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What's making news today? Deputy mayor Declan Clausen questions political donations to Newcastle Independents, rail controllers caught playing online games and shopping while guarding safety, a strike force has been stood up in response to ongoing illegal climate protests, and you weren't imagining it - 94 per cent of rain in June fell on weekends
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