Benalla 13, Rutherglen 12, Corryong and Beechworth 11.

Mount Buller and Mount Hotham 1 and Falls Creek 2.

A first freight route from Wodonga to Adelaide will be among the ambitions for the new rail hub at Barnawartha. Read more.

A business owner has been dragged bya moving vehicle after two motel residents fled in a bid to avoid payment. Read more.

An ex-police officer has vowed to defend himself in court over his alleged unregistered use of an electric bicycle around Wangaratta. Read more.

Drivers were lucky to escape injury when a car crossed onto the wrong side of the road on Melrose Drive in Wodonga. Read more.

Albury's Fletcher Carroll will make his NEAFL debut for GWS Giants against Brisbane Lions on Sunday. Read more.

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

► BENDIGO: Victorian corruption investigators have laid more than two dozen fraud charges against the former construction manager of the $630 million Bendigo Hospital project. More here.

► LAUNCESTON: When wild winds ripped the roof off their Kings Meadows home on Tuesday afternoon, Harry and Patricia Williams thought the worst of it was over.But on Tuesday night while they were away, looters climbed into the roofless property and helped themselves. More here.

► BALLARAT: A probe by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog into claims of fraud in the Ballarat City Council may be investigating more than one of the organisation’s senior officers.  More here.

► BUNBURY: A house in East Bunbury was gutted by a fire on Wednesday afternoon. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the suspicious fire. More here.

► WOOLONGONG: A man has been hit with a hammer during an early morning robbery on a suburban street. More here.

► MURRAYLANDS: An ambitious expansion of Monarto Zoo is on the cards, one that would make it an international safari destination with an area greater than every other Australian zoo put together. More here.

► SOUTH COAST NSW: An exhausted baby seal, trapped in fishing net on a South Coast beach for about a week has taken 30 seconds to find its way home without looking back, once freed. More here. 

► WARRNAMBOOL: A rare piece of Warrnambool’s history will be on show for the first time in almost 70 years on Saturday. F Project Cinema is hosting two screenings of what is believed to be Warrnambool’s first feature film. More here.

► NEWCASTLE: V8 Supercars driver Aaren Russell says a waterfront track in Newcastle would be one of the best motor racing circuits in Australia. Newcastle is understood to be in pole position to replace the Sydney 500 at Homebush.    More here.

► GLEN INNES: A Glen Innes man faces up to 20 years in jail for allegedly supplying more than $170,000 worth of the drug ice. More here.

► The backers of the latest plan for a fast train between Melbourne and Sydney have met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and have enlisted two former premiers, a federal trade minister and the USA's ex-transportation secretary to their advisory board. More here.

► First they deconstructed the latte. Then they took out the milk. Then they replaced the actual coffee with ground turmeric to create a golden latte. Now, in the relentless pursuit of the next wave of "coffee", novelty-seeking drinkers can order a blue algae latte.  More here.

► One-year-old Isabella swallowed a battery, no one knows when, and it made her sick. Her parents took her to hospital several times over two weeks, but staff didn't pick up the presence of the battery until it was too late, the Coroners Court heard on Thursday. More here.

► A woman accused of murdering a housemate over $50 was overheard saying she would "gut her" in the time before a fatal fight, a trial has heard. More here.

► Thousands of Melburnians say they will take to the streets this weekend to support the Black Lives Matter movement after a spate of police shootings of African Americans. More here.

► BRITAIN: Amid the head-scratching over the decision to name eccentric politician Boris Johnson as Britain's new foreign secretary, the response from the US has been telling. More here.

► CAMBODIA: The wife of a prominent anti-government activist shot dead in Cambodia on Sunday is reported to want to escape to Australia. More here.

► BELGIUM: At least two explosions have rocked the Belgian capital of Brussels, with reports of explosions in or near several parked cars. More here.

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In 1982, Pink Floyd's The Wall premiered at The Empire in London, England.

It was a cross between a live film and an animated surreal film, and was based on the band's 1979 album of the same name.

Ground-breaking at the time, it has since built a cult status thanks to its metaphors and symbolic animated imagery, which was drawn by cartoonist Gerald Scarfe.

Oh, and its soundtrack is pretty rad, too.

Five chief executives in five years left RSPCA Tasmania in turmoil. 

Ridden with controversy and systematic financial mismanagement, the organisation was “touch and go”, according to the organisation’s chief executive Peter West. 

RSPCA Tasmania was still facing some financial difficulty, but the organisation has defied odds under the governance of Mr West. 

Prior to his current role, Mr West worked at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for 17 years.

His final project at TMAG saw him utilise his impeccable marketing background to work on redeveloping and changing the museum’s brand. 

Mr West talked openly about RSPCA Tasmania’s ”troubles”, and the challenge he faced turn the organisation around. 

“Our governance and the board's relationship with the senior management was pretty s--t,” Mr West said. 

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