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WOLLONGONG: Cordeaux Heights parents Tara and Drew Shaw will never forget the look on daughter Mia’s face when her Cochlear implants were switched on. Full story
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NOWRA: A woman has been awarded $300,000 after a plastic chair she was sitting on collapsed in Kmart Nowra. Full story
NSW: As Premier Mike Baird tried to relax with his family over the school holidays this week, Macquarie Street has been winding itself up with rumours and war games. Just about every permutation of a backdown or reversal of the ban on greyhound racing announced three months ago has been canvassed and caveated. Full story
FORBES: A report is being prepared for the coroner after search teams recovered the body of a man, believed to be Robert Linnane, in floodwaters south-west of Forbes on Wednesday evening. Full story
WOLLONGONG: A road closure and a spectacular truck crash on one of the region’s busiest stretches combined on Friday to leave hundreds of motorists stranded. Full story.
BAROSSA: While many of us were rugged up indoors, thrillseekers took advantage of the novel floodwaters inundating the Barossa Valley region last week. Full story.
BATHURST: Thousands of race fans lined the streets of Bathurst on Wednesday to welcomed the V8 Supercar teams to town for the Bathurst 1000 Race Week. Full story and photos.
BUNBURY: When Dave Meredith decided to make the most of the scarce sunny weather on Wednesday by taking his greyhound Pia for a walk, he didn’t expect the afternoon to end in a mad rush to save his beloved friend’s life. Full story.
BENDIGO: A council candidate has sparked an online furore after taking to social media to defend his role in a road-rage altercation which saw him knock off the side mirror of a vehicle he says swerved at him. Full story.
REDLAND BAY: The Grand View Hotel features a free show with Whole Lotta AC/DC from 2pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 23. Find out more.
NOWRA: A Nowra woman has been awarded $300,000 after a plastic chair she was sitting on collapsed in Kmart Nowra. Full story.
National news
SYDNEY: Much of NSW is considered to have high or very high bush fire danger on Friday. Full story.
BUNGENDORE: Storm-battered residents in Bungendore were told to drive more than an hour away to dispose of trees brought down by this week's ferocious winds. Full story.
►Some of Australia's wealthiest private schools are running multimillion-dollar surpluses with the help of excess taxpayer funding, prompting fresh calls for the Turnbull government to tackle inequalities in the education system. Full story.
► Australia is confronted with a "silver tsunami" of people facing death with little infrastructure in place to cope with such a seismic shift in population, according to a leading American palliative care doctor. Full story.
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International news
COLUMBIA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel peace prize for his work on the peace accord with FARC rebels that his countrymen last weekend voted to reject. Full story.
THE HAGUE: "Any advice for Prince Charles?" The question drew a smile from King Willem-Alexander (warned in advance, one aide had raised an eyebrow and said "oh, a spicy question"). Full story.
UN: It was meant to be time for an Eastern European woman. But the exact opposite has happened, and the world will instead end up with a man from West Europe as the next United Nations chief. Full story.
MALAYSIA: The final member of the so-called 'Budgie Nine' - the Australians arrested in Malaysia after stripping down to budgie smugglers emblazoned with the Malaysian national flag at the Grand Prix - has arrived back on home soil. Full story.
On this day
2001 - Two Russian cosmonauts made the first spacewalk to be conducted outside of the international space station without a shuttle present.
The faces of Australia: Brian Bortolin
The Centre for Volunteering has recognised the efforts of Brian Bortolin by awarding him the Adult Volunteer of the Year.
Mr Bortolin, a prominent Griffith resident, has been volunteering with various organisations for more than 25 years and last week he received the honour for his work with Life Education (Healthy Harold van).
As a volunteer with Life Education, Mr Bortolin drives the Healthy Harold van across the Riverina and ensures Healthy Harold remains a prominent part of education young people. Read on.
