Good morning Border, rain developing later in Albury-Wodonga today with a top of 13.
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Wangaratta and Benalla 13, Rutherglen 14, Beechworth 12 and Corryong 11.
Falls Creek and Mount Buller 1 with snow, and Mount Hotham -1.
Farrer votes: Labor to offer full refund for votes for Christian Kunde
Labor has promised to refund any money to the Australian Electoral Commission made from votes for Christian Kunde. Read more.
Border mothers want small-town childcare
A Rutherglen mother will meet Indi MP Cathy McGowan on Friday to discuss the barriers faced by residents in outlying North East towns to access childcare. Read more.
Racing NSW starts process for recruitment of four independent Albury Racing Club directors
Albury Racing Club's board of directors is facing its biggest revamp in more than a century as part of a $1.2 million track renovation to start mid-August. Read more.
Road upgrades in bid to curb bike road toll
Howlong motorcycle enthusiast Graeme Male has experienced so many near-misses while on the road over the years, he’s lost count. Read more.
Girls getting a kick out of footy
The Border and North East has the potential to become as big a drafting ground for the new women’s competition as it has been for the AFL. Read more.
State of the nation
► ILLAWARRA: A Dapto man killed abroad has given the ultimate gift to seven organ donor recipients. Gavin Roberts was involved in a head-on collision in Oxford, England, on June 11 while on his way to work. Read more.
► NEWCASTLE: Bus passengers will get a free ride at the state government’s expense on Thursday, as drivers take part in protest action over a plan to privatise services. Read more.
►LAUNCESTON:Federal Labor has promised a key slice of the sewerage infrastructure funding requested by TasWater, pledging $75 million to improve Launceston’s stormwater and sewerage systems. Read more.
►ALBURY: Laura McFarland was taking her son to soccer when she got a call from her daughter’s work after she had failed to turn up. Confused, Ms McFarland returned to her East Albury home to wait for a police officer, who said her daughter, Lainy, had taken her life – at the age of only 22. Read more.
►BURNIE: A young mum, aged 16, and her two-month-old son were the victims of a two-vehicle crash at Deep Creek Road on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened about 5.15pm when the Toyota Corolla, which was travelling south on Deep Creek Road, collided on the passenger side with the unladen prime mover travelling west on the Bass Highway. Read more.
►NARACOORTE: It’s not often you find a mushroom with a circumference larger than a broad-brimmed hat, but that’s exactly what farmer Alan Smith discovered on his farm near Naracoorte. Read more.
National news
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
►NSW: Only 4 per cent of rural voters prefer Bill Shorten as prime minister, according to an exclusive Fairfax Media poll of Australian farmers.Almost three-quarters of the farmers surveyed say they intend to vote for the Coalition on July 2, and 61pc prefer Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister. Read more.
►MELBOURNE: The state government may introduce new carjacking laws after a young man was attacked with a crowbar in the second violent car theft in Malvern in 24 hours. Read more.
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World news
►RIO: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has lamented the mugging of Australian Paralympian Liesl Tesch and team official Sarah Ross in the city, issuing an apology at a press conference. Read more.
On this day
2006 - The world's oldest known animal in captivity, a 176-year-old tortoise, dies.
The faces of Australia: Eddie Nsanzimana
