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| UpdatedSydney Roosters prop Martin Kennedy has been provisionally suspended from the NRL over drug allegations.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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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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| 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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Geoff Toovey believes Manly's home ground advantage will account for the Bulldogs as Des Hasler returns to Brookvale Oval.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, manly-2095, nsw, australia
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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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The role of carers within the mental health sector in regional and rural communities will be examined in a research project led by the 2015 Kevin Sheridan Scholarship winner.
Topics: agricultural-policy, rural, mental-health, nsw, sydney-2000
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Kevin Sheridan Scholarship winner Victoria Pilbeam told Michael Condon she plans to study the role of carers in helping those with mental illness in rural areas.
Topics: rural-media, rural, agricultural-policy, mental-health, nsw, sydney-2000
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Topics: rural-media, agricultural-policy, rural, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedBrumbies flanker David Pocock has been named on the bench for the Brumbies' Super Rugby battle against the Waratahs.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, canberra-2600, act, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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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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| UpdatedKumar Sangakkara has farewelled ODI cricket, disappointed with a WC exit but happy with Sri Lanka's place in the game.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, sri-lanka, south-africa
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The three Mata'utia brothers have signed to remain with Newcastle for another three NRL seasons.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, newcastle-2300, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedWendy Tuck will be the first Australian female sailor to skipper a boat in the gruelling Clipper Round the World yacht race.
Topics: sailing, other-sports, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAB de Villiers says South Africa proved its World Cup detractors wrong after comfortably beating Sri Lanka.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, sri-lanka, south-africa
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A new health deal designed to speed up waiting lists for surgery is signed by New South Wales and ACT authorities.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, bega-2550
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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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| UpdatedRoosters prop Martin Kennedy is set to be provisionally suspended from the NRL ahead of an anti-doping tribunal hearing.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedNorfolk Island residents will have to pay income tax and their parliament will be replaced with a local council under a $136 million plan signed off on by Federal Cabinet.
Topics: federal-government, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, norfolk-island, norfolk-island-2899, dubbo-2830, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Africa won its first ever knock-out match in cricket World Cup history, beating Sri Lanka by nine wickets.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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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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Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy speaks to Grandstand’s Peter Wilkins on the 10th anniversary of Sydney FC about a wide range of Australian football issues.
Topics: sport, soccer, sydney-2000, nsw, 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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South Sydney star John Sutton is set to miss six weeks of action after fracturing his jaw against the Roosters.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-south-2000, nsw, australia
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Dale Steyn of South Africa celebrates after taking the wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Quarter Final match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on March 18, 2015.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia