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• Drugs at music festivals must stop: police

  

  A Sydney woman has died, another is in a coma and 120 people have been treated for drug-related illnesses at the Stereosonic Music Festival.Frustrated police revealed the dire toll a day after the event that attracted 48,000 revellers, saying the drug culture at music festivals needs to change.A 25-year-old woman from Oyster Bay in Sydney's south consumed a mixture of ecstasy and other drugs at the festival at Sydney Olympic Park before falling ill on Saturday afternoon.She was taken to..

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• Services shortfall for Border's sick children

  

  Very Special Kids in need of volunteersByTahlia McPhersonNov. 29, 2015, 12:54 p.m.The Hubbard's relied on volunteers to help them through years of illness and are now working to bring help to other Border familiesYOUNG BATTLER: Tyson and Lillian Hubbard want a family help service to be available on the Border. Picture: ELENOR TEDENBORGA North Albury mother has described volunteers as a "god send" after they helped her family through years of hospital visits.Tyson Hubbard, 15, was diagnosed with ..

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• A garage gutted by fierce fire

  

  Firefighter called to North Albury neighbourhoodByTahlia McPhersonNov. 29, 2015, 12:25 p.m.A North Albury fire which completely destroyed a garage is still to be investigatedINFERNO: Three trucks were sent to a blaze on Friday night which destroyed a shed on Caratel Street.A North Albury resident lost their garage in a fire on Friday night which took three tankers to extinguish.Fire crews were called to the Caratel Street blaze at 8.10pm.It took more than an hour to put out the flames which comp..

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• NRL clubs must unite to save bush rugby league

  

  Last week’s release of the 2016 NRL draw showed that only nine of 192 games will be taken to new areas this upcoming season with just two of those to be played in regional New South Wales.Bathurst and Gosford will host the Panthers and Roosters respectively in a bid to keep rugby league alive in the bush, however more Sydney-based NRL teams should be doing the same.Fans in towns such as Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, Griffith, Lismore and Port Macquarie will again miss out this season. Albury and Wagga W..

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• Anthony Albanese will meet with Japanese makers of super-fast...

  Are Australians being sold a version of The Simpson’s Monorail plans?That’s what Labor’s Anthony Albanese wants the Australian public (and Malcolm Turnbull’s government) to do with his latest push to have high-speed rail running from Brisbane to Melbourne.‘Albo’, who has been campaigning for super-fast trains for years, this week was once again touting the economic benefits of having such a transport network capable of cutting travelling times between our major east coast cities in half.He repor..

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• Dealhacker: 55" UHD Samsung TV For $1359 From Bing Lee (NSW...

  

  The day will come, eventually, when we’re installing giant, seamless panels in our living room walls to consume our media, or beaming images directly into our eyeballs. Until that glorious, future day, filled with bizarre optical injuries and completely glass houses, big-arse television screens will have to do. And if you want big, it’s hard to go past this deal for a 55-inch Samsung UHD unit for $1395.What’s UHD in pixel terms? 3840 x 2160. So a lot.As always, there are a few things to be aware..

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• Star FM's 'Year of Meat' Calendar sells out in 40 minutes

  

  DetailsCategory:Fun StuffPublished on Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:00We mentioned last week about the 'Year of Meat' calendar being cast, photographed and distributed by Tom & Olly at SCA's Star FM in Albury.The update is that the calendar launched on friday morning, and sold out in 40 minutes...and Star FM is now taking pre-orders for a second printing!An excellent example of a strong, local story arc that has certainly got the local market engaged on-air and on social media - a fantastic ef..

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• C'th wants legally-binding COP21 result

  

  C'th wants legally-binding COP21 resultAAPNovember 29, 2015 6:59AMSavePrintTHE Commonwealth has pledged itself towards an "ambitious" and legally-binding outcome from the world climate change summit, saying it was "deeply concerned" about the disproportionate threat to its most vulnerable members.LEADERS from the 53-country family, which represents around a third of the world's population, on Saturday came up with a "message of Commonwealth ambition and determination" for the COP21 talks in Pari..

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• Putin hits Turkey with tough economic sanctions

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday banned charter flights to Turkey and travel companies were ordered not to sell tours to the country.APbyAndrew RothRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law sweeping economic sanctions against Turkey as relations between the two countries plummet after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane over the Syrian border last week.Turkey said it shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber, part of a deployment of Russian air power striking targets in Syria, be..

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• Terrorists with rockets attack Mali UN base, kill peacekeepers

  Under attack ... Two UN peacekeepers in Mali are among three killed in a rocket attack. Picture: AFP/Gianluigi GuerciaNetwork WritersNews Corp Australia NetworkMORTARS lit up the dawn sky when they were fired on a United Nations base in the northern Mali city of Kidal early Saturday, killing at least three people.The attack came eight days after Islamic extremists attacked a luxury hotel further south in the capital, Bamako, in which 20 people were killed.Two U.N. peacekeepers and a contractor w..

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