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• Large fire in Liverpool shops brought under control

  

  Large fire in Liverpool shops brought under control in Sydney's south-westUpdatedNovember 22, 2015 00:54:47 An intense fire burning inside a discount goods store in Sydney's south-west has been brought under control.About 85 firefighters worked to stop the blaze spreading to neighbouring shops at a suburban shopping centre in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon.Firefighters said two people were treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns.New South Wales Fire Commissioner Greg Mullins said the p..

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• Defence bus accident: Five ADFA cadets seriously injured after bus...

  

  Defence bus accident: Five ADFA cadets seriously injured after bus rolls near GoulburnUpdatedNovember 22, 2015 00:02:44 Five officer cadets and midshipmen from the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) have been seriously injured in a bus accident near Goulburn in southern New South Wales, the Defence Department says.Key pointsFive ADFA cadets seriously injured in bus accident near Goulburn30 injured in total; one person's injuries "very serious"Bus rolled over near Windellama shortly afte..

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• Cathay Pacific to make first cargo flight from Australia's food bowl

  

  A Cathay Pacific 747-800 freighter will make its first flight from regional Australia on Monday.Photo: BloombergHong Kong airline, Cathay Pacific, will make its first cargo flight to regional Australia on Monday to fly produce directly from the country's food bowl to China.The flight will take off from Wellcamp Airport, built near Toowoomba by the BRW Rich List members the Wagner family.Cathay Pacific's south-west Pacific general manager, Nelson Chin, said the company was "excited" about the tri..

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• Colouring the Rainbow: Book shares perspectives of Aboriginal...

  

  Colouring the Rainbow: Book shares perspectives of Aboriginal LGBTIQ communityPostedNovember 22, 2015 09:53:24 Opinions like that of Rugby League player turned boxer Anthony Mundine that Aboriginality and homosexuality do not mix will be challenged by a new book, contributors say.More than 20 people have provided life stories and essays to Colouring the Rainbow: Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives.Editor Dr Dino Hodge said the groundbreaking book builds on a 1994 essay examining the prospects ..

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• Four arrested at Reclaim Australia rally - Yahoo7

  

  VideoReclaim Australia rallies throughout AustraliaFour men have been arrested at a Reclaim Australia rally in Melbourne, including one who's accused of attacking a police horse.The 29-year-old was subdued with capsicum spray.Four people have been arrested at a Reclaim Australia rally in Victoria, including one man who allegedly attacked a police horse. Photo: AAPPolice said a 44-year-old man was also arrested for possessing a weapon, while two more men, aged 22 and 44, were taken into custody f..

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• Jones looks forward to Wallabies clash

  

  Eddie Jones has insisted there will be no conflict of loyalties when he coaches England against his native Australia for the first time next year.Jones was in charge of the Wallabies when they lost the 2003 World Cup final to England in Sydney.But on Friday he became England’s new head coach after Stuart Lancaster stepped down following the team’s group stage exit at the World Cup — the worst performance by a host nation in the tournament’s history.Jones’s first match in charge of England will b..

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• Instructor dead, 14yo critically injured after skydiving accident in...

  

  Instructor dead, 14yo critically injured after skydiving accident in GoulburnUpdatedNovember 22, 2015 00:43:38 A man has died and a 14-year-old boy has been critically injured after a tandem skydiving accident at Goulburn Airport in southern New South Wales.The pair was undertaking a tandem skydive from 10,000 to 12,000 feet just before 2:00pm (AEDT) on Saturday, when the pair crashed into the ground.The instructor died at the scene.Adrenaline Skydiving chief instructor Yaakov Bokay said his..

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• Australian surfers stay out of the sea as great whites terrorise town

  

  Darren Rogers’s living room is full of surfboards, but it is all he can do to get back in the water. The first time he tried, he looked down at his submerged legs and had a flashback of fellow surfer Tadashi Nakahara’s horrific injuries.Rogers is haunted by his final moments with the man he tried to keep alive after a catastrophic encounter with agreat white shark. It severed both of Nakahara’s legs, the kind of injury that Rogers knew could only be inflicted by the ocean’s apex predator, “as bi..

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• Sunday Brunch with Phil Scott

  

  Sunday Brunch with Phil Scott 22/11/2015 , 12:05 PM by Georgia Bateman Cabaret artist, Phil Scott, is currently performing in “Reviewing the Situation” at the Hayes Theatre, which is a celebration of the life of Lionel Bart. Doing Sunday Brunch with Simon, Phil Scott recalls his early days performing at the Tilbury. He also reflects back when Robin Nevin asked him to write a Revue, to be performed after th..

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• Gaywaves: Remembering the early days of gay radio

  

  Hosts of the groundbreaking gay and lesbian radio program Gaywaves will share their stories from the show’s early days, during a special discussion panel at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) on November 25.They will be joined by the NFSA preservation team in charge of digitising hundreds of episodes of Sydney’s first LGBTI radio show – which went to air at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in New South Wales. In the 1970s, when community radio was in its infan..

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