Good morning Border, going to be a cold one in Albury-Wodonga with a top of 9 with showers.
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Similar conditions in Wangaratta, Benalla and Rutherglen.
Beechworth and Corryong 8 with showers.
Falls Creek and Mount Buller -3 and snow and Mount Hotham -4 and snow.
Famous Rutherglen winery started by the Morris family in 1859 to be sold
Iconic Rutherglen business Morris Wines will shut its doors by early next year. Read more.
Uber-like service My Country Taxi to launch in Albury-Wodonga next month
An Albury tradie is in the final stages of developing a ride-sharing app for the Border, which is expected to be up and running next month. Read more.
Clinic worth its âwaitâ
A Border heart health service wants to let rural patients know they need not be so patient.
That long waiting times for appointments and travelling to a capital city for tests are not inevitable. Read more.
'Weird' feel as council mounts first meeting
It was the first ordinary council meeting for a new Riverina shire, but it was far from a traditional routine. Read more.
Double boost for Magpies
Wangaratta has received a double boost at the selection table with Michael Newton and Matt Kelly returning for the Magpiesâ crunch clash with Yarrawonga. Read more.
State of the nationâ
âș NEWCASLTE: CHARLESTOWN MP Jodie Harrison has called for traffic lights to be installed at the Warners Bay intersection near where Coal Point 15-year-old Jade Frith was killed by a car in April. Read on
âșILLAWARRA: The regionâs run of well-above average temperatures is about to come to a chilly halt that will please few save those headed for the snowfields. Read more.
âșMOUNT ISA: QUEENSLAND Treasurer Curtis Pitt used a Mount Isa forum to say last weekâs state budget had an âunashamedly regional focusâ. Speaking at a North West Commerce business lunch at the Buffâs Club on Thursday Mr Pitt praised local member Robbie Katter for chairing the rural debt and drought taskforce that he established last week. Read more.
âșWAGGA: RIVERINAâS most conservative federal election candidate has shocked local medical marijuana advocates by backing the alternative treatment for chronic illness. Read more.
âșBURNIE: Tasmaniaâs tourism industry has slammed the Coalitionâs $1 million Cradle Mountain commitment, labeling it a âface saving exerciseâ and ârank politicsâ. Read more.
âșPORT LINCOLN: Langhorne Creek athlete Michael Roeger is on target to compete and win a medal at the Rio Paralympics. Read more.
National news
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
âșNSW: Taxpayers face handing political parties millions more dollars in public funding for election campaigns after a parliamentary committee recommended that a "dollar per vote" system used at last year's state poll be retained. Read more.
âșNATIONAL: Centrelink is pressuring its public servants to manipulate waiting time figures and make the agency's performance look better, insiders have alleged. Workers at Medicare and Centrelink have given disturbing accounts to their union of life on the front lines of the agencies which have been subjected to successive rounds of cuts over recent years. Read more.
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World news
âșLONDON: Paranoid Vote Leave voters were on Thursday warning of an MI5 plot to rig the UK's EU referendum decision and urging voters to use pens instead of pencils so their votes could not be rubbed out. Read more.
On this day
On this day in 2010, Julia Gillard, Australia's first female Prime Minister, is sworn in.
The faces of Australia: Laurie Roche
Staying healthy and hard work are centenarian Laurie Rocheâs tips to a long life. Read more
