1400 UPDATE: JANUARY 17, 2017

Hello, Paddy Kilmurray with a news update.

• Pauline Hanson is pushing on with her controversial plan to ban burqas in public buildings, if her party wins the Queensland state election.
• A man has died in a house fire at Nambucca Heads on the mid north coast this morning.
• A massive alligator has been caught on camera, taking a leisurely stroll in front of a group of tourists at a nature reserve in Florida.
• And Nick Kyrgios has made light work of Portugal’s Gasto Elias to claim his first round match at the Australian Open in straight sets.

Those stories and more in NBN News tonight at six