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  • Scores suffer suspected food poisoning after visiting bakery in ...

    Scores suffer suspected food poisoning after visiting bakery in ...
    Scores suffer suspected food poisoning after visiting bakery in Sydney's south Updated January 26, 2016 11:37:22 More than a dozen people have been hospitalised after an apparent outbreak of food poisoning connected with a bakery in Sydney's south.New South Wales Health said 40 people had gone to hospital since Saturday after consuming food believed to be from the Box Village Bakery, which is located in a shopping strip on the corner of Box Road and Corea Street, Sylvan..
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  • The internet is having a field day with Louis Tomlinson's baby name.

    The internet is having a field day with Louis Tomlinson's baby name.
    The internet is having a field day with Louis Tomlinson’s baby name.WHEN celebrities welcome a new bub into the world, the internet is waiting, armed with Photoshop and a Twitter account, ready to respond to the crazy name the child is given.One Direction star Louis Tomlinson’s bub is no exception.The 24-year-old singer became a first-time father over the weekend, and when reports started circulating that Tomlinson and US stylist Briana Jungwirth had settled on the name “Sydney Rain”, so did t..
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  • Statistics reveal widespread gun ownership across Sydney

    Statistics reveal widespread gun ownership across Sydney
    New statistics have revealed there are tens of thousands of guns registered across the Sydney region.Almost one million weapons are now registered in New South Wales.Over 5300 guns are registered with police in Campbelltown – five for every licence. In Chester Hill near Bankstown, there are approximately 4500 guns, while there are 4600 in neighbouring Liverpool.More than 4600 are registered in Seven Hills and Blacktown, compared to 1000 in Sydney CBD.Curl Curl and Dee Why on the Northern Beach..
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  • Teen charged in Australia with terrorism offences

    Teen charged in Australia with terrorism offences
    Teen charged in Australia with terrorism offences Sydney (AFP) - Australian authorities have charged a teenager with collecting documents that could facilitate terrorist acts, officials said Tuesday.The 18-year-old from the western Sydney suburb of Guildford was arrested late Monday and charged with "three counts of collecting documents likely to facilitate terrorist acts", the New South Wales joint counter-terrorism team said.Officials did not release further details about the case.Canbe..
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  • Australia Day Honours 2016: the full list

    Australia Day Honours 2016: the full list
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. 2016 Australians of the Year honoured This year's recipients include Professor Gordian Fulde, Dr Catherine Keenan, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett. PT2M49S 620 349 COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONDr Susan Marie ALBERTI AO, Wheelers Hill, Vic Advertisement For eminent service to the community, particularly through philanthropic and fundraising support for a range of medical research, education and sporting organisations, as an advocate for ..
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  • Sydney vacancy rate set to spike?

    Sydney vacancy rate set to spike?
    While it currently sits at what most would think is an acceptable level, the coming months could see an increase in Sydney’s vacancy rate according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW). The latest figures from the REINSW show that Sydney’s city-wide vacancy rate increased 0.4% to 2.1% during December. The monthly increase was driven by a seasonal change in vacancies in the city’s middle suburbs, where the vacancy rate rose by 0.7% to 2.4%. The vacan..
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  • Laver and Hewitt among hundreds named on Australia Day honours ...

    Laver and Hewitt among hundreds named on Australia Day honours ...
    Included in the list are 604 recipients of awards in the Order of Australia category for service across a broad range of fields including sport, music, science and community work. A further 209 Australians are recognised through meritorious and military awards. Australian tennis great Rod Laver is appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to the sport. Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks..
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  • Performing arts flair and community service earn honours

    Performing arts flair and community service earn honours
    Mike Mullins has been heavily involved in the performing arts field for 30 years and has been recognised on the Australia Day Honours list. Picture: Paul LoughnanA DESIRE to be creative has ensured a colourful few decades for Mike Mullins, from being arrested in the early ’80s to spending three weeks caged up at a zoo. But his flair for the performing arts has led to a far greater accolade for the 64-year-old, who was today named a recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia.The Craigieburn m..
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  • Comment: 'Our differences make us the same' - Australia Day ...

    Comment: 'Our differences make us the same' - Australia Day ...
    If you were to drill a hole, right under Sydney to the other side of the world, you would come out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between two sets of Portuguese Islands - the Azores and Madeira. My family, migrated from Madeira. It’s a magnificently beautiful volcanic island which towers out of the sea. Forests and flowers cover its often mist topped mountains, which feed ‘levadas’ or irrigation systems snaking their way around the island. They lead to a glorious amphitheatre whe..
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  • Tamworth town crier retires following Australia Day proclamation

    Tamworth town crier retires following Australia Day proclamation
    Tamworth town crier retires following Australia Day proclamation Posted January 26, 2016 09:48:17 It is an old tradition that is alive and well in Tamworth.But the northern New South Wales town is looking for someone new to fill the role, as Errol Bourne bows out after delivering his final address to the city as part of its Australia Day civic ceremony on Tuesday.Hanging up his hat and bell after 14 years in the role, Mr Bourne paid tribute to the people of Tamworth, ..
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Tony Abbott is not going away, will re-contest his seat .Fireworks expected during WBBL final .
Sydney weather: BoM issues severe thunderstorm warning for NSW .Sydney weather: Severe thunderstorm warning for city's north .

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