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Good morning – and happy Friday! What have you got in store for this weekend? Weather-wise it doesn’t look like it will be too wet:
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
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►LITHGOW, NSW: Police are preparing a report for the Coroner after a seven-year-old girl was killed in a motor vehicle crash near Lithgow last night. Continue reading.
► NEWCASTLE, NSW: Weet-Bix maker Sanitarium has announced it will close its Cooranbong factory, making the 185 employees at the site redundant. Continue reading.
►BALLARAT, VIC: Convicted murderer Jesse Willis will spend 24 years behind bars for the murder of Ricky Lee Ganly, who was shot in the head in 2014. In handing down the sentence, Justice Osborn told Willis "nor am I satisfied you felt any real remorse to the killing and its aftermath." Continue reading.
►BUNBURY, WA: A South Bunbury man has pleaded guilty to a number of charges relating to a child sex abuse ring uncovered by WA Police last month. Continue reading.
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►WAGGA, NSW: People at the coal face of the region’s drug epidemic are divided on an audacious push to legalise parents forcing their drug-affected kids into rehabilitation. While the mother of a drug addict believes her daughter wouldn’t be in custody for allegedly dealing ice if she had have been allowed to intervene last year, a health professional has labelled the calls a pie-in-the-sky idea that could create further problems. Continue reading.
►ILLAWARRA, NSW: lllawarra Coal miners will go ahead with planned industrial action this morning, walking off the job for seven days at the company’s Dendrobium mine. About 200 workers at the Mount Kembla coal mine are expected to down tools, bringing the mine to a halt, after industrial talks broke down on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading.
►TAMWORTH, NSW: Shane Gleeson, Matthew Hellman and Luke Struck are in a bit of a hairy situation. The three have been building, servicing and repairing KidzFix rally cars for a number of years and in December, the three decided to ditch the barber shop for a while. Eight months on, the long-haired larrikins can see the end in sight. Continue reading.
►WARRNAMBOOL, VIC: Liberal MP Dan Tehan, who chairs a high-powered parliamentary committee on intelligence and security, put the issue squarely on the radar on Thursday by issuing a call for Australian planes to expand strikes from Iraq to neighbouring Syria. Continue reading.
►TASMANIA: Premier Will Hodgman unveiled a $26 million whole-of-government action plan to tackle domestic violence yesterday. Continue reading.
![Luke Struck, Shane Gleeson and Matthew Hellman are looking forward to losing their locks and raising a few more dollars tomorrow. They’re pictured with charity bowls day organiser Ian Alford’s KidzFiz rally Fairlane. Photo: Geoff O’Neill Luke Struck, Shane Gleeson and Matthew Hellman are looking forward to losing their locks and raising a few more dollars tomorrow. They’re pictured with charity bowls day organiser Ian Alford’s KidzFiz rally Fairlane. Photo: Geoff O’Neill](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-GGnMDP6H6ep7kM2Dx35kRi/2a30eac3-26c5-4a3d-985e-7ac3630fc7b2.jpg/r0_0_1048_678_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
►ILLAWARRA, NSW: Police have helped deliver a baby to a mother high on ice at the time of giving birth. Continue reading
► An Australian doctor has been brought to tears by the abuse and trauma he witnessed in Nauru's immigration detention centre. Paediatrician Dr David Isaacs is one of several doctors, workers and guards turned whistleblowers exposing what they say is a culture of cover up, rape, self harm and abuse on Nauru, in defiance of laws that could land them in prison. Continue reading.
►Almost 100 Hutchison Ports workers sacked by text message have been granted a reprieve, with the Federal Court ruling that they be reinstated ahead of a substantive hearing. Continue reading
►The University of Canberra is preparing for legal action against the Commonwealth for what it argues is an unlawful cancellation of a $26 million federal grant to set up a Centre for Quality Teaching and Learning. Continue reading.
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►Extended warranties on secondhand cars may be completely worthless, according to a report from the Consumer Action Law Centre. Continue reading.
►BANGKOK: Malaysia's government newsagency has published a new theory suggesting Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 glided downwards and landed with soft impact on the southern Indian Ocean. Continue reading.
►CHINA: The extraordinary force with which a quick succession of fiery explosions shook China's north-eastern port city of Tianjin is laid bare by the scale of destruction it has left in its wake. The death toll is rising. Continue reading.
Joy Marks is an advocate and a hero for Mannum's youth.
When she's not working as a nurse at the Mannum District Hospital, the Caurnamont resident is lovingly supporting young people and their families as Mannum Community College's pastoral care worker.
Colleagues describe her as the school's Mary Poppins; a person who is always happy with a big smile on her face and who can't do enough for staff and students. Continue reading
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![Mannum Community College pastoral care worker and enrolled nurse Joy Marks has been officially recognised for the happiness and support she gives to so many young people. Mannum Community College pastoral care worker and enrolled nurse Joy Marks has been officially recognised for the happiness and support she gives to so many young people.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-GGnMDP6H6ep7kM2Dx35kRi/54f6b560-f382-42d6-869c-9c2003588694.jpg/r0_52_1017_626_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)