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Ah … don’t you wish you were that skier? Work on a Tuesday is much more fun. Definitely warming up again with a top of 29 in Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 28, Culcairn 23, Wangaratta 28, Corryong 28, Bright 27, Falls Creek 14.
Catch up on news here:
Packed house for Thurgoona Park North sub-division forum
The major access road into a proposed 428-lot residential sub-division in Thurgoona Park had the potential to provide further traffic headaches in the area. More here
Teachers trained in drama
A groundbreaking program that embeds actors in primary school classrooms is returning to the Border and North East. More here
Stolen ute scorched after Jindera ram raid
Police are urging anyone with information regarding the Jindera IGA ram raid or the torching of this ute early Monday morning to contact the police or Crime Stoppers. More here
It’s go for $7.2 million Henty railway crossing relocation
Greater Hume Shire will take out a $500,000 loan to support the $7.2 million project to shift the existing crossing between the OIympic Highway and Grubben Road further north. More here
Video: Relive city2city walk and talk
Away for the city2city? Catch all the action in this video
Regional
As far as the Port Kembla steelworks is concerned, the bad times are now in the rear-view mirror, according to BlueScope CEO Paul O’Malley.
All year 12 students will have to study grammar and dramatically improve their writing skills as part of the most significant changes to the state's HSC in decades, which will see fewer topics studied in favour of "less breadth and more depth" in all subjects.
Victimes of historic sexual abuse at Bathurst’s St Stanislaus’ College will receive a formal public apology on June 16.
Head of College Dr Anne Wenham announced the date for the apology following the sentencing of disgraced former priest Brian Spillane in the District Court last Thursday.
National News
More than 7000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia part-time staff are owed millions of dollars in unpaid superannuation entitlements, according to legal advice.
Has the Apex gang been mortally wounded, less than a year after a brawl at Moomba thrust them into the spotlight?
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane appeared to suggest as much during a press conference on Sunday.
It started as an embarrassing joke. Shane Barnbrook accidentally swallowed a chicken bone while eating dinner and knew it had to come out.
National weather radar
International news
Victorian man Thomas Keating has pleaded guilty before a Thai court to a charge of reckless driving causing death over a tragic jet-ski crash that killed his partner Emily Collie.
You couldn't make this up. Well, yes you could.
It's true. Which is to say, it's false.
We're talking about Donald Trump. Of course.
Fresh from composing his own poll to prove that the mainstream media really, really dislikes him and is awfully unfair – and to make a bunch of money as a poll sideline, naturally – Trump has taken to inventing terrorist attacks in small Scandinavian countries.
North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur has denounced Malaysia's investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, and insisted the man poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport last week was not him.
On this day | October 10
362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
1431 – Joan of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy.
1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule.
1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
The faces of Australia: Catherine Richards
University of Newcastle engineering graduate Catherine Richards has described winning a scholarship worth $200,000 as a “life changing opportunity” to address global concerns about resource sustainability. Read more.