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• NSW heatwave: Sydney reaches second hottest November day on record - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  NSW heatwave: Sydney reaches second hottest November day on recordUpdatedNovember 20, 2015 17:06:49 Sydney has recorded its second hottest November day with temperatures reaching 40.9 Celsius at 3:05pm, as heatwave conditions grip much of New South Wales.By 1:20pm, Penrith, in the city's west, reached 40.5C while the Observatory Hill weather station recorded 40.7C by 2:40pm.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said westerly winds pushed temperatures up by 7C in just 10 minutes in the city.The BoM..

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• Kimba officials take nuclear fact-finding mission to Lucas Heights...

  

  Kimba officials take nuclear fact-finding mission to Lucas Heights after toxic dump short listingPostedNovember 20, 2015 15:17:06 Officials from Kimba, the tiny town home to two possible sites for a radioactive waste dump in South Australia, have visited Australia's only nuclear reactor in Sydney.Mayor Dean Johnson was among the small group of five people to be shown the reactor and waste facility at Lucas Heights, southwest of Sydney's centre."We feel the tour has provided us now with a muc..

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• A Eulogy For A Once-Cool City: Sydney Is Now Just A Giant Fireball - Pedestrian TV

  

  We make jokes a lot here atPEDESTRIAN.TV, but this is no fucking laughing matter.We write this article from a pool of our own sweat, desperately sipping room temperature (READ: boiling) water like it's gonna make a damn bit of difference, and crying about why we chose to live in this godforsaken country.#SydneyHeatis grippingNew South Wales, with much of its citizenship bending to the overwhelming urge to scream 'FUCK THIS SHIT' and book flights toAntarcticaorRussia, or anywhere that has an ice ..

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• Jason Day tipped to win inaugural Greg Normal Medal

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Scott sets early pace at MastersTournament favourite Adam Scott will take a one-stroke lead into the second round of the Australian Masters at Huntingdale.PT1M30S620349Jason Day will start the short-priced favourite to be named  Australian golf's Greg Norman medallist after the eight nominees were finalised ahead of the inaugural awards on the Gold Coast in the first week of December.The awards will be the start of what the PGA of Australia hope to be a week-long 'fes..

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• Grass fire closes Hume Highway at Goulburn amid high...

  

  Grass fire closes Hume Highway at Goulburn amid high temperatures and strong windsUpdatedNovember 20, 2015 17:24:17 Crews fighting a grass fire at Goulburn in New South Wales which has closed the Hume Highway in both directions are beginning to gain the upper hand.Traffic diversions have been in place between the Federal Highway and Goulburn, 80 kilometres north of Canberra since the fire jumped the highway shortly after 1:00pm.The Rural Fire Service (RFS) issued a watch and act notice but h..

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• WestConnex construction costs blow out by more than $1 billion...

  

  WestConnex construction costs blow out by more than $1 billion, business case showsPostedNovember 20, 2015 13:55:57 An updated business case for the WestConnex motorway shows that construction costs have blown out by more than $1 billion and it will cost motorists up to $14 to take a return trip.The business case, which was released by the New South Wales Government, puts the cost of the 33 kilometre toll road at $16.8 billion - $1.4 billion more than at the last estimate in the June budget...

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• Australians at war

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Thousands attend Melbourne dawn serviceMelburnians braved wet conditions to attend the Anzac Day centenary commemorative service at the Shrine of Remembrance.PT2M56S620349If I were to make a film about Australians at the end of World War II it would be set in the Japanese coastal town of Ohama. In the Ohama coal mine, which  stretched out beneath the sea, Australian prisoners of war worked side by side with Japanese civilians. Everyone knew the war was entering the fi..

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• Man imprisoned for historical sex assaults at Bombo and Bomaderry

  

  Man imprisoned for historical sex assaults at Bombo and BomaderryPostedNovember 20, 2015 15:37:00 A man has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for raping two women on the New South Wales South Coast, 20 years ago.Christopher Morris sexually assaulted the women at train stations in Bombo and Bomaderry, in 1996 and 1997.The 54-year-old pleaded guilty to the charges after police took his DNA for an unrelated matter in December last year.In Sydney District Court, Morris was sentence..

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• Is it a potato cake or potato scallop? One of Australia's greatest...

  Is it a potato cake or potato scallop? One of Australia’s greatest debates. Picture: Nicole ClearyPOTATO cake or potato scallop? Devon or stras?This could very well be Australia’s biggest debate, sparking furious disagreement between Victorians and their New South Wales counterparts for years.But who is actually right?According to a Melbourne University researcher, we all are.I know, I know, not quite the victory you had in mind, but Dr Jill Vaughan says different words have become part of each ..

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• Media Watch Dog: Media Fool of the Week: Mike Seccombe on...

  

  ● THE CHASER’S HUMOUR GOES DOWN THE TOILET IN A ROYAL FLUSHDid anyone see The Chaser Boys (average age 40 ½) starring in The Media Circus on ABC1 last night? The “Boys” in the program credits included such middle-aged gentlemen as Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen, Chas Licciardello and Julian Morrow.[When, oh when, will the Chaser team give a sheila a chance? — MWD Ed.]It seems that the Chaser Boys’ humour is regressing rapidly. Last night it was junior primary school of the pees-and-poos variety...

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