Monday, March 7, 2016

NSW public service promises flexible work hours by 2019 and other top stories.

  • NSW public service promises flexible work hours by 2019

    NSW public service promises flexible work hours by 2019 Updated March 08, 2016 13:57:02 Premier Mike Baird has used an International Women's Day breakfast to announce the New South Wales public service has promised to offer flexible working hours to all senior staff by 2019. Key points:Mike Baird says workforce culture has to changeAnnounces NSW public service will have "100 per cent" flexible working hours by 2019Experts say move will help both men and women The anno..
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  • Woman dies in suspicious house fire in Lalor Park

    Woman dies in suspicious house fire in Lalor Park
    Woman dies in suspicious house fire in Lalor Park Updated March 08, 2016 12:20:54 Homicide police have been called in to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in a house fire at Lalor Park in western Sydney. Key points:Body of 42-year-old woman found inside burnt-out home on Monday eveningPolice say fire is suspicious and Homicide Squad is investigatingAnyone who may have information urged to come forward Neighbours said they tried to help the..
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  • Gunman dead, three freed after triple shooting

    Gunman dead, three freed after triple shooting
    Three people have been seen leaving a Sydney industrial business after during ... New South Wales Ambulance said it received reports of a shooting at about ...
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  • Chlorine leak in New South Wales factory sends 43 workers to ...

    Chlorine leak in New South Wales factory sends 43 workers to ...
    A chemical leak in a Newcastle factory on Monday morning caused the hospitalisation of more than 40 employees and evacuation of another 200 workers. Fire and Rescue New South Wales traced the source to a chlorine leak at the Baiada Poultry factory in Beresfield, Newcastle. The leak was reported at around 8:30 am as a number of workers reacted to it and had to be rushed to three different hospitals in the region. The chlorine is used to clean the factory’s processing equipment. Brett Drotty, dut..
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  • A window of opportunity for the pollies

    As a snapshot of householders’ attitudes to electricity supply on the east coast, it’s not bad: “My bill has gone up but my lights aren’t shining any brighter than they were 10 years ago.”This quip (by a customer) comes from a paper published in the journal Economic Analysis and Policy by two AGL Energy managers, Fiona Orton and Tim Nelson. Reading the essay points me to a reason why many in the eastern Australian mass market find electricity supply so irritating/bewildering: modelling by Orton..
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  • NSW in the grips of an endless summer as the mercury refuses to drop

    NSW in the grips of an endless summer as the mercury refuses to drop
    NSW in the grips of an endless summer as the mercury refuses to drop Posted March 07, 2016 18:49:15 It might be autumn, but New South Wales is still sweltering through summer-like conditions, caught in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave.Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior forecaster Jake Phillips said most regions in NSW have experienced persistently hot temperatures."That's largely due to a band of high pressure, which has been very static across the region, and t..
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  • Sydney Uni lost laptop containing sensitive student data

    Sydney Uni lost laptop containing sensitive student data
    The University of Sydney lost a portable notebook computer on the last day of February containing sensitive information about disabled students at the academic institution. The university requires students to disclose if they have a medical condition or impairment in order to receive support and academic adjustments.  A database containing this information - as well as student names, dates of birth and contact details - was located on the lost laptop.   A message to students by the University o..
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  • Sex workers of the world unite! How striking French sex workers ...

    Sex workers of the world unite! How striking French sex workers ...
    When we occupy the churches, you are scandalised, religious bigots! You who threatened us with hell, we have come to eat at your table, at Saint Nizier. – Protest song penned by sex workers who occupied French churches during an eight-day 1975 strike. It is a little-known fact that New South Wales was the first government in the world to remove all prostitution laws from the criminal law books in 1995. Since then NSW and New Zealand remain the only two places in the world to have maintained ..
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  • NSW firefighters add drones to their arsenal

    NSW firefighters add drones to their arsenal
    FIREFIGHTERS have a new weapon in their battle against bushfires with drones now allowing them to scope out areas too dangerous for humans to access. Fire and Rescue NSW has added two drones to its arsenal along with two custom-built mobile command centres and more than 180 mobile data terminals in fire trucks across the state. The mobile data terminals will give firefighters in remote areas internet access to live weather information, maps of hydrants, electricity and drainage infrastr..
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  • Woman caught drink-driving nine times the legal limit near Coffs ...

    Woman caught drink-driving nine times the legal limit near Coffs ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Drunk driver nine times legal limit Police believe a Coffs Harbour woman may have returned NSW's highest ever blood alcohol reading after she crashed into a fence last month. PT0M22S 620 349 A Coffs Harbour mother has allegedly returned the highest blood alcohol reading in the state's history – and possibly the country – after she crashed into a fence and was found unconscious last month.Trudy Friend, 52, has been charged with an alleged blood al..
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Ingleburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia .NASA scientific balloon team hopes to break flight duration record with New Zealand launch .
Public appeal on backpacker attempted murder .Sewage to be spilled into Sydney Harbour under NSW Government ... .

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