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Police release image of manhunt suspect
Victoria Police are asking the public for help to find the man who escaped after a marathon manhunt on Tuesday. Read more.
How to start dad talk in right headspace
Ballarat fathers are urged to take the initiative and start talking more to their sons. Read more.
Cold-blooded thieves target community garden
The Ballarat Community Garden has been robbed for the second time in as many weeks. Read more.
Keeping up with the coffee movement
Coffee drinkers across Ballarat have been arming themselves with keep cups in droves as part of a national movement to slash waste. Read more.
Couple spends $300,000 to transform sustainable CBD house
As Ballarat enters another painfully cold winter and power bills continue to soar, one couples advice is think long term. Read more.
Weather
It dropped down to -1 this morning and will reach a top of 12 degrees today.
Is it worth shopping around?
A new survey reveals whether there are savings to be had by shopping at Aldi. Read more.
State of the nation
►ORMISTON: Julie Wallace, the mother of Sara Zelenak has confirmed that her daughter has died in the weekend terrorist attack in London. Read more.
►WOLLONGONG: A teacher groomed two students before having sex with them. Read more.
►HUNTER VALLEY: About 1400 Glencore mineworkers have voted for two 48-hour strikes. Read more.
►COOTAMUNDRA: An off-duty police officer has been charged for drink-driving. Read more.
►BALLARAT: Police have released an image of the man they believed may have been involved in ramming a police car. Read more.
►BENDIGO: A frost warning has been issued. Read more.
►PORT MACQUARIE: Benji the labrador has helped PTSD sufferer Andrew Tebbit turn his life around. Read more.
►MAITLAND: A new coffee trend has hit the region. Have you tried a turmeric latte? Read more.
►GOULBURN: A rare life threatening condition has brought two families together. Read more.
National news
►A Channel Nine reporter was subject to racial abuse in Geelong. Read more.
►A child's diary that puts a convicted paedophile on Glenelg beach in the days surrounding the Beaumont children's disappearance there in January 1966 has been handed to Adelaide detectives. Read more.
►Five Australian universities are ranked in the top 50 in the world. Read more.
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International news
► A Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people is believed to have crashed in southern Myanmar. Read more.
► US President Donald Trump has announced Christopher Wray is his choice for the new director of the FBI. Read more.
► A London Bridge jihadist was linked to an extremist network that radicalised a teenage boy who plotted a terror attack on the 2015 Anzac Day parade in Melbourne. Read more.
On this day
1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
1896 First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris.
1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford).
1949 Siam changes name to Thailand.
1965 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.
1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones.
1984 Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The faces of Australia: Peter Abba
It’s the end of an era in Dapto, with pharmacist Peter Abba retiring after more than 50 years. He has decided to spend more time giving back to the community as a Rotarian. Read more.