NSW
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Rat poison mum jailed for killing kids
A woman who killed her children with rat poison at their western Sydney home has been jailed for at least four years.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:44 am -
Camping trip murder accused granted bail
A New South Wales man accused of murdering his wife on a camping trip will face court again next month.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 12:12 pm -
Mum gets four years for poisoning kids
A Sydney woman who gave her two children rat poison before smothering them to death has been jailed for at least four years.
November 6, 2009, 11:20 am -
Business as usual for Bill Henson
Eighteen months on from when Bill Henson was at the centre of a national controversy over his photographs of naked adolescents, the artist has returned to centre stage.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:11 am -
School principal wins $80k defamation payout
A Sydney father has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 for defaming a school principal in a string of emails.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 11:04 am -
Driving with Big Brother
Ever since I first heard the Treasury Secretary Ken Henry raise the possibility of introducing a road user tax I haven't been able to stop thinking about how it would work.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:48 am -
Coroner calls for mental health funding boost
A coronial inquest into a man's hanging at a hospital in southern New South Wales has recommended that the state government substantially increase funding for mental health beds.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:41 am -
Student attacks blamed on race hate
Leading human rights campaigners believe racial hatred is a key factor in attacks on Newcastle's international students.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:24 am -
Flood warning for NSW mid-north coast
Minor flood warnings have been issued for Bellingen and Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid-north coast after the area received more than 120mm of rain in 12 hours.
November 6, 2009, 9:19 am -
Horse genome joins sequencing stable
While most of the nation has this week been focused on which horse crosses the finishing line first, scientists announced that they have completed mapping the horse genome.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:15 am -
Della Bosca makes media comeback bid
The former New South Wales Health Minister John Della Bosca has begun a public campaign to resurrect his political career, but has not confirmed whether he is aiming for Premier Nathan Rees' job.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 8:31 am -
Della Bosca wants another chance
Two months after he resigned as a government minister over an extramarital affair, John Della Bosca wants a second chance at public life.
November 6, 2009, 6:57 am -
Woman suffers broken jaw in mugging
A woman suffered a suspected broken jaw when a mugger punched her in the face before running off with her bag.
November 6, 2009, 6:41 am -
Flood warning for northern NSW
A warning of flash flooding has been issued for people in the Northern Rivers and the mid-north coast.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 6:13 am -
Card skimming a growing problem
Card skimming is being reported around the country with disturbing frequency.
ABC - November 5, 2009, 8:41 pm -
More NSW families face losing their home
The federal government must urgently stump up more cash to help combat a housing repossession crisis, says NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos.
November 5, 2009, 6:36 pm -
Many Wealthy suburbs 'home to squalor'
Even if you live in an affluent suburb your neighbour may be living in squalor.
November 5, 2009, 5:28 pm -
Sam Ibrahim walks free on bail
A member of Sydney's Ibrahim family has walked free from a court where he faced charges over a scuffle outside Long Bay Jail.
November 5, 2009, 5:02 pm -
Teen killer acted in self-defence: court
A teenager who fatally stabbed another boy in the heart during a brawl on a Sydney train was only acting in self-defence, his lawyer says.
November 5, 2009, 4:42 pm -
Whale voyage kayakers welcomed in Sydney
Five environmental activists who have spent the last 36 days kayaking from Byron Bay to Bondi Beach have been welcomed by about 30 surfers.
ABC - November 5, 2009, 4:00 pm
