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CHAFFEY DAM: LABOR has criticised local National politicians for claiming Chaffey Dam was completed in May last year, when a report from the NSW Auditor-General found the project was delayed by landholder claims.
8.15am:
TAMWORTH: A MAGISTRATE has refused a truck driver bail and says a jail sentence is “inevitable” after he allegedly supplied more than 46g of the drug ice.
Cameron John Van der Linden appeared in Tamworth Local Court via video link from the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre after he allegedly breached his bail on Friday.
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Inspectors are trying to piece together the circumstances of a train derailment.
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INVERELL: On Monday, two elderly locals reported receiving a phone call purporting to be from the council. The caller attempted to elicit bank details and told the residents they owed the council $90. They were reportedly aggressive in manner.
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ARMIDALE: The new Armidale War Memorial Library will be open in time for the city’s ANZAC day parade to march past, as it has done since 1954. With construction already underway, project manager Ned Mozzell said his team was on target for their April deadline.
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MOREE: A MAJOR police operation is continuing near Moree after dozens of officers raided homes near the town.
On Tuesday, Barwon officers backed by Western Region police and the riot squad executed search warrants at a number of homes in Ashley.
7am:
TAMWORTH: Imagine staying in the one job for 60-years, well, Tamworth Fire Station retained captain Gerry Cannon did, and here’s what he had to say.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing – well, we have you covered.
Regional news
►WANGARATTA, VIC: The death of a Wangaratta woman killed while walking across a pedestrian crossing will leave a hole in many lives, say those closest to her. Married mother-of-three Roberta Brown, 53, was hit by a truck while walking her dog..read on.
►GREAT LAKES, NSW: Shucks, it’s an oyster harvest high on the Mid North Coast. With the Pacific Oyster industry in Tasmania hard hit by disease, it has created an opportunity for Mid North Coast’s Sydney Rock Oysters to gain a stronger foothold in the market...full story.
► QUEANBEYAN, NSW: It's the stuff of dreams - being paid by a global sportswear brand to travel the world and do what you love, day in and day out. And pro skater Jack Fardell is living it...read about his journey here.
TASMANIA: Police are weighing up an historic apology to child-sex abuse victims in institutionalised care whose cries for help were initially not believed by officers...read on.
National news
► Australia's most dangerous venomous creature is not a snake or a spider, nor even a jellyfish. It's the bee and other stinging insects that pose the biggest public health threat, according to an analysis of more than a decade of Australian bites and stings.
►More than half of Australia's young adults have done unpaid work as part of an internship or a job trial, raising questions about the need for greater regulation of unpaid work to prevent exploitation, a landmark national study has found...full story here.
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International news
► MEXICO: At least five people, including four foreigners, have been killed and 15 wounded after a shooter opened fire at a nightclub in Mexico's Playa del Carmen resort during a music festival...full story here.
►INDONESIA: Police deny they are afraid to tackle hardline Islamic leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab. Widely known as Habib Rizieq, he is being investigated over multiple reports of alleged blasphemy and slander, including his outlandish claim that the 100,000 rupiah note contains an image of the hammer and sickle, which is illegal in Indonesia...read more.
Faces of Australia: Jill Brookes
It’s a classic labour of love for Jill Brookes, her dozen staff and her merry band of nearly 50 volunteers.
Jill is the owner and manager of Dardanup Heritage Park, built on 121ha (300ac) property south east of Bunbury and boasting 20 sheds.
‘The Park’ boasts the largest collection of heritage items in the Southern Hemisphere, along with some of the best "re-builders" and "restorers" – usually retired cockies enjoying life in what, for them, is the best Men's Shed going.