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REGIONAL NEWS
►WOLLONGONG, NSW: People across Wollongong were shaken from their sleep after the earth moved under their beds on Wednesday morning when a 3.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded at Douglas Park.
►WAGGA, NSW: A former Wagga nurse has been barred from the medical profession for stealing thousands of vials of morphine for personal use and cooking the books to cover up the theft. Read more
► BENDIGO, VIC: A woman charged with murdering her partner in a house fire in Long Gully has appeared in court but denied killing him. Read more
►KARUMBA, QLD: A wall of wheelie bins and heaps of hay were among the unusual solutions used to trap a croc on the loose in the Gulf in the final hours of 2016. Read more
►BATHURST, NSW: Tensions at Bathurst Jail are at an all-time high, according to Shadow Minister for Corrections, Guy Zangari, who says violence in the centre has escalated rapidly in the past week. The jail was locked down on Tuesday afternoon amid fears of a riot sparked by an incident involving two inmates. There were initial fears up to 50 inmates may have been involved, but police later confirmed there were only about 12, with two inmates acting as ringleaders. Read more
►ALBURY-WODONGA: The simple trip from Albury to Wodonga is regularly putting P-plate drivers at risk of fines of about $500 because the two states cannot agree on licensing rules. Read more
►MID NORTH COAST, NSW: Ten people have been taken to hospital after a "freak wave" swept a large group of people off rocks at Crescent Head, on the NSW Mid North Coast. Read more
►TASMANIA: Premier Will Hodgman was spotted holding a mobile phone while driving through a busy Hobart intersection on New Year’s Day. Read more
►BALLARAT, VIC: The Cycling Australia Road National Championships kicked off on Wednesday afternoon with spectators lining Sturt Street to catch all the action of the criteriums. Read more
►WILLOW TREE, NSW: Fire crews and detectives spent much of Wednesday investigating the cause of the fire which destroyed the Willow Tree Bowling Club. Read more
► WARRNAMBOOL, VIC: A travelling exhibition chronicling the horrors of World War I has helped two Warrnambool brothers re-connect with their father’s decorated past after more than 60 years. Read more
►MARION BAY, TAS: Two more women have come forward to police with complaints of sexual assault during Falls Festival at the weekend – and detectives expect to receive more reports in the coming days. Read more
►WARREN, NSW: A man from the town of Warren says he feels like ‘one million bucks’ after kicking off 2017 with a division one windfall worth more than $1.3 million in Lotto’s New Year’s Eve Megadraw. Read more
NATIONAL NEWS
► West Australian Senator Rod Culleton and his wife on Wednesday afternoon took aim at anyone and everyone they believed was to blame for the fracas that enveloped them outside a Perth court on Tuesday. Read more
►Newly released emails show former prime minister Kevin Rudd skirted senior US officials in an attempt to secure a meeting with then secretary of state Hillary Clinton, surprising her powerful senior adviser Huma Abedin and diplomats. Read more
►They were promised foam waterfalls, rain tunnels, even snow – but the runners who signed up for this weekend's "Color Buzz" event in Melbourne may have been sold a lie. Read more
►Sydney has the unenviable title of Australasia's most congested city after a report from a peak transport body revealed it features seven of the 10 slowest roads on both sides of the Tasman. Read more
WORLD NEWS
►PHILIPPINES: A "human trafficking syndicate" has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians. Read more
►INDONESIA: Indonesia's defence minister has sought to play down a suspension of military ties between Australia and Indonesia, stressing it was important to keep a good relationship between the two countries. Read more
►BALI: It's her sliding door moment: Byron Bay woman Sara Connor often thinks about what might have happened had she not tried to intervene in a fight between her boyfriend and a stranger on Kuta beach that fateful August night. Read more
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…
1819: English judge John Thomas Bigge is dispatched to inquire into Macquarie's administration in the New South Wales.
1891: Australia's great shearers' strike, which led to the formation of the Labor Party in Australia, begins.
1975: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart is struck by bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing 12.
FACES OF AUSTRALIA
Hollee Bohr
The third generation of a horse-loving family is undertaking a unique school-based jockey apprenticeship.
Hollee Bohr will combine her Year 12 studies at North Albury’s Xavier High School, with a TAFE course in horsemanship.
“Well, I’ve grown up around horses, pop’s been a trainer, mum’s been a jockey, mum’s been a trainer,” she said. Read more
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