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Recent changes to funding arrangements mean nursing home beds in Gloucester Soldiers Memorial Hospital will now be supported by the Commonwealth Government. Lower Mid North Coast Cluster Manager Ken Hampson said the development is primarily a 'beh Read more..

Discovery provides model for Alzheimer's breakthrough Sydney researchers have made a major breakthrough that will lead to a greater understanding of the causes of and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. At present neither Alzheimer's dis Read More..

Motorcyclists can park in the City Centre and inner city suburbs for free as part of a 12 month trial from Tuesday 4 November following a City of Sydney Council decision last night. Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said the trial exempts motorcycle and Read More..

Readers are up in arms over a push to ban topless bathing on mainstream beaches in NSW. With women increasingly going au natural, conservative powerbrokers from all sides of State Parliament yesterday supported a ban on topless bathing. The iss Read More..

NSW Premier Morris Iemma today announced the NSW Government would provide $500,000 in aid to China following the devastating Sichuan earthquake. Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP announced a donation of $100,000 from the City of Sydney to assist t Read More..

New South Wales Health is warning of an outbreak of whooping cough in the state. The Health Department says infection rates have increased from 2,000 cases last year, to 3,800 cases this year, and babies are the most vulnerable. Dr Mitchell Smi Read More..

New home buyers in New South Wales are set to get a $3,000 boost in next week's mini-budget. The State Government will increase the first home owners grant for people buying newly constructed properties in next Tuesday's mini-budget. It means p Read More..

The NSW government will spend an extra $150 million a year to fund 500 new maintenance projects at the state's schools. Premier Nathan Rees said the Principals Priority Building Program would install security fencing, upgrade toilets and replace l Read More..

Sydney's motorcycle community has overwhelmingly endorsed the City of Sydney's innovative Motorcycle and Scooter Strategy with strong support for a trial which exempts riders from paying for timed parking on City streets. The draft strategy also p Read More..