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| UpdatedRound three of the NRL wraps up as Canberra hammers the Wests Tigers before Cronulla is shocked by St George Illawarra.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, cronulla-2230, balmain-2041, wollongong-2500, canberra-2600, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Corrections Minister defends a rise in Indigenous incarceration rates, saying the issue should not be judged on race.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nsw
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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.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, nsw
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| UpdatedResidents in northern New South Wales are warned of severe thunderstorms with the potential to cause flash flooding, after a weekend of wild weather.
Topics: weather, floods, disasters-and-accidents, murwillumbah-2484, wooli-2462, thora-2454, bellingen-2454, wauchope-2446, bowraville-2449, nsw
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| UpdatedFacing 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.
Topics: police, crime, terrorism, domestic-violence, sydney-2000, nsw
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The Brumbies notch back-to-back wins over the NSW Waratahs for the first time in Super Rugby history.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA 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.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, newcastle-2300, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedChampion 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.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, rosehill-2142, nsw, australia
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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.
Topics: rainfall, weather, storm-event, floods, bellingen-2454, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450
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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.
Topics: rainfall, weather, storm-event, floods, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450
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| UpdatedDespite 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.
Topics: weather, storm-event, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450, bellingen-2454
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| UpdatedAustralia'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.
Topics: alcohol, tax, government-and-politics, manufacturing, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedStan 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.
Topics: rural-tourism, rural, wagga-wagga-2650, nsw, australia
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Sydney's Taronga Zoo has celebrated the arrival of an endangered pygmy hippo calf.
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For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, music, australia, macquarie-university-2109, nsw
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| UpdatedVisitors get a glimpse of a rare newborn pygmy hippo learning to swim, in what could be the Taronga Zoo's cutest addition yet.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, animal-science, zoology, science-and-technology, mosman-2088, nsw
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| UpdatedA Regional Express flight from Albury to Sydney is forced to make an emergency landing after losing one of its propellers while flying at approximately 6,000 feet with 16 passengers and three crew members on board.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, sydney-2000, nsw, albury-2640, australia
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Macquarie Group submits a proposal to the NSW Government to build a metro station at Martin Place, complete with two office towers and shops on elevated terraces.
Topics: rail-transport, transport, industry, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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The NSW child protection system is failing generations of children, according to a new report released just four months after the State Government promised to introduce "world-class reforms" to the sector.
Topics: family-and-children, children, states-and-territories, nsw
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| UpdatedBooderee National Park is only a few hours' drive from Sydney — but it might as well be in a different era.
Topics: animals, conservation, biological-diversity, endangered-and-protected-species, land-management, jervis-bay-2540, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedAn explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.
Topics: public-schools, schools, education, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedSenate crossbenchers question whether the Government's plan to expand the Snowy Hydro scheme is feasible and a good use of taxpayers' money.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedPolice say someone close to 63-year-old Adelaide man David Lawrence, who died in his bed, gave him drugs intended to kill him.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000, morphett-vale-5162, dapto-2530, nsw, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull says his Government will be "very happy" to fund the $2 billion expansion of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme if the Victorian and New South Wales state governments won't chip in.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia