Bushfire downgraded on Sydney’s northern beaches after planned burn jumped containment lines
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Bushfire downgraded on Sydney’s northern beaches after planned burn jumped containment lines

The Rural Fire Service has lowered the alert level for the blaze which began as a hazard reduction burn in Oxford Falls.

  • bySarah McPhee

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Colleagues distraught at drowning of ‘kind-hearted soul’

Colleagues distraught at drowning of ‘kind-hearted soul’

Kaushik Chatterjee’s death has shocked friends and co-workers after he got into strife at a remote Ku-ring-gai beach.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach

Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach

Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach,which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital

Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital

Northern Beaches Hospital owes $280 million to Healthscope,the private hospital operator that tumbled to a $649 million loss in 2023.

  • byAngus Thomson
The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time
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The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time

The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead,it’s struggling to stay open.

  • byAngus Thomson
Hospital given ultimatum over delay in creating children’s crisis beds

Hospital given ultimatum over delay in creating children’s crisis beds

The Northern Beaches Hospital has eight weeks to explain why children in crisis have nowhere to go more than a year after it was given $7.5 million.

  • byLaura Banks
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‘How many more kids need to die?’ Father’s plea as health pledge stalls
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‘How many more kids need to die?’ Father’s plea as health pledge stalls

More than a year after the Northern Beaches Hospital was given $7.5 million for beds for children in mental health crisis,none have materialised.

  • byLaura Banks
Missing elderly man from Manly found dead

Missing elderly man from Manly found dead

The body of 81-year-old Richard Gottschald,who had been missing since Tuesday,was found in waters off Manly Beach on Saturday.

  • byMillie Muroi
Drowning can be quick and silent. Could you spot the signs?
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Drowning can be quick and silent. Could you spot the signs?

Many drownings are not noticed until it’s too late. Who is most likely to drown? And how do you spot someone in trouble?

  • byJulie Power
The superiority of stench
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The superiority of stench

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First coronavirus death confirmed in NSW as infections increase

First coronavirus death confirmed in NSW as infections increase

A 95-year-old resident of a Sydney aged care facility at the centre of a coronavirus scare who died this week has tested positive for the disease,NSW Health said.

  • byEsther Han