Wagga Wagga
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- Education
Every public student granted access to ‘gifted’ education programs
Schools are now offering a range of education options, ranging from enrichment streams, extension classes and STEM programs.
- Christopher Harris
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The inland beach where bunyips and water dogs dwell
Indigenous storytelling instils in children that this river must be treated with respect and is a dangerous place to visit alone.
- Amy Peden
Talented filly heads to Wagga to try and break her maiden
Trainer Bjorn Baker has produced Pyrolysis at the races four times, and she’s been placed in each of them.
- John Schell
Michael Slater has an oval in honour of him. It’s yet to be renamed
For more than a year, Wagga Wagga council has been wrestling over a decision to rename the controversial oval despite vandalism attempts and community backlash.
- Cindy Yin
Fallen MP Daryl Maguire given bail after being jailed for lying to ICAC
The former member for Wagga Wagga was on Wednesday taken into a subterranean cell, but was swiftly released pending an appeal.
- Perry Duffin
Daryl Maguire found guilty of misleading corruption watchdog
The former Liberal MP is facing up to two years in jail after being found guilty of giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
- Amber Schultz
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- Courts
‘I will destroy you in court’: Top jockey’s night of drunken, racial abuse of police
Chad Schofield was meant to be in Wagga for a lucrative horse racing carnival, but instead ended up in custody after a wild confrontation with police.
- Adam Pengilly
Freight trains up to 3.6km long incite fears in regional towns
The double-stacked trains will travel through some centres up to 20 times a day under plans for a 1700-kilometre freight line between Brisbane and Melbourne.
- Catherine Naylor
The unlikely NSW suburb where house prices rose most last year
A new tree-change hotspot hundreds of kilometres from Sydney has recorded the strongest house price growth in the country, and prices in neighbouring suburbs are soaring too.
- Kate Burke
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- NSW floods
Large hail and severe thunderstorm warning for flood-stricken towns
Severe thunderstorms and dangerous flash flooding are forecast to hit inland areas of central and south-east NSW on Sunday and Monday.
- Megan Gorrey and Millie Muroi