Beechworth, Rutherglen and Corryong 10 with rain easing.

Mount Hotham -1, Falls Creek 0 and Mount Buller 1 with snow.

A man fatally shot his “best mate” in acrimonious circumstances created by a failed major drug deal and an unresolved ute sale, an Albury court has heard. Read more.

Albury mayor Henk van de Ven has reversed his earlier backing for a community poll on aquatics facilities at the September elections during a heated extraordinary council meeting on Monday night. Read more.

Finding the missing $10 million for Wangaratta Hospital will be a priority for Cathy’s McGowan’s next three years in parliament. Read more.

A man has been smashed in the head with a metal bar in a dispute over a debt. Read more.

Explosive Albury midfielder Elliott Powell’s stunning climb through the ranks is showing no signs of slowing down after being selected for Victoria Country. Read more.

Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered. 

► WOLLONGONG: Gavin Roberts’ kind, generous nature made an impact on family, friends and colleagues during his life; and in death he gave seven strangers the ultimate gift.

Honouring his wishes, the family of the Kanahooka man consented to donating his organs after he succumbed to injuries caused by a head-on-collision in England last month. Full story.

► BENDIGO: Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters has singled out defence manufacturing and telecommunications as priorities in the coming years after being re-elected for a second term on Saturday. Full story.

► MOUNT HOTHAM: A HOLIDAY at Mt Hotham took an unexpected turn for a Melbourne couple as they delivered their third child on the top of the mountain. 

Natasha and David Warlond and their two children had spent nearly a week at Dinner Plain and enjoyed the holiday so much, they decided to stay an extra night. 

The trip was thrown into chaos early Friday morning when Natasha – who was 38 weeks pregnant – went into labour. Full story.

► BALLARAT: The career of 2015 Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne was hanging in the balance earlier this year after an horrific fall left her hospitalised for weeks.Now she has revealed just how serious the injury was. Full story.

► DUBBO: Police have called for motorists to slow down and drive to the conditions after a serious accident on Saturday.

About 2.30pm emergency services were called to an accident between two vehicles on the Newell Highway, just south of North Terramungamine Road. Full story.

► REDLANDS: AS the temperatures dropped in the Redlands last week, homeless people living across our city bore the brunt of the winter chill.

Among them was Lewis, who has had both of his legs amputated. Full story.

► LAUNCESTON: HE’S taken phone calls from both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten, but Andrew Wilkie is adamant he won’t be doing any deals. Full story.

► NAROOMA: Narooma Chamber of Commerce will not hold a Narooma Oyster Festival this year running out of time and resources, putting off the event until next year. Full story.

► KATHERINE: Shale Gas exploration in Mataranka faces a murky future after more than 350 members of the Mangarrayi and Alawa Aboriginal Land Trusts joined to bring legal action against the Northern Land Council last week. 

► Introducing a new poison to control wild dogs has opened divisions among landholders, as efforts are stepped up to stem sheep attacks in the Snowy Mountains south of Canberra. Full story.

► Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed bikies, union thugs, activists and "sneaky" Labor tactics for his plummeting popularity in the Queensland seat of Dickson. Full story.

► Ousted Liberal MP Andrew Nikolic has taken to social media to accuse left-wing lobby group GetUp! of running a "dishonest, nasty, personal campaign" that cost him his seat. Full story.

► Far in excess of expectations, Labor recorded a string of big swings and major gains across Western Sydney, from Canterbury to the Blue Mountains, and broader NSW at Saturday's poll. The Liberal knives are out for what members of all party factions are decrying as a "monumental screw up". Full story.

► BEIJING: The Taiwanese navy has mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile in the direction of mainland China as the Communist Party marked its 95th anniversary in Beijing, in a costly blunder which killed a Taiwanese fisherman and injured three others. Full story.

►VIRGINIA: The governor got to drive a Ferrari. He was at the beachside clambake – where they cracked a $US5000 ($6750) bottle of cognac and poured what was left into the fire. And after exclusive rounds of golf he was allowed to blitz the resort store – with his businessman host picking up the tab. Full story.

►LONDON: Last week's "don't know what I want but I know how to get it" referendum result in Britain is making the Sex Pistols sound like prophets. Full story.

On this day 1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit. 

KIRAIN Dalton contributed to many aspects of the Port Fairy community but it was his behaviour as a quiet gentleman for which he was most known.

Mr Dalton died on Saturday, June 25, at the age of 82 after a long illness.

He was a life member of the Port Fairy Surf Lifesaving Club, the Port Fairy Angling Club and the Port Fairy Urban Fire Brigade, helping them grow to become vital parts of Port Fairy’s vibrant community. 

Mr Dalton joined the Port Fairy Surf Lifesaving Club in 1951 as a teenager.

He played an important role in the club as a foundation member and later when it was in danger of failing through lack of membership and interest. Read more.