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The Attorney-General has approved the request. "Bankstown Airport has been deemed unsuitable due to the large amount of aviation traffic and distance from the fire grounds, so the Australian Government is happy to assist in any way we can," Mr McClelland...
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The introduction of power-assisted bicycles such as the increasingly popular electrical bicycles will introduce another level of complexity in the potentially lethal mix of road users. Electrical bike commuters have the choice of negotiating the traffic...
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Clark, overlooked for next week's first Test against the West Indies, will lead his state for the first time in first-class cricket, although he did captain the Blues during their pre-season trip to Lismore. He will take over from Simon Katich, who will...
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NSW ahead of extreme temperatures, tinder dry conditions and strong winds forecast for the next two days. About 250 firefighters were this morning battling to contain 29 bush and grassfires across the state. Two of them, in north-western NSW, were causing...
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Kiama will be training Contours operators from across the State in the coming months after it was named the NSW training studio. After just 18 months in operation, Contours Kiama owners Yolonda and Javier Ayuso will provide training for new Contours gym...
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IN A landmark case for punters, the controversial betting exchange Betfair claims it is suffering a ''discriminatory burden of a protectionist kind'' in the form of a 1.5 per cent turnover tax imposed on it by Racing NSW.
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Public health hung out to dry..."There is a big difference between animals slaughtered in an abatoir with an inspector present, and a kangaroo shot in the bush," says a former NSW chief food inspector. Photo: Paul Harris THE kangaroo meat industry's...
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The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Department of Education and Training will cut 957 school office maintenance positions to fill a $127 million budget black hole, the union says. Earlier this year, the PSA won a pay increase of 12 per cent...
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Police chief at a two-man station at Marian, near Mackay, Feldman has arrived in Brisbane for the cherished occasion of his fast-bowling son Luke making his first-class debut for Queensland against the West Indies at Allan Border Field today. "It will...
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NSW and 249 in Victoria could have poker machine revenues slashed if the draft recommendations of a report into gambling by the Productivity Commission are implemented. According to industry consultant Graeme Campbell, the recommended changes to how poker...
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