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  Chefs prepare batches of dumplings at New Shanghai's flagship.Photo: Cole BennettsTerry DurackLove a menu that lists takeaway boxes at 20 cents a pop. It's such a massive vote of confidence that diners will want to take home the leftovers. But that is so not going to happen at the new New Shanghai, because no matter how much I tell myself not to eat all the pan-fried pork and crab buns, I do.The shen jian bao ($15.50) are just so good; so warm and homely and roly-poly; so crusty-bottomed and flu..

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• Sydney: Possible showers return overnight - ABC New South Wales - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

  

  Sydney: Possible showers return overnight 10/11/2015 , 5:22 PM by Graham Creed The dry and sunny days are coming to an end for Sydney as a southerly wind change brings cloud overnight with possible light showers developing and continuing into Wednesday morning. By Thursday a trough over the inland of the state deepens and this will bring the potential for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorm..

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• Hunter Valley helicopter crash: Richard and Carolyn Green, John...

  

  Hunter Valley helicopter crash: Richard and Carolyn Green, John Davis 'were deeply committed to the environment'UpdatedNovember 10, 2015 16:34:28 Three people killed in a helicopter crash in the New South Wales Hunter Valley have been remembered as committed and passionate contributors to the environmental movement in Australia.The bodies of Sydney couple Richard and Carolyn Green and passenger John Davis were found among the helicopter wreckage in mountainous terrain, south of Cessnock, in ..

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• Teenage boy found chained to bed in Sydney home - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Teenage boy found chained to bed in Sydney homeUpdatedNovember 10, 2015 18:39:32 A 16-year-old boy, who is understood to have an intellectual disability, has been found chained to a bed at a property at Blacktown in Sydney's west.Officers were called to the Mort Street property about midday after a charity worker, who attended the home, found the 16-year-old chained to a bed inside.The boy was freed by emergency services and taken to Westmead Hospital for observation.Police Inspector Maureen..

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• German Shepherd “blitzes” put bite on Sydney train graffiti vandals - Government News

  

  Not a German Shepherd, but still keen to bust.Transit authorities and local councils have for years been looking to all manner of new high tech electronic sensors to detect graffiti vandals, but in New South Wales it’s the humble four legged hound that’s become the Transport Minister’s new best friend.Transport for New South Wales on Tuesday paraded seven of its sniffing sentinels that have been put to work nosing out illegal spray painters who target trains and rail facilities, with Transport a..

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• Former union official Derrick Belan denies fraud allegations at royal...

  

  Former union official Derrick Belan used official credit card for tattoo, dating services, but denies fraudUpdatedNovember 10, 2015 19:46:31 A former union official has admitted using his union credit card to get a tattoo depicting his parents on his leg, saying he believed the money had been taken back out of his wages.Derrick Belan, the former NSW branch secretary of the National Union of Workers (NUW), has told the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption he had not com..

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• Five years between full-time study and full-time work, research finds

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Are young people slack, or are there too few jobs?Labor MP Amanda Rishworth discusses youth unemployment and training with Online political editor Chris Hammer.PT8M3S620349Amelia Ivers was dux of her high school, holds a bachelor degree from the University of New South Wales and a masters from the University of Sydney. This week, aged 30, she got her first permanent full-time job.Ms Ivers is far from the exception; she is the rule, according to a report released on Tu..

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• Boof puts Burns, Khawaja on notice

  Even though his team completed an emphatic first Test win and face searing heat for the start of their next match in Perth, coach Darren Lehmann is planning to work his players hard on the training track over coming days at the WACA Ground.Lehmann identified shortcomings in the Australians’ bowling in the first Test at the Gabba which they completed yesterday with a 208-run victory with two sessions to spare.The national coach also claimed that further work was needed to sharpen his team’s ..

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• Man killed during 80km/h shopping trolley ride in Randwick

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Man 'catapulted' in shopping trolley crashPolice say two men were thrown from a shopping trolley when it collided with a car in Randwick, leaving one man dead and another critically injured. Courtesy ABC News 24.PT1M48S620349A Swedish man who was joyriding in a shopping trolley down a steep road in Sydney's east overnight died when the out-of-control trolley struck a car at high speed and the man was catapulted into the gutter, police say.The man's friend, who is also..

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• Atlassian prospectus reveals US IPO plan

  

  Australian software maker Atlassian has filed initial public offering documents in the United States, revealing annual revenue has surged to $US320 million ($454 million) and its decision to trade under the ticker name, "TEAM", on the Nasdaq stock exchange.The preliminary prospectus filed on Monday is the first official confirmation that the privately owned Atlassian intends to sell shares to the public and list on the huge American stock market.The deal is in line to become the largest IPO by a..

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