08:32:29

  Three people, including a police officer, are taken to hospital with various injuries after being set upon by three dogs in Sydney's west.

  Topics: animal-attacks, police, law-crime-and-justice, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, nsw

• 'Aerotropolis' key to successful development of Western Sydney

  By Michelle Brown

  Posted November 21, 2016 19:31:42 | Updated November 21, 2016 20:03:53

  The future of Western Sydney rides on an "aerotropolis" growing around the Western Sydney Airport over the next 40 years, according to the Greater Sydney Commission.

  Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, nsw

• GWS Giants sign Aussie Comm Games decathlete

  Posted November 18, 2016 11:34:29

  Greater Western Sydney has previously recruited from the NRL and now the emerging AFL powerhouse has looked to athletics with the signing of Commonwealth Games representative Jake Stein.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, athletics, homebush-2140, penrith-2750

• Trump's protectionist message appeals to working-class women Analysis

  By Natasha Robinson

  Posted November 12, 2016 06:34:07 | Updated November 12, 2016 15:28:47

  Donald Trump's victory in the United States election was a salutary warning to political parties around the world to ignore the working class at your peril.

  Topics: us-elections, world-politics, women, united-states, penrith-2750, ballarat-3350, australia

• Thai activist fired from Sydney job due to fear of vigilante attacks

  By South-East Asia correspondent Liam Cochrane

  Posted October 28, 2016 18:35:28 | Updated October 28, 2016 19:36:44

  A Thai man living in Sydney is sacked from his restaurant job after being targeted by an ultra-royalist group known as the Rubbish Collection Organisation.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, royal-and-imperial-matters, activism-and-lobbying, thailand, penrith-2750, sydney-2000

• 'They celebrated while we wept': Family slams marketing giant's handling of son's death

  Exclusive by the National Reporting Team's Lorna Knowles

  Posted October 28, 2016 18:16:10 | Updated October 28, 2016 18:49:06

  A grieving mother is accusing marketing giant Appco of exploiting her young son and displaying callous and disrespectful behaviour when he was killed following a work function.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, advertising-and-marketing, law-crime-and-justice, industry, australia, surry-hills-2010, penrith-2750, nsw

• Sydney blanketed in smoke after hazard reduction burns

  Posted October 16, 2016 10:03:11

  People with asthma are warned to stay indoors as city covered in smoke ahead of a hot day.

  Topics: bushfire, sydney-2000, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hornsby-2077, penrith-2750

• Sydney Roosters comeback snares U20s title

  Posted October 02, 2016 16:29:48

  A late breakaway try to Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck has completed an extraordinary 30-28 comeback by the Sydney Roosters to claim the club's first NRL under 20s title.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, homebush-2140, penrith-2750, bondi-junction-2022

• Raiders roll on, beating Penrith en route to Melbourne

  Posted September 17, 2016 21:48:15 | Updated September 17, 2016 22:20:29

  Canberra books a preliminary final date with minor premiers Melbourne by beating Penrith 22-12 in their semi-final.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, canberra-2600, act, penrith-2750, nsw, australia

• Mike Baird blamed for council swings against Liberals

  Posted September 11, 2016 14:02:44 | Updated September 11, 2016 14:07:23

  Big swings against Liberal candidates in Western Sydney and a record fourth term for the city's independent Lord Mayor are blamed on the NSW Premier who has "stopped listening".

  Topics: local-government, elections, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, blacktown-2148, campbelltown-2560, penrith-2750, katoomba-2780, sydney-2000

• Craig Izzard fronts ICAC over asbestos-dumping claims

  By Raveen Hunjan

  Posted September 09, 2016 16:50:30

  Former rugby league player Craig Izzard denies allegations he solicited a bribe early last year and claims he acted honestly in his role as an illegal waste dumping investigator for western Sydney councils.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, asbestos, local-government, penrith-2750, riverstone-2765, rossmore-2171, luddenham-2745, badgerys-creek-2171

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