State of the Nation
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REGIONAL NEWS
► DUBBO, NSW: DNA tests have confirmed that bones and fragments found near Butlers Falls in early December belong to murdered Dubbo woman Lateesha Nolan.
► BALLARAT, VIC: Parents are calling on the Ballarat City Council to use a $1.3 million pot of money leftover from the refurbishment of the Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre (BALC) to restore slashed childcare services.
► SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A summer storm has battered South Australians this week, at one point leaving 125,000 homes without electricity.
► MANDURAH, WA: A Nambeelup greyhound owner and trainer has had his licence suspended for three years following an inquiry into the euthanasia of three of his dogs.
► DUBBO, NSW: Onlookers gathered on the banks of the Macquarie River on Friday afternoon as emergency services worked to pull a car from the water.
NATIONAL NEWS
► As Sydney gears up for the 9th annual Pink Test to raise money for The McGrath Foundation, the widely respected breast cancer charity, is phasing cricket out of its image – or at least, its logo.
► The Lorne leg of the Falls Music and Arts Festival was on Friday marred by a 'stampede' that resulted in injuries to more than 50 festival-goers.
► Swimmers have been urged to stay away from some of Melbourne's most popular beaches after Thursday's torrential downpour caused sewage and built-up pollution to stream into Port Phillip Bay.
WORLD NEWS
► Washington: Labor has doubled down on its opposition to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a day after the Turnbull government broke with the Obama administration over a controversial UN resolution.
► Jakarta: Indonesia's police chief has attributed a sharp rise in the number of alleged terrorists handled by his force to the influence of Islamic State and the defeats it is experiencing in the Middle East.
► New Zealand: An extensive search is underway in New Zealand for an Australian man who left the country in a catamaran with his six-year-old daughter while reportedly in the middle of a custody dispute with the girl's mother.
► Bangkok: More than a dozen Nobel peace prize winners have criticised their fellow laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, for failing to protect Rohingyas in Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…
► Cold War, 1978: United States ends official relations with Nationalist China
► Old West, 1943: John Denver born in New Mexico
► Music, 1985: Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash
► Vietnam War, 1968: Bloodiest year of the war ends
► Presidential, 1961: Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings