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South Sydney duo Dylan Walker and Luke Keary to press NSW State of Origin ...

South Sydney duo Dylan Walker and Luke Keary will be given a chance to make a late push for State of Origin selection after being named to play St George Illawarra in round nine of the NRL. Former Kangaroos centre Walker and fellow NSW hopeful Keary ... >> view original

Surge in flu cases in NSW prompts cruise ship warning

NSW Health has recorded a 140 per cent spike in flu cases compared with the average for this time period over the past four years, with nearly 1350 cases so far this year. University of Sydney immunisation and infectious diseases expert Robert Booy ... >> view original

NSW Swifts beat Melbourne Vixens 67-43 at Sydney's Super Dome, giving ...

Swifts climbed above defending champions Vixens into third in the Australian conference with a crushing 67-43 loss on a record-setting Sunday afternoon at Sydney's Super Dome. A crowd of 10,370 eclipsed the previous competition regular season ... >> view original

Australia Storm Hammers Sydney, New South Wales; 3 Dead, Hundreds ...

A slow-moving storm has hammered parts of eastern Australia's New South Wales province with damaging winds and destructive flooding, and some Sydney residents have been urged to evacuate. The BBC reported that three people were found dead in the ... >> view original

Annastacia Palaszczuk asks Queenslanders to donate to flood recovery

The state emergency service (SES) said it received about 200 calls for help overnight on Saturday, mainly because of flash flooding in Coffs Harbour, the Hunter and north Sydney. On the NSW north coast on Saturday, a six-year-old boy died after being ... >> view original

Saif Jouda shot dead in Sydney's west months after moving from Palestine

It took Saif Jouda two years to get the visa needed to move from Palestine to Australia to be with his fiancee. And then three months after he finally arrived, the 23-year-old was dead, shot a number of times after he answered the door to his Horsley ... >> view original

Rain-damaged construction hole threatens apartment blocks in Sydney's west

The job was one of more than 1000 the SES had responded to since 7pm on Thursday as wild weather hit Queensland and New South Wales, fatally sweeping three cars off the road north of Brisbane and killing a six-year-old boy at South Ballina. More than ... >> view original

Sydney and northern New South Wales face more heavy rain, Bureau of ...

Manager of the bureau's NSW Weather Services, Andrew Treloar said Sydney could be affected by this weather event. "Current guidance suggests that Sydney is likely to be on the fringe of this event," Mr Treloar told 702 ABC Sydney. "However, we're alert ... >> view original

Sydney storms: NSW bracing for MORE rain as another low 'could form' this week

Meteorologist Don White said last week's storm was unprecedented for NSW — a 48-hour hammering of wind and rain throughout the Hunter, Central Coast and parts of northern Sydney. Maitland, one of the worst-hit areas, copped more than 400mm of rain ... >> view original

Sydney hail storm: Severe thunderstorm warnings cancelled for NSW, ACT after ...

The hail caused five warehouses to collapse in Western Sydney. Fire and Rescue New South Wales said the buildings in Huntingwood had half-a-metre of hail on their roofs, with the weight of the hail causing the buildings to collapse. Specialist crews ... >> view original