NSW: Carefree on the coast and other top stories.

• NSW: Carefree on the coast

  I'm sitting on a rock with luke-warm sea water lapping at my feet. Tiny fish are finding my toes a curiosity, like a foot spa I once visited in Taiwan. Small children are laughing and splashing in a shallow pool sheltered from the pounding surf by a necklace of massive rocks hefted into place decades ago by the thoughtful early settlers of Killcare, a little beach settlement 100km north of Sydney. So far-sighted of them to provide a safe paddling pool for the young ones ... and the doting gra..

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• Live coverage of Bledisloe Cup Game 1, from ANZ Stadium, Sydney

  

  All Blacks coach’s touching tributeBravo, Steve Hansen, bravo.In an act of pure class, the All Blacks coach temporarily put aside his fierce rivarly with the Wallabies to wish Australian playmaker Christian Lealiifano a speedy recovery after he was recently diagnosed with leukaemia.Wrapping up his pre-game interview with Fox Sports, Hansen offered a personal touch.“Just before I go, Chris if you are out there watching this, from the All Blacks, we just wish you a speedy recovery, mate, and we ar..

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• Sylvania restaurant damaged in fire

  

  Sylvania restaurant damaged in fire Posted August 20, 2016 12:28:56 Police and fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that severely damaged a restaurant at Sylvania in Sydney's south early this morning.Fire crews arrived at Mike's Bar and Grill on Princes Highway just after 5:00am to find smoke and flames spreading through the roof and inside of the building.Six fire trucks were on the scene with firefighters using two aerial ladders to contain the b..

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• Barangaroo worksite: Injuries, hazards and near misses amongst ...

  

  Barangaroo worksite: Injuries, hazards and near misses amongst highest in NSW, data reveals Updated August 20, 2016 10:40:22 The highly publicised Barangaroo worksite on Sydney's CBD waterfront has one of the highest rates of injuries, hazards and near misses of any worksite in New South Wales, a freedom of information request has revealed.Data obtained by the ABC shows workplace incidents have been reported at a level much higher than other building sites of a similar ..

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• Adventure island

  

  When landscape architect and architect work side by side, the results can be spectacular. For this new build for a Perth entrepreneur in the inner western suburb of Subiaco, a series of walled courtyards has been designed to correspond intimately with the internal spaces, offering a range of sheltered living areas for entertaining and retreat. "I was fortunate to be involved early on in the design process," says Joel Barker, director of landscape architecture firm Seedesign Studio. "We were ab..

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• Foreigners barred from buying Australia s largest energy grid - Yahoo7

  

  AFP on August 19, 2016, 8:22 pm Foreigners barred from buying Australia's largest energy grid Sydney (AFP) - Australia will block the sale of its largest electricity network to foreigners, the government said Friday, as two Chinese bids for the grid were rejected over national security concerns.Canberra has become increasingly concerned about the purchase of Australian infrastructure and land by foreigners, and recently banned a sale by the country's biggest private landowner to a..

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• Phoenix sign Manly young gun Parkhouse

  

  Phoenix boss Ernie Merrick spotted Parkhouse when he went to watch Manly play Apia Leichhardt after his side's Westfield FFA Cup defeat to Western Sydney Wanderers earlier this month. The 23-year-old has signed a one-year deal with Phoenix after spending a week training with the club. Head here for Wellington's official website Before flying back to Sydney to play in the NPL finals with Manly this weekend, Parkhouse said he was still coming to terms that he was now a professional footballer. “..

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• Lend Lease: stamp duty rises on foreigners too late

  

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• Protesters in Lucy Turnbull masks block controversial WestConnex ...

  

  Protesters wearing masks of the prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife Lucy’s face blocked access to a construction site in Sydney to call for the controversial WestConnex toll road project to be cancelled. Related: Lucy Turnbull pleads ignorance of WestConnex heritage house destruction Police were called to the protest of about 40 people at the junction of Waratah Street and Dobroyd Parade in Haberfield in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday morning. The group rallied at the construction site,..

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• Tourette syndrome and CBIT

  

  Since picking up a sabre four years ago, Alexandra Hely has become a rising star in Australian fencing and already has her sights set on the 2020 Olympic Games. The 14-year-old currently has a strong sense of her capabilities but for several years a neurological disorder crushed her self-confidence and made her feel like a “freak”. At the age of seven, Alexandra was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, a condition characterised by a vast range of involuntary movements and vocal tics. They range fro..

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