Big surf closes beaches across Sydney, NSW and other top stories.

• Big surf closes beaches across Sydney, NSW

  

  Big surf closes beaches across Sydney, NSW Updated May 25, 2016 18:13:01 Surf lifesavers have issued a warning to beachgoers as a large swell closes stretches of the New South Wales coastline.Waves of between three and five metres were forecast to affect beaches in Sydney today, the Bureau of Meteorology said.Surf Life Saving New South Wales spokesman Liam Howitt said conditions were deceptively powerful, particularly along the South Coast, in the Sydney Metropolitan ar..

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• 2017 Sydney Sevens date and time released

  

  2017 Sydney Sevens date and time released Roar Guru 0 Have your say Australian rugby have announced the dates for the 2017 Sydney Rugby Sevens leg. The tournament, which was a smash hit in 2016, will be held on Saturday February 4 and Sunday February 5, once again to be played at Allianz Stadium. The 2016 tournament was the first time the Australian Sevens tournament had been moved away from the Gold Coast since 2012 and proved a huge success, with 73,000 fans filling out the Moore..

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• Revesby fire: More than 100 firefighters battle factory blaze

  

  Revesby fire: More than 100 firefighters battle factory blaze Updated May 25, 2016 18:03:11 Fire crews are trying to contain a major fire that has engulfed a car wrecking yard and factory in Sydney's south-west.The blaze started at the back of the car yard at Revesby before then spreading to the nearby factory.Superintendent Ian Krimmer, from New South Wales Fire and Rescue, said the fire was producing an enormous amount of black smoke."We've got a lot of vehicles, fuel..

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• Aged Care Group HammondCare Wins Deal For Aged Homeless ...

  

  Not-for-profit aged care provider HammondCare has secured plans to build a residential facility in Darlinghurst for older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The City Of Sydney has given the group a $1.5 million grant for the project, and HammondCare has negotiated a site next to St Johns Anglican Church on Darlinghurst Road. Wonderful news: @cityofsydney has committed $1.5m towards our aged homeless project https://t.co/xsQu4jIY2E — HammondCare (@HammondCare) May 25, 2016 T..

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• Man to be charged over vandalism of NSW Police Force Wall of ...

  

  Man to be charged over vandalism of NSW Police Force Wall of Remembrance in Sydney Updated May 25, 2016 08:20:21 A man is expected to be charged over the vandalism of the police memorial in Sydney's Domain that has been defaced twice in four days.The wall displays the names of dozens of New South Wales police officers who lost their lives on the job, and is the site of the state's annual National Police Remembrance Day service in September.On Friday the NSW Police Wall ..

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• Regional property markets near major cities rise as buyers spill over

  

  Regional property markets near major cities rise as buyers spill over Posted May 25, 2016 16:55:53 Several regional property markets located within driving distance of major capital cities have witnessed strong home price growth over the past year.Data from CoreLogic show the best of these markets has been the Illawarra region south of Sydney, where house values rose nearly 16 per cent over the past year and units more than 13 per cent.The median house value was almos..

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• Election 2016: Infighting, retirement speculation hits Tony Abbott's ...

  

  EXCLUSIVE Video will begin in 5 seconds. Election 2016: Abbott the rockstar There's been a turn of fortunes for Tony Abbott as he continues campaigning. Political correspondent Heath Aston caught up with the former PM in Manly. PT2M42S 620 349 Tony Abbott's campaign in the Sydney stronghold of Warringah has succumbed to bitter infighting as rank-and-file Liberals complain over strategy and position for "life-after-Abbott", tipping the former prime minister will quit if left o..

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• Top cop defends Sydney siege police response

  

  TONY EASTLEY: At the Sydney Siege inquest, a police commander has explained why the gunman's first shot did not trigger a response from police to storm the building. The shot was fired as a group of hostages escaped from the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place just after two o'clock in the morning.New South Wales police assistant commissioner Mark Jenkins was monitoring the worsening situation from a police operations centre in western Sydney. Brendan Trembath reports.BRENDAN TREMBATH: In the final ho..

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• Trent Cotchin: 'Tigers are good enough to win flag'0:50

  

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• State of Origin 2016: Andrew Fifita beats out Tyson Frizell for final ...

  

  Blues to do whatever it takes1:59NRL: New South Wales have begun their preparations ahead of Next Wednesday's origin opener against Queensland. ANDREW Fifita has secured a ticket to terrorise Queensland by edging out St George Illawarra and NSW squad member Tyson Frizell on the Blues interchange bench. NSW coach Laurie Daley broke the news to Frizell and the remaining 16 Blues players just moments before their first training session in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday afternoon.Canterbury’s Josh Morr..

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