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Wangaratta to Falls Creek is the first leg of the Herald-Sun tour which starts tomorrow. A milder day today with a top of 34 in Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 32, Culcairn 33, Wangaratta 32, Corryong 33, Bright 31, Falls Creek 19.
Catch up on news here:
Jesse Featonby to ride in Herald Sun tour with Chris Froome
Jesse Featonby, 29, said it was a dream come true to be riding in the Herald Sun Tour with Tour de France winner Chris Froome. Froome will be part of a crack field that weaves its way from Wangaratta to Falls Creek and Mt Beauty to Beechworth starting tomorrow. More here
VIDEO: First day of school for these kids
It’s the first day of school for Elizabeth, Ethan, Molly and Archer. They tell it like it is in this very funny video. Warning: Cuteness overload! Watch video
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull avoids condemning Donald Trump's policy
OPINION: Trump decrees that immigration will be frozen from seven majority Muslim countries but that number does not include Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan and Pakistan which have been a haven for terrorists. More here
EPA receives North Wangaratta Recreation Reserve lead contamination report
Environment Protection Authority Victoria will spend two to three weeks reviewing a report into the extent of lead contamination at North Wangaratta Recreation Reserve. More here
Loose-fill asbestos demolition process starts in Finley
Demolition preparations will begin from this week at nine Finley properties containing loose-fill asbestos. More here
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing – well, we have you covered.
► ABERDEEN: Police are investigating following a fatal accident between two vehicles in the Upper Hunter on Monday.
Just before 2.30pm, emergency services were called to the New England Highway, Aberdeen, following reports two vehicles had collided. Full story.
► TASMANIA: The death of a teenager in the state’s South on Saturday night has been described as “traumatic” by police.
Seventeen-year-old Margaret Mary Lore, of Richmond, was with a group of friends when she fell 15 metres from the top of a cliff at Blackmans Bay, south of Hobart. Full story.
► BATHURST: A BATHURST family has been left disgusted after receiving several pieces of raw and under-cooked chicken from the local KFC outlet. Full story.
► MAITLAND: A planned public-private partnership for the new Lower Hunter hospital should be canned following the retirement of Health Minister Jillian Skinner, Maitland Labor MP Jenny Aitchison says. Full story.
► MOUNT AUSTIN: A man has been arrested and at least two are injured after a tense stand-off with police on Monday night. Full story.
National news
► SYDNEY: Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been forced to defend her new minister for women, Tanya Davies, and reassert the government's position on abortion after she revealed that "personally, I am pro-life". Full story.
►HEATHCOTE: Four girls have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a falling tree branch at a high school in southern Sydney, on the first day back after the summer holidays. Full story.
IMMIGRATION: The day she started work in the United States, Shadi Sherafat came bearing gifts: Tim Tams and toy koalas for the team, a boomerang for her boss. She may have been born in Iran but was now a proud Australian. Full story.
National weather radar
International news
► JAKARTA: After three years of life in limbo in Indonesia, Hazara refugee "Saira" and nine of her extended family members received wonderful news from the UN refugee agency in October - they would be resettled in the United States. Full story.
► RUSSIA: The last time Mikhail Gorbachev was in the news, he gave Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt. That thought has now vanished as the former Soviet president warns "it all looks as if the world is preparing for war". Full story.
► BANGKOK: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a "cleansing" of rogue police and the disbandment of his country's anti-drugs unit after the abduction and killing of a South Korean businessman under the cover of his deadly drugs crackdown. Full story.
On this day
1950 - U.S. President Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.
1971 - Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon.
1983 - The wearing of seat belts in cars became compulsory in Britain.
1985 - The final Jeep rolled off the assembly line at the AMC plant in Toledo, OH.
1990 - McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow, Russia.
1995 - U.S. President Clinton invoked presidential emergency authority to provide a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
2000 - An Alaska Airlines jet crashed into the ocean off Southern California. All 88 people on board were killed.
2005 - Keanu Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Faces of Australia: Julie Ludlow.
She organised the year 2000 celebrations in Nowra and the World’s Biggest Pumpkin record in Junction Court and recently Julie Ludlow has become a Nowra Rotarian. Read on.