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Hundreds infected by Ross River Fever virus after mosquito onslaught in Sydney ...

A rampant summer of Ross River fever is set to extend into autumn, with high tides and predicted warm weather expected to cause a fresh outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in time for the Easter holidays. The virus has infected NSW residents at a rate ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Baird announces new hospital for Sydney northwest

Having ignored North West Sydney for 16 years, they still have no plans, and no funding, to provide the health care this important region needs.” He said the privatisation, which he called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” would provide an additional ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Three CSG licences cancelled in Sydney water ...

He said if Labor was elected it would introduce an immediate state-wide moratorium on CSG exploration licences and a permanent ban on designated "no go" areas including the North Coast and the "special areas" of the Sydney water catchment. >> view original

No Vivid Festival for North Sydney despite long-running campaign

Vivid Sydney was launched today by NSW Premier Mike Baird but there was no mention of any installations in North Sydney, despite a campaign to expand the popular festival in the suburb. Neither the northside harbour foreshores or the North Sydney CBD ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Baird promises more doctors, nurses at Liberals' western ...

There will be 3,500 more frontline hospital staff if the Coalition is re-elected in New South Wales, Premier Mike Baird has announced. At a Liberal campaign launch in Sydney, Mr Baird said 2,100 extra nurses and midwives, 700 doctors and 300 allied ... >> view original

Uber Sydney Blasts Registered Users, Asks Them To Complain To NSW ...

It's no secret that Uber Sydney and the NSW Government don't see eye-to-eye. Now Uber is trying to get its users to fight the battle for it by contacting candidates ahead of the upcoming State Election. Uber Sydney blasted an email out to its ... >> view original

The Tony Abbott factor: what western Sydney voters really think about the PM

... selection of the words chosen by western Sydney voters to describe how they feel about Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Focus groups conducted exclusively for Fairfax Media last week reveal the depth of dissatisfaction with Mr Abbott among a key bloc of ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: No Land Tax party's plan to increase GST

NSW now has the nation's second lowest unemployment rate and according to one estimate Sydney's economy grew at its fastest rate for 14 years in 2013-14. The Coalition has adopted policies to boost new home building which has become a key growth ... >> view original

NSW state election 2015: Luke Foley pledges $4.3m for train security

Mr Foley dismissed the promise as "too little too late", saying in the four years the government has been in power, there have been 460 shootings in suburban Sydney. "[Despite] a plague of gun crime in Western Sydney … we see a panicked announcement" ... >> view original

NSW election 2015: Premier Mike Baird's office sought to influence critical ...

Labor and the union movement are opposed to the proposed privatisation, but the government has highlighted a Deloitte Access Economics report that suggested the infrastructure flowing from the proceeds could increase NSW gross state product by $30.9 ... >> view original