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Rutherglen and Corryong 17, Wangaratta, Benalla and Beechworth 16.
Mount Hotham and Mount Buller 5 and Falls Creek 6.
►Accused 'had disorder'
A Lavington man accused of murdering a fellow drug dealer clearly was suffering from a mental illness on the night of the killing, his trial has heard. Read more.
►Sussan Ley hangs onto health, sport and aged care
Sussan Ley has held onto the high profile health minister role in the re-elected Malcolm Turnbull federal government after fears she would be made a scapegoat for Labor’s “Medi-scare” campaign. Read more.
►Trent jumps on front foot in tumour battle
►Only Trent Ball would consider it.
Hours after being admitted to St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne for a brain tumour, the larger-than-life Albury sporting identity was asking the doctors about sneaking over to the MCG. Read more.
►Racing NSW extends search for Albury Racing Club board members
Racing NSW has extended the period for nominations for spots on the revamped Albury Racing Club committee. Read more.
►Runner as home raided
A man is on the run from police after officers found 19 marijuana plants, cannabis seeds, a sawn-off gun and two ice pipes at a Deniliquin home. Read more.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing? We've got you covered.
► GRIFFITH, NSW: The leader of Griffith’s Muslim community has hit out at Sonia Kruger for her “not nice” comments about his religion. Dr Mohamed Mofreh, imam of the Griffith mosque, said the perpetrators of violence and terror were not true Muslims. “I feel so sorry because this is not fair at all,” Dr Mofreh said. Read more.
► WODONGA, VIC: A man involved in a road rage incident with two bike riders is now a cyclist himself after losing his licence. Read more.
► BUNBURY, WA: A Donnybrook man has been sentenced to 12 months jail after admitting he used social media to engage in a sexually explicit conversation with a 14-year-old girl. Read more.
► WYONG, NSW: The airport on a ridge that was never going to fly has been consigned to history. The newly-formed Central Coast Council put a “For sale” sign on the site of the proposed Kiar Ridge Airport in the northern half of Wyong last week, only two years after Wyong Shire Council controversially paid $10 million for the land to build it on, and a few months after the council abandoned the project. Read more.
► BALLARAT, VIC: When her three-year-old daughter Samara was racially vilified in the middle of a Melbourne shopping centre, Rachel Muir knew she had to make a stand. Since the harrowing incident last year, the Aboriginal Ballarat mum of two has become a champion for change not just in her own community but across the world. Earlier this month, she was recognised for her tireless work in the fight against racism with a National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee award. Read more.
► DUBBO, NSW: Nbn had “no choice” but to terminate the contract of a worker who used a plastic bottle to try and repair a Dubbo man’s damaged stormwater drain, according to the company. Read more.
► HORSHAM, VIC: An international friendship has brought two policing departments together to learn, teach and develop a greater understanding of police work. On Monday Horsham Police Station hosted Malawi Sergeant Mabvuto Chepta. Read more.
National news
► Pauline Hanson has made a controversial appearance on ABC's Q&A as police clashed with a handful of protesters who demonstrated for and against her on the street outside, arresting up to six people. About 100 protesters began gathering at the ABC's headquarters in the Sydney suburb of Ultimo from 8pm on Monday night, ahead of the senator-elect's appearance on the live television show. Read more.
► There has barely been such a shock to the Dreaming landscape of Harman's Valley in south-west Victoria since nearby Mount Napier erupted 36,000 years ago, spewing a stream of molten lava 27 kilometres to the south-west. In recent weeks, visitors who stop to marvel at what scientists considered a geological wonder have been confronted by freshly bared earth extending up the valley. A farmer has used heavy equipment to roll a section of the rocky lava flow – one of the "youngest" such features in Victoria's vast volcanic plains – back into the earth to create pasture land. Read more.
► Defence experts and industry figures say it makes sense for Christopher Pyne to take on a new senior defence industry role in cabinet but warn against Mr Pyne's using the job to favour his home state of South Australia. Read more.
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International news
► PAKISTAN: She was a social media star known as Pakistan's Kim Kardashian. But model and singer Qandeel Baloch used her fame for more than just self promotion, aiming to challenge the deeply conservative mindset of her Muslim nation. On Friday, Baloch described herself as an "inspiration to those ladies who are treated badly and dominated by the society" and said she knew her critics would "Keep On Hating ... DAMN but Who Cares". Hours later she was dead, allegedly murdered by her brother in a so-called honour killing. Read more.
► UNITED STATES: Montrell Jackson was a broken man. Days before he was shot dead by a lone gunman on Sunday morning, the Baton Rouge police officer posted an emotional message on Facebook about the unrest in his home town. The 32-year-old, named by US media outlets as one of three officers killed following a confrontation with a gunman on the Airline Highway, said he felt "tired physically and emotionally". Read more.
On this day
July 19: Happy birthday to American Jared Padalecki! Some people might recognise the actor, 34, as Rory's first boyfriend on the TV show Gilmore Girls. But Padalecki has spent the past 11 years battling demons and paranormal predators as Sam Winchester in the show Supernatural.
While we're celebrating, let's shout a big happy birthday to English actor and film producer Benedict Cumberbatch! He turns the big 4-0 today. Cumberbatch catches up with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres here:
The faces of Australia: David Jones
A “Ten Pound Pom” who now lives in Griffith has celebrated 50 years in Australia.
David Jones was one of about a million people who came to Australia under the “assisted-passage scheme”, arriving on July 14, 1966.
Mr Jones said Australia was his home and he loves it so much, he has never been back.
Between 1945 and 1972, a post-war immigration policy saw adults charged just £10 for their fare to Australia and children travelled free, but participants had to commit to two years in the lucky country.
“It was a bit of a culture shock at first,” Mr Jones said of his arrival in 1966.
“The class structure in Britain was bad and we were fed up with the cold and snow.
“We got off the boat in July and it was so much warmer I walked around in shorts, people must have thought I was mad.” Read more.