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Shahbaaz was forced to take drastic action when all his housemates tested positive to COVID-19 abc.net.au/news/2021-09-03/i…

With only a handful of fruit, Shahbaaz moved into his car to isolate from COVID-19

On Monday every single one of Shahbaaz Mohammed's housemates tested positive to COVID-19, except for him. Within minutes of finding out, he grabbed some fruit one change of clothes and ran to his car...

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Victorian woman with advanced pancreatic cancer denied entry home for urgent appointments abc.net.au/news/2021-09-03/f…
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Fears COVID-19 outbreaks in NSW jails leaving inmates like 'sitting ducks' abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/f…

Fears COVID-19 outbreaks in NSW jails leaving inmates like 'sitting ducks'

Family members and human rights advocates fear growing COVID case numbers in prisons and a lack of access to vaccinations inside are leaving vulnerable Indigenous prisoners like "sitting ducks".

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'I was determined to help my local community': Meet the Sydney women volunteering their time to ease the COVID burden abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/s…
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Firefighters from @NSWRFS return home from Canada helping their mates as wildfires continue to burn. But fires aren't the only threat... abc.net.au/radio/sydney/prog…

Bears, mountains and huge fires: battling blazes in Canada - ABC Sydney

A contingent of Aussies including members of the NSW Rural Fire Service have just landed back home after a 5 week trip to Canada, helping fight fires in various states. Two members tell of their...

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Judge brands actions of anti-lockdown organiser as 'stupid' while throwing out his appeal abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/n…

Organiser of Sydney anti-lockdown protest to serve prison term after judge throws out appeal

A judge tells a Victorian man jailed for encouraging attendance at a Sydney anti-lockdown rally his actions were "stupid", "irrational" and dangerous, dismissing his appeal. 

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Fewer students in private tutoring as COVID-19 disrupts learning abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/t…

Fewer students in private tutoring as COVID-19 disrupts learning

After-school tutoring expert says there will need to be a sustained catch-up period for many children after noting a 30 per cent decline in the number of students able to attend or participate since...

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Dr Simon Longstaff from @ethics_centre explained the ethics of compulsory vaccinations on Breakfast with @wendy_harmer and @robbie_buck abc.net.au/radio/sydney/prog…
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Government responses to COVID-19 are undermining our democratic commitments — why have progressives remained silent? abc.net.au/religion/tim-sout…
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Live: NSW Now: Premier rejects request to meet with mayors of Sydney hotspots abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/s…
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Parents told to turn off the news and talk to kids to help manage lockdown life abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/h…
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Police arrest 135, issue 430 fines after dozens of anti-lockdown protests across NSW abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/n…
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Sydney nurse says COVID 'ripping families apart' as children separated from sick parents abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/n…

Sydney nurse says COVID 'ripping families apart' as children separated from sick parents

Michelle Dowd, a nurse manager at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south-west, reveals the tragic realities of families where one or more members have contracted COVID-19.

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Blue Mountains residents up in arms about Medlow Bath highway plans abc.net.au/radio/sydney/prog… @PaulTooleMP @CrMarkGreenhill @michaelpaag @nationaltrustau @bmcsnsw @wendy_harmer @robbie_buck

Blue Mountains residents up in arms about Medlow Bath Highway Plans - ABC Sydney

Blue Mountains residents say they need more time to get through one thousand pages of detailed plans for proposed the Medlow Bath Highway.

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Putting off your will? Here's why one lawyer says even 18-year-olds should have one abc.net.au/everyday/when-do-…

Putting off your will? Here's why one lawyer says even 18-year-olds should have one - ABC Everyday

When do you need a will? And what are the benefits? We speak to two estate lawyers to find out.

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Lee Evans faces serious challenge in his re-drawn seat abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/h…

Lee Evans faces serious challenge in his re-drawn seat

The redistribution of electoral boundaries in New South Wales turns the southern Sydney Liberal seat of Heathcote into a marginal Labor seat by taking in more of the Illawarra.

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NSW records 1,290 new COVID cases, another four deaths abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/n…
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Nurse insiders raise the alarm over COVID-19 spreading in mental health wards abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/n…

'It's a ticking time bomb': Nurse insiders raise the alarm over COVID-19 spreading in mental health...

Nepean and Cumberland hospitals have both had internal outbreaks of COVID-19 in their mental health units, with 38 patients testing positive.

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#ANALYSIS Toby Greene's talent can never be questioned, but his on-field temperament divides opinion abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/a…

Toby Greene is a match winner, but his on-field indiscretions are diminishing his reputation

As extraordinarily gifted as he is, the GWS Giants star remains the AFL's most polarising character courtesy of his moments of recklessness during matches, writes Alister Nicholson. 

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'We are scared': Panic as Sydney's COVID outbreak threatens followers of ancient religion abc.net.au/news/2021-08-28/f…

'We are scared': Panic as Sydney's COVID outbreak threatens followers of ancient religion

Sydney is home to one in 14 of the world's dwindling number of Mandaeans, followers of an ancient religion dating back to John the Baptist, but the community is now under threat from the COVID-19...

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