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8.31AM: That brings today's wrap to a close. Keep an eye on your local paper's website for breaking news and updates. Goodbye.
8.29AM: A video of reported to be when the earthquake-triggered avalanche hits Everest Base Camp has been released. Language warning. See the footage.
8.24AM: Another striking shot from Jervis Bay Through My Eyes, thanks Maree Clout.
8.21AM: Albion Park High School students are stepping up to the challenge of creating a future that is free of domestic violence. Kiama Independent has the full story.
8.16AM: An Eden family’s heart-breaking loss of their beloved baby son will help other grieving families on the Far South Coast.
Tegan Goodyer and Michael Kennedy welcomed their baby boy, Jaxon Paul Kennedy, into the world in November last year.
Sadly, Jaxon was stillborn.
Through their heart-breaking experience Ms Goodyer has raised $4500 for Pregnancy Loss Australia to purchase a cuddle cot for families and Bega Hospital. Full story.
8.12AM: This is an amazing bit of big wave footage.
7.57AM: Here's some news that's likely to give you a headache. Access to Nurofen Plus, Panadeine and other common painkillers sold to millions of Australians each year could soon be curtailed by health authorities amid reports of harmful side effects, addiction and fatal overuse. Full story.
7.52AM: Here's a bit of nice news for the Ulladulla area. Facilities for people with disabilities in the Milton Ulladulla area just received a massive boost with a block of land for the Jindelara disability respite home identified and paid for. Read all about it.
7.48AM: A hailstorm hit the Bodalla area north of Narooma on Saturday with hailstones close to the size of cricket balls and blanketing streets and gardens in white. See the photos.
7.42AM: It seems every year we hear of someone who lost medals at an Anzac service. This year it was Batemans Bays turn.
Robert Vines has appealed for help after the commemorative medals, worn by a child, were lost near Woolworths Batemans Bay on Saturday, April 25.
"They are extremely important to the family," Mr Vines said. Full story.
7.39AM: Just scroll down and enjoy some of the fabulous content on offer while do the good old restart. I'm having some tech issues.
7.33AM: The South Coast Register had a visit from a group of returned war veterans who say they're not allowed into some RSL clubs with their motorcycle club jackets on. Full story.
7.29AM: What a perfect day it was for Anzac ceremonies on Saturday. If you all the newspaper websites on the South Coast have amazing photo galleries so take a minute to look at yours. Scroll down to see a link to the highlights.
7am: Good morning and welcome to Monday, April 27, 2015.
Good news for South Coast motorists today, so far it's a clear run on the region's roads. The trains between Bomaderry and Sydney are also offering good service.
More than 300 Australians in Nepal are still unaccounted for after Saturday's earthquake.
Among them are a young family of four from Daylesford, a former Illawarra man and a 31-year-old Devonport man. Read our full regional wrap here.
If you missed our weekend coverage of Anzac Day around regional Australia, you can see the photos here.
Thousands have searched our national Anzac centenary commemoration, The Faces of Anzacs, which contains the names and photos of nearly 1000 Diggers.
The Faces of Anzacs tribute wall contains profiles contributed by hundreds of readers around the country and internationally and compiled by Fairfax’s regional, community and agricultural mastheads.
The wall, searchable by name and location, honours Diggers who served in the Great War; those who returned and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
► Bendigo police deployed a taser to subdue a man who stabbed his uncle twice in Maiden Gully. Sergeant Jason Bourke said the 35-year-old man had assaulted his uncle before the man's father broke the fight up at about 7.45pm on Saturday night.
► The most destructive storm to ever smash the Hunter region's vital electricity networks could see some residents remain in the dark for most of this week, as community leaders vow to introduce reforms to rid streets of troublesome trees.
►An officer was injured after police were showered in glass while trying to break up a party in the Illawarra on Saturday night. Police received numerous calls from members of the public concerned about a large party at a property on Rani Avenue in Shell Cove around 9.30pm.
► There are fears for four Tasmanians reported missing after Nepal's earthquake. Launceston’s Julien Tempone-Wiltshire, 24, has been reported missing, along with Devonport’s Adam Cleaver, 31, Hobart’s Jessica Farley, 46, and Jenny Davson-Galle, 29, also from Hobart. Bridport volunteer Amy Barnes is alive and well in Nepal.
► A Port Lincoln surfer was flown to hospital in Adelaide in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark Saturday morning at Right Point south of Port Lincoln. The man lost his leg in the attack.
► Did you pay your respects at a dawn service around Australia yesterday? Check out our national gallery of the best, here.
► Victoria's anti-corruption agency will on Monday outline explosive details of how millions of dollars meant to benefit students has been stolen or fraudulently misused by a ring of allegedly crooked senior public servants and school leaders.
►Acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek is calling on her party to make all Labor MPs vote for same-sex marriage in a fresh bid to get federal parliament to legalise the reform. Ms Plibersek will argue the ALP should change its platform at the party's national conference in July.
► Cbus, which manages $27 billion on behalf of building and construction workers, is calling on the Abbott government to crack down on employers who duck the super guarantee contribution. Read more.