Good morning Border, showers and a possible storm in Albury-Wodonga with a top of 12.
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Wangaratta and Benalla 11, Rutherglen 12 and Corryong and Beechworth 10.
Mount Hotham -2, Mount Buller and Falls Creek -1 all with blizzard conditions.
►Meth use continues to surge
CE possession and use offences are at an all time high in the North East and are continuing to grow. Read more.
►Victim shot as he made his call
Phone records put before a Supreme Court murder trial jury have confirmed Lavington man Luke Hargrave was on the phone at the time he was fatally shot. Read more.
►Gotta catch them all
Why would you be walking the streets of Albury on a rainy Sunday night? To catch Pokemon, of course. Read more.
►Snatched dog leaves a hole in family's heart
A Lavington woman fears her dog has been stolen by a thief and is appealing for help to find him. Read more.
►Basketballer Steph Gorman is Young Achiever of the Year award nominee
Victoria Country finished third at the under-18 national basketball championships in April and Wodonga’s Steph Gorman helped achieve this feat. Read more.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► LAUNCESTON: The story of three-year-old Zara Tuckerman, diagnosed with leukaemia, has touched the hearts of Tasmanians after her relatives in Launceston launched a fundraising campaign. Zara, who lives in Geelong, was diagnosed with the cancer last Tuesday after feeling unwell for a number of weeks.More here.
► BENDIGO: A Judge has refused to allow a man accused of murdering three people in Wedderburn to change his guilty plea. Ian Francis Jamieson, 65, pleaded guilty to the murders of Greg Holmes, Peter Lockhart and Mary Lockhart, but has since attempted to change his plea to not guilty to one of the murders. More here.
► FLETCHER: A couple from Fletcher has had a lucky escape after an eight tonne runaway truck and trailer ploughed into their bedroom, a few hours before they were about to turn in for the night. More here.
► VICTORIA: Victoria Police has used the 40th anniversary of the introduction of breath testing to discuss extending the zero blood alcohol limit until the age of 26. More here.
► TUMUT: Expectant mother Naomi Williams arrived at Tumut hospital on January 1 complaining of a headache. She was sent home and died hours later of cardiac arrest. An autopsy revealed she had died of meningococcal and septicemia.More here.
► ILLAWARRA: A crim has stolen $3000 of goods from a home at Warilla, including a 70-kilogram bathtub. More here.
► MOUNT ISA: State Member for Mount Isa Robert Katter, 39, has popped the question. ABC journalist Daisy Hatfield, 26, announced her engagement to Mr Katter on Facebook Sunday, with many congratulations to the happy couple from family and friends. More here.
► LAVINGTON: Phone records put before a Supreme Court murder trial jury have confirmed Lavington man Luke Hargrave was on the phone at the time he was fatally shot. More here.
► WARRNAMBOOL: Which region takes the gong for being home to the slowest train service in Victoria? More here.
► MARGARET RIVER: In the wake of call for public comment on a proposed rehabilitation facility in Metricup, residents have voiced both their support and concerns over the planned hospital. More here.
National news
► Marriage equality will be the first test of Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to find common ground in the new Parliament – but don't hold your breath on a joint approach. More here.
► According to a new report, most Australians think parenting is all about raising happy kids, which comes naturally to happy, "normal" people. Parenting experts warn this is an unproductive view, and parents should instead focus on cultivating their child's social, emotional, intellectual and physical capabilities. More here.
► Mail theft and identity fraud has been on the rise, with organised crime syndicates taking advantage of Sydney's apartment boom and targeting the clusters of letter boxes. More here.
► All job interviews can be nerve-wracking, but the applicants who queued from 6am on Monday to apply for a gig at a boutique hotel faced a particularly daunting challenge. They had to re-enact the scene from Zoolander where the male models competed against each other in a catwalk "walk off" challenge. More here.
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International news
► LOUISIANA: As the lone woman stood in front of a row of riot police in the US, her flowing dress and bare arms in sharp contrast to the officers' armour, she gave off an air of peaceful determination and defiance. More here.
► VATICAN: Pope Francis has appointed former Fox News executive Greg Burke to head the Vatican's press office. More here.
On this day
The magnetic-driven, red-framed drawing tool Etch A Sketch is celebrating its 56th birthday today.
The concept of the Etch A Sketch came from Frenchman Andre Cassagnes, who experimented with various mediums for some years before partnered with American Paul Chaze, who owned a plastic modelling company, and Chaze’s accountant Arthur Granjean.
More than 175 million Etch A Sketchs have been sold across the world.
The faces of Australia: Rob Gibbs
Landscape artist and The Big Issue vendor Rob Gibbs is continuing to overcome all hurdles to pursue his dreams.
Gibbs, who lives with an acquired brain injury and was was born without a fully-formed right hand, will hold his second exhibition at Mattelles Cafe from now until November 1.
He said he hoped the artworks would capture the attention of diners and patrons of the Block Arcade.
Gibbs trained as a painter about 20 years ago and has since undertaken private tuition with a local art teacher.
He describes his works, which he paints with both hands, as self-taught and solo. Read more here.