State News - NSW

Child prostitution ring in Sydney's West

3:04 PM | HOMES in Canley Vale and Cabramatta West are among four houses raided this morning following reports of a child prostitution ring being run by two sisters.

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Getting the dirt on Good Health

3:03 PM | Soil and human health will be the topics for discussion at a free workshop to be held in Crookwell on June 4. Upper Lachlan Landcare is hosting a series of lectures by three inspirational speakers covering soil health, plant health, animal health and human nutrition and how that affects our wellbeing at the Crookwell Services Club on Monday June 4.

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Truck-roll on Pacific Highway

2:57 PM | A MAN was trapped inside his truck after dramatic accident on the Pacific Highway north of Coffs Harbour this afternoon (Thursday, May 24).

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Rego stickers to be scrapped

2:36 PM | Car registration stickers are being scrapped by the NSW government from January 1 next year.

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Nowra caravan park shooting: Gun discovered

2:30 PM | Police believe they have found a gun used in the attempted murder of a man at a Nowra caravan park earlier this year.

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Barbaro given a life sentence

2:29 PM | MAFIA drug kingpin Pasquale Barbaro and his "right hand man" Saverio Zirilli could spend the rest of their lives behind bars after being sentenced for their roles in a massive ecstasy and cocaine haul in 2008.

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Car rego stickers scrapped

1:55 PM | Car registration stickers will not be necessary in NSW from January 1, 2013. |

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Urgent warning for pet owners about parvovirus

1:15 PM | An urgent plea for pet owners to vaccinate their dogs has been issued by a leading vet after the recent outbreak of dogs being infected by parvovirus, a deadly disease, continues to reach epidemic proportions.

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Levy sought for residential claims

1:14 PM | The Lightning Ridge Advisory Board, at the meeting last Thursday, agreed to ask the minister to gazette a levy on all residential claims to replace the fee that was discontinued a couple of years ago.

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Mapping system identifies claims

1:12 PM | The availability of information to miners and farmers relating to opal prospecting and mining took a major step forward last week.

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Community strategic plan to be placed on public exhibition

1:12 PM | Council follows through with community aspirations through a suite of plans aiming to achieve the objectives of the Community Strategic Plan and better manage local infrastructure renewal.

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Businesses have say on parking

1:11 PM | A productive meeting was held on Wednesday, May 16 between Council and local business houses to discuss car parking in the business area of Boorowa.

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Many reasons behind visits

1:11 PM | It’s a popular topic - why do people visit Lightning Ridge? Or more so should I say, what prompts them to visit?

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Show Society request refused

1:11 PM | Boorowa Councillors have refused a request from the local Show Society for a reduction of annual fees for showground use at their monthly meeting on Monday night.

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Public meeting held to discuss industrial turbines as.....Council rejects wind farm pressure claims

1:09 PM | Boorowa Council has said they do not feel any “pressure to remain silent nor are they being enticed” in regards to wind farm developments in the Boorowa Local Government Area as implied by the Boorowa District Landscape Guardians in their recent media release about the Rugby Wind Farm project, general manager Therese Manns said.

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Binalong Bits

12:59 PM | WHAT a horrible foggy morning again, but again it developed into a glorious day. And so it was for the entire weekend. It seems fishing and other commitments left little time for golf on Saturday so it was just the two stalwarts, Monica and Ethel who tested the course.

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