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'For God's sake don't drink the tap water': Residents in NSW town say their water is making them sick

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:55:45 +0000

Residents of a small NSW town are living on bottled water, with their taps regularly emitting brown, foul-smelling liquid. The council says it has been a problem for decades, but it will take three more years to fix.

Sheep shearing of the future is almost here, with wool to be peeled off 'like an orange'

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:36:41 +0000

Researchers are pushing to solve the "number one issue in the Australian wool industry", and it all comes down to a protein from corn.

We fact checked Dominic Perrottet on NSW school closures under Labor. Here's what we found

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:06:09 +0000

Premier Dominic Perrottet has attacked NSW Labor's education record, claiming they shut down 90 schools when last in office. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates

We can fix rural health care if we're prepared to be brave

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:40:35 +0000

Rural and remote Australians miss out on vital health screenings, have higher rates of disease and shorter life expectancies. Improving health outcomes is achievable with "brave" thinking, writes a regional development expert.

Is Queanbeyan cheaper than Canberra? Data suggests it's a closer call than you may think

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:53:42 +0000

Thousands of people move to the ACT region for work each year, and are confronted with a choice: live in the capital or just across the NSW border?

Western Sydney is a key battleground this election — it's also where most informal votes are cast

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:51:04 +0000

The high rates of informal voting recorded in culturally diverse seats in Sydney's west and south-west might just be a sign of "despair" for confused voters facing language barriers, experts say.

The New South Wales premier is accused of receiving preferential health treatment. Here's what we know

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:19:57 +0000

This is what we know about the phone call that New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet made to the health minister, instead of calling triple-0, when his wife was in "immense pain". 

'Drag them by their head': Man charged over encouraging Sydney 'mob' church brawl says he's 'sorry'

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:16:32 +0000

One of the men charged with encouraging an attack on members of an LGBT group outside a Sydney church this week apologises, saying a video in which he urged people to "drag protesters by their head" was not supposed to be taken literally.

Developer behind Sydney apartment building with ‘structural issues’ placed into administration

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:48:40 +0000

Two companies run by controversial Sydney property developer Jean Nassif have been placed into receivership, leaving an apartment tower "partially completed". 

Meet the weapons officer who has found his way back to the farm

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:47:56 +0000

Bombs, guns, planes and cotton pickers. Ex-ADF personnel are heading back to school to learn the ropes on farms to help fill the agricultural industry's worker shortage.