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An assassin bug with a lady beetle. Picture: Jim Thomson
Manager of Sureway Wagga Paul Snudden does a jig at the traffic lights intersection of Tompson and Baylis Streets. Picture: Michael Frogley
Newcastle Herald photographer Peter Stoop has won a Kennedy Award for this shot of firefighters tackling a wall of flame at Aberdare.
Extended care paramedic (ECP) came to the Illawarra as part of a pilot program. Pictured are paramedics Megan Okkonen, Chris Lahene, Andrew Kelman and Jacquie Saunders. Picture: Andy Zakeli
Charles Sturt University Dodos captain Sam Lopes catches a disc during a game of ultimate at Bolton Park. An inter- university tournament will be held this weekend with teams from Canberra and across the southern region competing. Picture: Michael Frogley
Dodos team members Seray Goklekin, Gillian Petrie, (back) Samuel Lopes, Sasa Otovic and Ryan Alexander at Bolton Park. Picture: Michael Frogley
Samantha Rodrigues (left), Martin Cooper, Jake Ramirez and Rachel Coughlan are drafting youth policies in the Federal electorate of Throsby. Picture: Robert Peet
Benny Barba was among the crowd who turned out at the Lithgow Workies to help former Workies Wolves rugby league star Tohi Leha who has fallen on tough times after the big forward was diagnosed with cancer.
Year 6 students Lochlan Munro from Tolland Public and Macy Trainer from Turvey Park Public have a bit of fun at the Careers in the Spotlight initiative at Mount Austin High School. Picture: Les Smith
Fire and Rescue NSW personnel talk to a trapped driver whose car collided with a truck, traffic light and a parked car in Wagga. Picture: Michael Frogley
Wagga mayor Rod Kendall meets and greets members of the Southern Sports Academy (from left) Tara Horne, Claudia Barton, Lauren Barton, Isobel Cowell, Martjie Venter, Adam White, Nick Williams, Paige Guthrie, Kayla Fulmer, Grace Templeton and Abby Dixon.
Ross Tinkler will be setting off on The Black Dog Ride to raise awarenes about suicide and depression. Picture: Les Smith
One Orange resident didn’t seem to enjoy Thursdays’s light snowfall much. Picture: Steve Gosch
An early-morning Orange driver had a lucky escape while driving on Pinnacle Road on Friday after a falling tree branch pierced his Volkswagen’s windscreen. Picture: Steve Gosch
Detective Acting Inspector Gareth Smith with Senior Constable Cameron Wells, a forensic officer attached to Bathurst Crime Scene, during a weapons seizure. Picture: Zenio Lapka
Police gather evidence at an Alfred Street residence in Dubbo as part of their investigation into the disappearance 33-year-old Alois Rez. Picture: Belinda Soole
Tony Hatch from Vale Creek Wines at Georges Plains is over the moon after his 2009 barbera received a top rating during a taste test series by the Wine and Viticulture Journal.
The tooth fairy visited Dubbo schools on Wednesday. Pictured:Jessica Sutherland (dental nurse), Isaac Birchall, Lauren Younan (dental hygienist), Leonnan Stedman, Brianna Walsh (dental nurse) Samanth Gibson, Tamzin Marr, Gabriella Riley, Eve Porch, Sophie Wheatley, Megan Brown. Picture: Belinda Soole
A total of Twenty four plaques have been been unveiled on the Tamworth Regional Olympian Honour Wall as a tribute to the Olympic ideals of 15 games representatives. Pictured are Australian Olympic Committee vice president Helen Brownlee with Tamworth committee chair Ron Surtees, and back, George Barton, Clive Barton, Nicole Davey, Joan and Lindsay Davy, Duncan Harvey, Patrick Hunt, Craig Miller, Adrian King in front, Kate Jenner, Judy Thomas, Stacey Porter, Matthew Smith, Mike Moroney and Michael York.
Spring has sprung for northern NSW residents. Sharon Armstrong and her daughter Kate enjoy the warm winter weather. Picture: Gareth Gardner
Senior constable Alex Seivl and his four-legged friend Manchu are an unstoppable team–key players in the NSW Dog Squad based at Morisset. Picture: Marina Neil
Troy Herfoss spoke passionately about the need for a track in Goulburn at Tuesday night’s council meeting. He is pictured overlooking a portion of the now approved site next to the speedway with Goulburn Motorcycling Club president Richard Toparis (left) and club secretary Mark Herfoss.
A bellbird and its young taken with a short lens with a shortduration flash. Picture: Jim Thomson
Port Macquarie Mayor Peter Besseling and Port Macquarie Astronomical Association president Kevin Gallagher discuss the idea of a science centre and education facility in the heart of Port Macquarie.
Samantha Clark, Maya Spannari, Paul Dirago, Paul Jones, Denis Juelicher, David Birrer, Kathy O'Neale and Jacqui Murray support Port Macquarie's community garden.
Ryley Batt will take part in the City2Surf on Sunday.
Tuross Head resident Max Castle is at the forefront of a local push to make the coastline safer for fishers and boaters. Picture: Josh Gidney
A part of Shoalhaven history has come to an end with the passing of the region's oldest Aboriginal elder Stella Wright, aged 100. She is pictured with two of her sons Terry (left) and Trevor.
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre arts administration assistant Brigitte Carter gets up close and personal to Tiffany Allen’s collection of works in this year’s touring ARTSEXPRESS.
Eastern Station Hotel's ghostly aura is set to make the Ballarat pub Australia's Most Haunted Pub. Picture: Jeremy Bannister
Sisterly love was out in triplicate at last night’s St Aloysius Debutante Ball in Ballarat. Sisters Tia Petrusch (27, middle) and Channy (17) and Nicole (16) Parker made their debut together.
Licensee Chris Sargent says boosting tourism in Ballarat is important to keep the city functioning.
A tip-off has led police to one of the biggest Bendigo drug seizures in Bendigo's recent memory. Police found 187 cannabis plants at a Carpenter Street home in Kangaroo Flat.
A group of Girton Grammar students and teachers who will compete in the City to Surf. Picture: Jim Aldersey
Country Fire Authority crews were called to a house fire at Axedale. Picture: Peter Weaving
Inglewood Anglican Church is restoring its organ. Pictured are member of the parish council Karen Akers, church warden Tim Johns, parishioner Sonia Sibley and organist Val Johns. Picture: Jodie Donnellan
The Liberal Party has promised it will provide $10 million for an integrated cancer care centre in the south-west if elected. Pictured are Premier Denis Napthine, Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton, Wannon MP Dan Tehan, Warrnambool mayor Michael Neoh, Peters Project's Vicky Jellie and committee members.
A new part-time specialist gynaecologist has been recruited to Warrnambool, alleviating the need for women to travel to Melbourne for consultations and surgery. Visiting specialist uro-gynaecologist Dr Joe Lee with continence nurse consultant Sharon Homberg and director of obstetrics Dr Michael Koutsoukis.
Factorie Launceston store manager Simon Dearsley said many of the store's big spenders were people from North-West Tasmania who came into Launceston to shop.
Tasmanian gun owners are arming themselves with more registered firearms than ever before. Detective Inspector Scott Flude with firearms seized by police.
Perth Primary School pupils will be among the first in the nation to trial National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing online. Pictured is Perth Primary School grade 3 teacher Chris Wheeler and pupil Jacob Widdowson.
Choreographer and So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge Jason Coleman hosts a dance workshop for Devonport High School and St Brendan-Shaw College students. Picture: Meg Windram.
Devonport Show Society president Lesley Young gives Woolworths' Devonport store manager Kerry Porter a thankyou hug after the company pledged a total of $90,000 in sponsorship over three years for the show. Picture: Meg Windram.
Devonport High student Brooke O'Shannessey asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to have a selfie with her.Devonport High student Brooke O'Shannessey asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to have a selfie with her.
A year after a vicious dog attacked decimated their herd, Batemans Bay High School students Caitlin Maguire, Tanni Hoadley, Katlin Reynolds, Melissa Bertosa, Marissa Allen, Kiera Xuereb, Hayley Dunn, Ruby Dunn, Jackson Bennett, Paige McPherson and Jessica Taber are pictured with some of the school’s four-legged friends from the agricultural area. Picture: Josh Gidney
Performers from YES Drama School enchanted participants during the 2012 Milton Gallery Walk, and this year Ulladulla will host its own art trail. Picture: Katrina Condie
Vietnam veterans Ross Benton of Bendigo and Brian Pender – formerly of Bega – meet for the first time in 43 years at the Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Picture: Jeffery Chan
Narooma's Melissa Hoar is hoping to qualify for the skeleton event in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Education Week was a huge event at Merimbula Public School this year. Pictured is the hip hop dance group performing at the Open Day Assembly.
Maree Dean, Val Taylor and Janice Howarth filling up Christmas boxes.
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