Regional news
WAUCHOPE: Wauchope lived up to being the first motorcycle friendly town in New South Wales with a street festival for the Ulysses bikies at the AGM event in the Showground. Read more
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NEWCASTLE: The Hunter will always know her as the girl from Holmesville but it was Newcastle Ocean Baths that drew Jennifer Hawkins back into her hometown on Friday. Read more
WARRNAMBOOL: Every year Maddi Arnold’s family will celebrate her birthday and set a place for her at Christmas. But their daughter and sister will never be there for the family gatherings. Read more
ALBURY: A day care owner who amassed a a multi-million dollar fortune through bogus benefit claims has been jailed for at least four years. Read more
CRESCENT HEAD: A reported 2.5m long shark swam under competitors and delayed the Crescent Head Malibu Club’s surf competition at 11.45am. Read more
National news
► The head of Australia's top spy agency has rebuffed One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over her fears that refugees were contributing to terrorism. Read more
► One of Australia's largest private training colleges has collapsed, leaving 15,000 students in limbo and plunging 1000 staff into unemployment. Read more
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World news:
► LONDON: After a minute's silence to remember the dead, a wavering voice rose up. Soon many were singing along: "her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger, I heard you say". Read more
► BALI: He was the man Schapelle Corby believed in. "Pak Erwin, you are a good man. I have faith in your ability as a lawyer and a trusted friend. If anyone is capable of bringing me home a free woman, it's you. I know you always do your absolute best for me," she wrote in her autobiography. Read more
On this day
► Ramadan begins
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French and captured the strategically important town of Winterthur, Switzerland.
1874 – The first group of the Dorsland Trek, a series of explorations undertaken by Boers in search of political independence and better living conditions, departed South Africa for Angola.
1915 – HMS Princess Irene was obliterated by an explosion off Sheerness, United Kingdom, with the loss of 352 lives.
1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span, opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
1967 – Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in the national census and for the government to make laws for their benefit.
FACES OF AUSTRALIA: Dr Shadi Faraj
Dr Shadi Faraj is only 38 but it’s taken 17 years of work and study to be a specialist in as many areas as he is.
If you’ve got a thyroid lump or have breast cancer, you’ll be glad he’s there at Hawkesbury Hospital.
Dr Faraj came to Hawkesbury Hospital in April, 2014. He is a surgical oncologist, a breast and endocrine surgeon and a general and laparoscopic surgeon. Read more