Hello, Paul Lobb with a news update.
- The New South Wales Premier says regional councils including Newcastle and Port Stephens will no longer be forced to amalgamate.
- Firefighters are still trying to get the upper hand on a large blaze which has destroyed homes and blackened tens of thousands of hectares of land near Dunedoo.
- And a Great White Shark thought to be around four metres long has been caught on camera in Lake Macquarie by two fishermen after it snagged their lines near Swansea Channel.
NBN News tonight at six.
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