NSW
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Total fire ban declared for much of NSW
A total fire ban has been declared for much of NSW as the state prepares itself for temperatures of up to 40C on Monday.
November 16, 2009, 6:33 am -
Driver clocked at 218kph on motorway
A Sydney man has lost his licence after police clocked his car doing more than 200 kilometres an hour on a motorway in the city's south-west.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 7:02 am -
Rees to announce NSW portfolio shakeup
Nathan Rees is set to announce the full allocation of portfolios to his newly configured cabinet, after sacking senior ministers Joe Tripodi and Ian Macdonald.
November 16, 2009, 2:31 am -
Yass crash kills four, speed questioned
Police will investigate whether speed was a factor in the deaths of four young men, whose car collided with a semi-trailer near Yass, southwest of Sydney.
November 15, 2009, 9:28 pm -
Rees axes Tripodi from NSW frontbench
NSW Premier Nathan Rees has wasted no time using new extraordinary powers granted him by the ALP, axing Joe Tripodi and Ian Macdonald from his frontbench.
November 15, 2009, 5:50 pm -
Riot squad breaks up party in Blue Mtns
The police riot squad was called in to break up an 18th birthday in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, after a group of youths gatecrashed the party.
November 15, 2009, 3:08 pm -
Gillard backs Rees' cabinet decision
Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has backed NSW Premier Nathan Rees as he prepares to use new powers granted to him and appoint his own cabinet.
November 15, 2009, 2:48 pm -
Final chance for baby Sophia's mum
Authorities say a baby girl abandoned in a Sydney hospital will soon be put up for adoption and want her mother to make contact so she can have a say in her child's future.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 2:03 pm -
Rees' developer donation ban gets bipartisan support
The New South Wales Greens have welcomed a move by the Premier to ban political donations from developers, but say it must be adopted at a federal level
ABC - November 15, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Endangered bird found nesting in Olympic precinct
A white-bellied sea eagle chick has been discovered in restored woodlands and waterways in the Olympic precinct at Homebush Bay in Sydney's west.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 1:35 pm -
Schoolies urged to behave themselves
NSW teenagers planning schoolies breaks have been warned to behave themselves.
November 15, 2009, 1:33 pm -
Plea for parents of dumped baby Sophia
A plea has been made for the parents of a baby known as Sophia, who was left behind at a Sydney hospital, to make contact.
November 15, 2009, 1:21 pm -
Teens get a towelling over lax sun sense
Sydney's Bondi Beach has been turned into a massive crime scene to launch an advertising campaign about the rising levels of skin cancer.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 1:11 pm -
SW rail revival sparks calls for NW link
The Property Council of Australia has welcomed the New South Wales Government's decision to go ahead with plans to build the south-west rail link.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 1:08 pm -
4 killed in highway collision
Police say four people have been killed in a crash between a car and a semi-trailer near Yass in southern New South Wales.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 12:43 pm -
Woman severely hurt after hit and run
A woman has been severely injured after a hit and run involving a taxi in Sydney's inner west.
November 15, 2009, 10:15 am -
Bomb squad called over bag on train line
A man has been charged after the bomb squad was called in when a suspicious backpack was placed on a Sydney railway line, police say.
November 15, 2009, 10:02 am -
Govt pledges 2,000 jobs for Indigenous Australians
The New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says he will create more than 2,000 public sector jobs for Indigenous Australians.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 9:00 am -
Rees's new powers to 'modernise party'
A ministerial re-shuffle could be on the cards in New South Wales, with the Premier Nathan Rees yesterday given the power to sack ministers.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 8:45 am -
Woman dies after falling from hotel balcony
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony at Cronulla in southern Sydney.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 7:39 am
