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| UpdatedThe NSW Government's decision to cut the Newcastle inner city rail line at Broadmeadow is a major issue heading into the election.
Topics: elections, federal---state-issues, rail-transport, newcastle-2300, swansea-2281, charlestown-2290
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| UpdatedLabor asks the corporate watchdog to look into what it calls a "cover-up" over an investment bank's decision to edit a report on NSW government policy.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, privatisation-and-deregulation, nsw
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| UpdatedMost New South Wales voters are supportive of existing anti-terrorism laws, saying they do not believe they have gone too far, according to Vote Compass.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, crime, police, nsw
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Liberal candidate for Maitland, Steve Thomson says he has no problem going to next week's election without being able to tell voters what the funding model is for the city's new hospital.
Topics: health, elections, federal---state-issues, maitland-2320, metford-2323
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Fresh from an election victory, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under pressure to step back from some of his hardline campaign promises.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, foreign-affairs, israel
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| UpdatedNSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has vowed to permanently ban coal seam gas production in the Pilliga Forest in the state's north-west.
Topics: elections, mining-environmental-issues, oil-and-gas, states-and-territories, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, pilliga-2388, sydney-2000, nsw
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The Baird Government has guaranteed 300 public sector jobs for Gosford over the next term, if re-elected.
Topics: elections, gosford-2250
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Thousands of child sex abuse victims will benefit from reforms that will make it easier for them to seek justice from their abusers, the New South Wales Greens announce as part of their election campaign.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, nsw
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NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley enlists some NRL star power to launch his election commitment to 10 new rugby league "centres of excellence".
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, community-and-society, rugby-league, maroubra-2035
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| UpdatedAboriginal groups call on both sides of New South Wales state politics to formally recognise cultural fishing rights before the state election, saying without these legal protections Indigenous Australians are going to jail unnecessarily.
Topics: illegal-fishing, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, elections, australia, nsw
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The Member for Northern Tablelands says there's no need for concern about the security of a train service to Armidale, as the Government has no plans for changes.
Topics: rail-transport, elections, transport, armidale-2350
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| UpdatedA New South Wales Liberal MP stands by his comments about union intimidation despite police being called to a pre-polling station after an incident involving one of his own volunteers.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, privatisation-and-deregulation, sydney-2000, woy-woy-2256, gosford-2250
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| UpdatedNSW Premier Mike Baird promises a major upgrade of a Newcastle hospital, but Labor demands answers on whether local health facilities will be privatised.
Topics: liberals, elections, healthcare-facilities, newcastle-2300, maitland-2320, metford-2323
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A range of issues surfaced during a pre-election forum in Newcastle last night, that pitted Upper House candidates against each other in a spirited question and answer session.
Topics: elections, alp, liberals, greens, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedBulga residents are calling for an election commitment from the Premier which includes suspending the assessment of two controversial Hunter Valley coal mine applications.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, elections, bulga-2330, singleton-2330
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NSW voters want a ban on coal seam gas and more of the state's energy to come from renewable sources, according to the ABC's Vote Compass survey.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, environmental-policy, national-parks, nsw
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Benjamin Netanyahu has won a surprise victory in Israel's election.
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Topics: world-politics, elections, israel
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Roads Minister, Duncan Gay, has committed the Liberals and Nationals to a $205 million road package for the Upper Hunter if the Coalition is re-elected.
Topics: elections, road-transport, singleton-2330, muswellbrook-2333, anna-bay-2316, stockton-2295
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| UpdatedA high school worth $26 million will be built in Bungendore if the Labor Party wins the upcoming New South Wales election.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, schools, elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, bungendore-2621, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedBoth major parties announce $300 million hospital plans for Sydney, with the Coalition wanting to build a new hospital at Rouse Hill while Labor promises an upgrade of Concord Hospital.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, health-policy, health, nationals, political-parties, liberals, alp, sydney-2000, nsw, rouse-hill-2155, concord-2137, strathfield-2135, drummoyne-2047
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There are different theories as to why the Zionist Union failed to achieve greater traction against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, but whatever the outcome, the questions for Israel's next prime minister are as vexed as they come.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, elections
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| UpdatedFind out where the parties stand on some of the key issues ahead of the NSW election.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, nsw
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Labor is promising to introduce a five-year funding guarantee for the Hunter Women's Centre in Newcastle if elected next week.
Topics: womens-health, alp, elections, newcastle-2300