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8:45: Check out our TBT flash-back gallery for January 2000.
8:30: Here's what's making local sporting news:
Trouble could be brewing in the Central West AFL lower grades for 2015 after a couple of clubs revealed their numbers may not allow them to enter sides.
Dubbo trainer Brett Pay will target Tamworth's Golden Guitar carnival with Remember Kaiser after the three-year-old returned to the winner's circle in the TAB App Pace (1609m) at the same track on Sunday.
In today's edition of the Daily Liberal's mid-season report card we take a look at the progress made by Macquarie, a team many people predicted would struggle during 2014-15.
8:15: Here's your daily dose of funny video goodness. You may not be able to understand what's going on, but you'll get the picture.
8:10: In national news for your hump day:
Australia has capped two years of extraordinary warmth with 2014 declared the third hottest on record just 12 months after 2013 smashed annual highs, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Amid record low global interest rates there was a surge in the number of Australian companies tapping the European debt markets for funding in 2014, a trend top investment bankers tip to continue in 2015.
Australian captains of industry have delivered an inspired commentary on the importance and need to bridge the gender gap in management ranks, the social and commercial benefits of having more women in management and their support of internal measurable targets.
The Melbourne man at the centre of an alleged $110 million mortgage fraud holds a senior position in one of the country's largest mortgage brokerage networks, raising concerns that the true scale of the potential financial losses is yet to be known.
8am: As you're sitting down eating your breakfast why not flick through this adorable album of newborn babies of the region.
7:50: Only three more working days till the weekend, hang in there.
7:40: In regional news:
Elvis’ 80th birthday celebration is shaping up as the best party yet in the 23 years of the Elvis Festival.
A rustic timber hut inspired by Emmaville Cottage has been built for next month’s Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival.
Police have applauding mother-of-three Ellen Jones for speaking out about being grabbed on the buttock while jogging in Orange on Monday.
Long-serving Bathurst priest Father Henry (Harry) Quigley died on Monday night following a lengthy illness.
A former Wellington woman who had moved with her family to Canterbury in New Zealand with her husband who is vet said her family was quite frightened by the 6.4 magnitude earthquake which shook the region.
It was all hands on deck at Bathurst Airport yesterday as work on the $3 million resurfacing of the main runway moved into top gear.
7:20: In your local news this morning:
The Greens are calling for an end to coal mining in the lead up to the state election, but Stephen Lawrence and Troy Grant have cited negative impacts if the scheme is implemented.
A group of six Orana RFS firefighters make up the second band of reinforcements to fight the South Australian bushfires.
Regional Development Australia Orana chair John Walkom is furious an Orange City Council staff member has referred to the Dubbo central business district as a "ghost town".
The Dubbo Presbyterian Church has invited residents to a week for events aimed at showing people what a difference Jesus makes to different areas of life.
The Dubbo RSL was catering to a different crowd yesterday with the first Kid's Bingo of 2015.
Drought relief was delivered to the region over the weekend from a group of Sydney Sikhs with almost $3000 worth of food and household goods donated to the Salvation Army Dubbo branch.
7am: Good morning and welcome to hump day. You're grilling with Steph. Sorry for the delay, a few technical difficulties here.
In the weather today:
DUBBO / TRANGIE / NYNGAN: Dubbo is expecting 35 and Trangie are expecting 34 and Nyngan is expecting 35. They all have a 70 per cent chance of less than one ml.
COBAR / BOURKE: Cobar is expecting 36 and Bourke is expecting 38.
