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Michael staying positive despite fire
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Coast woman’s plea to reject homophobia
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State of the Nation | Sunday, June 19, 2016
Your morning news snapshot from around regional Australia and beyond.
Three-year-old Fletcher had a 'smile to light up the world'
NSW: He was a cheeky, blonde-haired boy whose family fondly nicknamed him "Bomber".
A wet Sunday forecast as flood warnings issued for NSW
A wet Sunday is in store with heavy rainfall intensifying in the afternoon as an east coast low ...
Dubbo boy, 17, missing since Thursday
NSW: Concerns held for missing teen Nathan Price.
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Broulee runners display their class in latest outing
The latest outing for the Broulee runners was a family affair.
Iron Ivo goes the distance
Keir keeps her cool
The best has been saved until last in the Batemans Bay Tennis Open with number one seed Ashley ...
South Coast rugby team breaks drought
There was pleasure and pain for the South Coast in the Brumbies Provincial Championship at the weekend.
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Female imprisonment numbers soar amid calls to free the majority of inmates
Bianca was 13 when she ran away from home, 14 when she met the drug dealer who would ...
Private landholders renting camping spots via YouCamp opposed by local councils
Shoalhaven Council has been seeking to prevent landowners from renting out camping spots on their private farms.
Lucy Turnbull's Sydney commission gets $62m boost
More houses drives prices down, says NSW Treasurer
Man arrested after climbing up Sydney Harbour Bridge: police
Traffic in central Sydney was brought to a standstill on Friday morning after a man got out of ...
Federal election 2016: Labor within striking distance
Bill Shorten has held on to his overall lead during the last fortnight despite a full-throated Coalition attack ...
Becoming Captain Marvel: Sydney's Supanova hosts cosplay heroes
Echoing Artemis is getting into character. Today, she'll become Captain Marvel.
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Car runs off ferry punt into Clyde River
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of June 17, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society
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Wiggles coming back to the Gong
Australia's favourite kids group continues their 25th birthday celebrations with another tour.
Shopkins madness: the Australian miniature collectible taking over the world
Forget Barbies and Bratz. The hottest doll in the world is a miniature world of shopping characters designed ...
Merrigong joins the national fight for arts funding
Simon Hinton says the public needs to 'stand with the arts' to stop organisations dying.
Chasing Asylum documentary in Wollongong
"This film lifts the shroud of secrecy surrounding Australia’s offshore detention centres”.
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Wiggles coming back to the Gong
Australia's favourite kids group continues their 25th birthday celebrations with another tour.
Promise to help new apprentices
New apprentices to get $3000 if Bill Shorten wins the election.
Private vocational courses cost taxpayers seven times as much as TAFE, analysis finds
Private vocational courses cost taxpayers seven times as much as TAFE, new analysis finds.
NSW state budget 2016: $1 million to fund Nepean Hospital planning as doctors warn of 'crisis' now
A Sydney hospital in 'crisis mode' will get just $1 million in next week's state budget.
Tax time: ATO eyes cars, mobile phones, broadband and work-related travel
Each year about 12.4 million Australians claim more $30 billion in deductions against their income, now the ATO ...
Australia's high rates of antibiotics overuse revealed in Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care report
Australia's high rates of antibiotics misuse risk sending us back to the dark ages of medicine.
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How to avoid paying tips on cruises
Compulsory gratuity charges would have to be the biggest bugbear for Australian cruisers.
Easter Island statues: Visiting the stone giants of Tongariki
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A remarkable slice of regional Italy transplanted to the foothills of alpine Victoria.