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Goodbye brown fuzz: Sewage pipes off Sydney's coast to be retired
It's clear waters ahead for Sydney's east coast, where sewage pipes that dump wastewater into the ocean will be switched off by the NSW government.
- by Saimi Jeong
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Boy, 4, nearly drowns in Sydney pool
A four-year-old boy who was found unconscious at a public swimming pool in Sydney's west is "very lucky" to be alive.
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Logan residents no longer need to boil water, says council
More than 2000 Logan residents had been warned to boil their drinking water after E. coli was detected in their council water supply.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Why adults are taking the 'terrifying' plunge
Learning to swim is a rite of passage. It's also a way of surviving the Aussie summer's sometimes boozy rituals of surf, sand and river that resulted in the drowning deaths of more than 750 overseas-born Australians. Few had learnt to swim.
- by Julie Power