Armidale and Guyra councils will merge. Gosford and Wyong will merge, as well as Gloucester, Great Lakes and Taree. Mergers in the Hunter Valley have been put on hold.
46 passengers and crew are now back on land in the small Queensland town of 1770.. after a tourist boat caught fire and sank off the coast.
And Australia’s top women surfers have had another successful day at the Rio Pro with Sally Fitzgibbons, Tyler Wright, and Steph Gilmore all advancing to the quarter finals.
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