Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Opal fares: No more free end-of-week trips on Sydney's public ... and other top stories.

  • Opal fares: No more free end-of-week trips on Sydney's public ...

    Opal fares: No more free end-of-week trips on Sydney's public ...
    Opal fares: No more free end-of-week trips on Sydney's public transport, regulator recommends Updated May 10, 2016 14:57:15 The New South Wales pricing regulator has recommended stopping free end-of-week trips on Sydney's public transport network as part of an overhaul of the fare system.The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released its final price determination, suggesting fares across the public transport network increase by an average of 4.2 pe..
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  • Students who abused 'disabled' man on train suspended from ...

    Students who abused 'disabled' man on train suspended from ...
    Students who abused 'disabled' man on train suspended from Sydney school Updated May 10, 2016 15:33:21 The New South Wales Education Department has suspended several students who were filmed verbally abusing a man, who is believed to be disabled, on a Sydney train.A passenger filmed the teenagers mocking the man on an Illawarra-bound train yesterday.In it, students wearing school uniforms from Georges River College at Oatley are seen laughing as one imitates the voice o..
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  • Paddocks protected in blow to coal miners

    Paddocks protected in blow to coal miners
    Coal exploration will be much more difficult. Photo: Bloomberg Landowners in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales have succeeded in preventing a coal miner from exploring on their properties, in a ruling that the miner warned could see all natural resources in the state "sterilised".Speaking after the NSW Land and Environment Court overturned Hume Coal's permission to explore on private lands in the Southern Highlands, the miner urged the state governmen..
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  • Jobs go at Tamworth bakery as Goodman Fielder moves production

    Jobs go at Tamworth bakery as Goodman Fielder moves production
    Jobs go at Tamworth bakery as Goodman Fielder moves production to Sydney and Canberra Updated May 10, 2016 14:33:19 Thirty staff will be redeployed or offered redundancies when Goodman Fielder closes its Tamworth bakery, in north-west New South Wales, next month.The food manufacturer is moving production to its factories in Sydney and Canberra.Company spokesman Martin Cole said it was a "necessary decision"."It's part of an overall strategy that Goodman Fielder has been..
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  • New South Wales wants to be the first place to grow medicinal ...

    New South Wales wants to be the first place to grow medicinal ...
    New South Wales has applied to the federal government to be the first state allowed to grow marijuana for medicinal use. Premier Mike Baird confirmed on Monday that his government had submitted a request to undertake cultivation research for medicinal cannabis. “The Commonwealth is currently assessing this request and, if approved, NSW will select a high security site(s) for cultivation research that satisfies any conditions imposed by the license,” a spokesperson for the premier told Business ..
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  • Roger Rogerson only wanted to give advice to Jamie Gao, murder ...

    Roger Rogerson only wanted to give advice to Jamie Gao, murder ...
    Roger Rogerson only wanted to give advice to Jamie Gao, murder trial hears Updated May 10, 2016 19:21:55 Former detective Roger Rogerson went into a Padstow storage unit to give some "fatherly advice" to Sydney student Jamie Gao, the murder suspect has told the New South Wales Supreme Court.Rogerson, 75, and co-accused Glen McNamara, 57, have pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Gao at the storage facility on May 20, 2014 and dumping his body in waters off Cronulla the ne..
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  • NAPLAN testing begins, experts say exams place undue pressure ...

    NAPLAN testing begins, experts say exams place undue pressure ...
    NAPLAN testing begins, experts say exams place undue pressure on students Posted May 10, 2016 17:38:37 More than 1 million students sat their NAPLAN tests around Australia on Tuesday รข€” but experts are concerned the exams place too much pressure on students and teachers and distort focus in the classroom. Key points:More than 1 million students sat their NAPLAN tests on TuesdayThe results are published on the government's My School websiteExperts say the tests place..
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Sydney siege inquest: Police command centre 'made key decisions ... .66 charged at Newcastle anti-coal protest .
Smoke across Sydney begins to ease after hazard reduction burns ... .New prison for Sydney's south-west to manage overcrowded jails .

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