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• Sydney: Warm sticky Friday ahead on mild weekend

  

  Sydney: Warm sticky Friday ahead on mild weekend. 05/11/2015 , 5:29 PM by Graham Creed Overnight thundery showers should clear early and northerly winds will combine with a moist atmosphere for a rather warm and sticky day to end the week with mostly sunny conditions. A southerly change will cross Sydney by dawn Saturday with a mostly overcast and milder weekend and although the potential of showers increases they should be light and isolated and less likely on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday should return to sunnier skies and warmer temperatures ahead of the next trough bringing unsettled conditio..

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• Sam Burgess returns to South Sydney Rabbitohs in NRL following unhappy stint in rugby union - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Sam Burgess returns to South Sydney Rabbitohs in NRL following unhappy stint in rugby unionUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 10:55:45 Sam Burgess has confirmed he is returning to South Sydney in the NRL, having signed a three-year deal with the Rabbitohs.Burgess quit rugby league after helping the Rabbitohs break a 43-year premiership drought in 2014 and moved to rugby union.But the 26-year-old enjoyed an unhappy stint in the 15-man code after taking part in England's recent ill-fated Rugby World Cup campaign.Burgess, who earned five England Test caps and played for Bath in the English rugby union premiership, has signed with the Rabbitohs through to the end of the 2018 NRL season.The move will s..

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• Sydney Weather: Heavy rain, hail, storms expected | NSW Weather

  

  Huge shelf cloud rolls over Sydney0:15This video filmed in Coogee shows a huge shelf cloud rolling into Sydney. Courtesy: Instagram/ktdollfaceThat’s not a wave, it’s clouds and rain rolling over Bondi. Picture: Julia Wheeler PhotographyTHERE’S nothing like a massive thunderstorm to send social media users into a frenzy.And this one looks spectacular.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for large hailstones, heavy rainfall and damaging winds across coastal New South Wales but a flood of incredible pictures has already hit Twitter as the storm rolls over Sydney.BoM is warning that the storms are likely to produce large hailstones, heavy rainfall that may lead to f..

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• Sydney nurse who took explicit photo of patient under anaesthetic still practising in NSW - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Sydney nurse who took explicit photo of patient under anaesthetic still practising in NSWUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 11:57:55 Sydney school teacher Breanna (not her real name) checked into a private hospital for routine gynaecological surgery late last year and a few days later, the surgeon rang with the good news that she did not have cancer.But the doctor from Norwest Private Hospital in Sydney's north-west had another bombshell.She told Breanna one of the nurses had taken an explicit photo of her while she was under anaesthetic."I felt like my world was exploding. I felt I was in great peril that this photo was going to destroy my life, my career and that my son would find out," she said..

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• Chinese-led hotel boom to drive next wave of tourism investment

  

  Hotels continue to ride the wave of a boom in tourism, especially from ChinaTamara VoninskiAccor Australia boss Simon McGrath says the record performance of Australia's hotel sector over the past 12 months cements tourism as one of the country's "super-growth sectors" and will drive a fresh wave of investment into hotels and tourism-related infrastructure.Figures from leading researchers STR Global show hotel occupancies in Sydney and Melbourne averaged a record 88 per cent over the 12 months to September as visitor numbers to Australia hit a record 7.1 million, according to Austrade and Tourism Research Australia.Over the past 12 months, a night in a Sydney hotel averaged $233, up from $205..

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• LIVE: Rain halts NSW-Vic clash at SCG

  

  NSW reached 0-27 before rain ended play on the first day of their Sheffield Shield match with Victoria at the SCG.After a damp pitch delayed the start of the game by almost three hours, play was called off again after 9.5 overs with Blues openers Ed Cowan (20) and Ryan Carters (5) both unbeaten, with the umpires calling stumps.Victorian paceman Peter Siddle, overlooked for the Australian team for the first Test against New Zealand, was economical in his opening spell with 0-10 off five overs.After being dropped for the Gabba Test and relieved of 12th man duties, the 30-year-old was released to play with the Bushrangers.The Victorians suffered a blow when paceman John Hastings was a late..

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• Businessman denies conflict of interest in paying for surveillance of...

  

  Businessman denies conflict of interest in paying for surveillance of union boss' ex-partner, royal commission hearsBy Nicole ChettleUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 17:09:12 The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption in Sydney has heard a businessman paid $17,000 for surveillance to be carried out on the former partner of a union boss and he believed the deal posed no conflict of interest.The commission is investigating whether Derrick Belan received any "corrupt commission or reward" when he was the New South Wales branch Secretary of the National Union of Workers (NUW).The hearing was told that in 2014, Derrick Belan was worried about his child's safety."[Mr Belan] believ..

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• Harriet Wran, Neville Wran's daughter, pleads not guilty to...

  

  Harriet Wran, Neville Wran's daughter, pleads not guilty to murdering drug dealer Daniel McNultyBy Michelle BrownUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 13:10:53 Harriet Wran, the daughter of former New South Wales premier Neville Wran, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a drug dealer in Sydney.Wran, 27, and two co-accused will go on trial in June next year after all formally entered pleas of not guilty today.Wran, Michael Lee and Lloyd Edward Haines appeared before the Sydney Supreme Court by videolink from prison.They are charged with the murder of drug dealer Daniel McNulty at Redfern, in Sydney's inner-west, in August last year.It is understoodWran had been living on the streets and battling a..

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• Pair accused of stabbing to death NSW central coast teen Kieran...

  Pair accused of stabbing to death NSW central coast teen Kieran Priestland plead not guiltyBy Michelle BrownPostedNovember 06, 2015 12:20:23 Two people accused of the murder of a New South Wales central coast teenager in February last year have pleaded not guilty in the Sydney Supreme Court.Kieran Priestland, who was 18, died from a stab wound to the chest — inflicted at a house in Niagara Park.Andrew Perkins, then 18, and Rachel Manevski, then 20, were arrested at the house and later charged with murder.Manevski has also pleaded not guilty to an alternative charge of assisting Perkins after the killing.Both were remanded in custody for a five-week trial in the Newcastle Supreme Court ..

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• SouthCoast oyster farmer recognised for setting up direct-to...

  

  South Coast oyster farmer recognised for setting up direct-to-restaurant cooperativeUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 14:31:21 A South Coast oyster farmer has been recognised for establishing a direct-to-restaurant cooperative that aims to promote regional oyster flavours and farmers of New South Wales.Batemans Bay oyster farmer Ewan McAsh talks about oysters like winemakers talk about wine.Each product has its own regional flavour, carefully cultivated by the farmer with traits imparted from the growing environment."My oysters are the sauvignon blanc of the South Coast with subtle flavours, a bit mineral and salty but not strong flavoured; they're really fresh," he said."We get bold flavours nea..

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