State of the nation:
►Bendigo, VIC: Friends from Australia and abroad have come to Bendigo to help rouse the dragon Sun Loong. A campaign for the 47-year-old dragon’s replacement and restoration is currently underway...catch up on the colourful action here.
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►Hunter, NSW: The heat in the simmering bikie turf war in the region has been turned up another notch after one gang refused an olive branch from their feuding opponents...full story here.
►Launceston, TAS: Spectators lined the streets of Launceston to see marching brass bands from across the country. A total of 3300 musicians have descended on the city.
►Port Lincoln, SA: The Teakle Auto Sprint has kicked into gear with drivers hitting the streets and spectators making the most of the action. Racing continues today...see a wrap up of day one.
►Armidale, NSW: A Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer has pleaded guilty to sparking a blaze near Inverell last year. It’s the second arrest by Strike Force Illingworth after a 16-year-old boy was charged in December for lighting a fire in the Pine Forest...full story.
NATIONAL WEATHER
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NATIONAL NEWS
►Coffs Harbour, NSW: A search operation for a missing swimmer at Pebbly Beach on the NSW North Coast was suspended on Saturday evening after fading light made it unsafe for the operation to continue safely...read on.
►A thousand Facebook friends and still lonely: Our most isolated generation revealed. "There's no one to talk to. Sometimes I think it would be good to walk out the door and have a chat with someone but that just doesn't happen,” says Zachary Nelson-Shine who has hundreds of friends on Facebook.
WORLD NEWS:
►San Pedro: Filipino drug users and addicts at risk of execution under President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called war on drugs were among devotees at an annual Easter ritual in which men nail themselves to the cross.
►Dayton: So many people overdosed on opioids from late 2016 to January 2017, the Montgomery County Coroner Kent Harshbarger ran out of room at his office in Dayton, Ohio.
FACES OF AUSTRALIA: Joshua Paulson
There's no stopping Joshua Paulson as he graduates from nursing and goes on to study medicine.
Joshua is a Worimi and Baudjalung man who grew up on Biripi country.
“I’m excited to start my second degree in medicine and now have a great safety net in nursing, which I love,” he said.
