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Quad bike deaths: Commonwealth urged to create national safety rating system to tackle problem
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Orange basketball court renamed after teenager to raise awareness of youth suicide
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Business Economics And Finance
Newell Highway's 110kph limit back up for debate amid concern about NSW road toll
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Environment
Coal miner Clarence Colliery fined $1 million for major Wollangambe River spill in Blue Mountains
14 July 2017, 05:37
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Mother determined to break stigma around suicide
The mother of an Orange teenager who took his own life says she is determined to break stigma around suicide.
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Calls for quad bike safety rating system
The Federal Government is being urged to adopt a nationwide safety rating for quad bikes to help curb the number of deadly farm accidents.
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Newell Highway's 110kph limit back up for debate
There are concerns the speed limit on the Newell Highway could be up for review again as part of efforts to help drive down NSW's worrying road toll.
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Record fine for 200 tonne coal spill in Blue Mountains river
Coal miner Clarence Colliery is fined more than $1 million for a major spill, in which more than 200 tones of coal material had to be cleaned up from a Blue Mountains river.
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$12m piggery refused in southern NSW
An multi-million-dollar intensive piggery in southern New South Wales, which had attracted vocal opposition, is knocked back.
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Farmers could plant their own fibre optic cable internet
Farmer-owned fibre optic networks for high grade internet capability could solve farm connectivity problems, says engineering professor.
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Surprise! A set of wheels changes young man's life
The small town of Oberon in country NSW gives a new wheelchair-accessible vehicle to a young man for his 22nd birthday.
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Cloud over future of globally-renowned private garden
The operator of one of the largest cool climate gardens in the southern hemisphere says it may have to close if a nearby quarry expansion is approved.
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Why ageing makes PTSD worse for some war veterans
As some war veterans enter their twilight years, PTSD makes some of their memories more vivid than ever.
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NSW gold mine water options under spotlight
A company behind plans for a new gold mine in New South Wales is looking at sourcing water from another mine or groundwater sources.
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Orange basketball court renamed after teenager to raise awareness of youth suicide
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- Quad bike deaths: Commonwealth urged to create national safety rating system to tackle problem
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- Coal miner Clarence Colliery fined $1 million for major Wollangambe River spill in Blue Mountains
- Piggery formally refused in southern NSW on environmental grounds
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