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►QUEANBEYAN: A Carwoola resident described the aftermath of the fire as "like a war zone", as residents returned to their homes on Saturday to survey the damage for the first time. Read more
►MANDURAH: Hundreds of people flocked to Mandurah’s foreshore on Saturday for Waitangi Day celebrations. Read more.
►TAMWORTH: Detectives have arrested a Tamworth teacher and will allege in court she groomed a teenage boy for sexual activity. The 26-year-old woman was charged by Oxley detectives following a two-day police investigation. Read more
►KATHERINE: One of Australia’s best ever female cricketers has bowled into the Northern Territory outback to promote Aussie Rules football. World class pace bowler Julie Hunter has retired from international duties and moved to Katherine, three hours south of Darwin, to pursue a new career in sports marketing. Read more
►TASMANIA: Deloraine High School is using a new healthy schools initiative, launched by the state government, to target mental health and wellbeing, after the community suffered a year of disasters. Read more
►CENTRAL WEST NSW: The equivalent of an ‘Oscar for the dairy world’ has been won by Little Big Dairy Co. The company’s Less Cream Milk, produced by the Chesworth family, was awarded first place at the 2017 Australian Grand Dairy Awards. Read more
►MT ISA: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula should prepare for the possibility of extreme weather from Sunday, a government minister says. Read more
►RIVERINA: The community has rallied behind an elderly Wagga woman who was robbed three times in one month. Sharon Crofts, 84, had her Turvey Park home broken into twice in a single week while she slept. Read more
►WOLLONGONG: Just over $500,000 has been paid to Wollongong victims of alleged child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church, new data from the royal commission has revealed. This makes up a tiny proportion (0.18 per cent) of the $280 million paid out by the church over the past 35 years, and puts the Diocese of Wollongong among the 15 Catholic authorities with the lowest average payments to victims. Read more
►BENDIGO: Valuable fundraising from the Marong Cup will benefit eight Catholic primary schools in Bendigo. St Peters Primary School staff member and volunteer Sherree Jorgensen said she has helped the fundraising at Marong Cup for almost 10 years. Read more
►SHOALHAVEN: The Shoalhaven is on the verge of getting food processing technology that will open export markets and create local jobs. Sydney based cold pressed juice business Botanica has plans to relocate its high pressure processing (HPP) tolling facility to the Argyle Prestige Meats plant in Bomaderry. Read more
National news
►The mining industry spent $2.5 million pushing the case for "clean coal" in the run-up to last year's election, electoral funding records have revealed. As coal's future in Australia's energy mix continues to dominate political debate in Canberra. Read more
►Australia marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin on Sunday but for generations the country was kept in the dark about the true dimensions of the Japanese attack. Read more
►The federal government will unleash every weapon in its arsenal to wipe out 2 million feral cats – about a third of the population – and will provide $5 million to community groups to serve as foot soldiers in the battle. Read more
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International news
► Former British prime minister Tony Blair has urged Britons to "rise up" and demand a second opportunity to vote on remaining in the European Union. Mr Blair also took a swipe at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying the "debilitated" opposition party "facilitated" Brexit. Read more
►A 47-year-old North Korean man arrested over the brazen assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, has been remanded in custody for seven days. Read more
►As parts of Australia set heatwave records and the government considered building new coal-fired power stations, the vast continent to the south last week quietly marked a milestone. Read more
On this day
1878 Thomas Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph)
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October 1985
The faces of Australia: Warwick Hansen
He started out as a teenager, filing papers and digging the odd grave.