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This sunny break in the weather won’t last all day with showers forecast this afternoon. A top of 25 Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 29, Culcairn 25, Wangaratta 25, Corryong 24, Bright 24, Falls Creek 11.
Catch up on news here:
London terrorist attack: Australian women share their stories
Three women from Wimmera, in rural Victoria, living in London have shared their reaction to a terrorist attack in the city. More here
OPINION: Vandals cowardly fools who must be caught
Sometimes there are instances of vandalism that take this disrespect to another level. That is what has happened, yet again, at Albury’s Pioneer Cemetery. More here
Wellness centre takes shape with Karen Mildren appointed
The wellness centre is the final piece of the puzzle to the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre and a co-ordinator has been appointed to put it into place. More here
SDRA stewards to inspect Albury track on Gold Cup eve
Stewards have delayed the inspection of Albury track 24 hours due to persistent rain which took the weekly rainfall total above 50mm. More here
Collingwood VFL defender Ryan Pendlebury chooses Wodonga as his second club
“We’d love to have Ryan for a number of games, but that will depend on his Collingwood commitments … even if Ryan isn’t able to play much for us this year, we’re looking at this as a potential long-term relationship.” More here
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
►TAMWORTH: Police swooped on homes in Tamworth, Moonbi and Gunnedah, netting a cache of drugs and suspected stolen property as police targeted outlaw motorcycle gangs on Wednesday. Read more
►PORT STEPHENS: A mother says her son is being charged $320 a day to have two “epipen” insulin injections under the NDIS, and her son’s NDIS account is going down so quickly that she fears it will be spent eight months into the year. Read more
►BALLARAT: Under fire Melton MP Don Nardella’s total taxpayer funded living claims could tip almost $200,000 after it was revealed the disgraced member was based in Ballarat for four years. Read more
► COOTAMUNDRA: “The grief we are all experiencing is obviously very deep. The pain is so hard to bear.” A “treasured boy”, three-year-old Wyatt Searle died on Tuesday after he was hit by a car outside his Sutton Street home. It was less than two weeks after his birthday. Read more
►NORTHERN TERRITORY: Territory women now have a legal right to an abortion. The NT Government last night passed new legislation allowing the lawful termination of pregnancy services. Read more
►BENDIGO: A Supreme Court jury has heard a “constellation” of injuries suffered by a baby allegedly shaken to death by her father was caused by “mechanical head trauma”. Read more
►WOLLONGONG: The dark clouds rolled in over the Illawarra escarpment and across Wollongong about 4.30pm, bringing thunder, lightning and bursts of heavy rain. Ten minutes later it was gone, but not before these amazing storm photos were taken.
►MT ISA: State Member for Mount Isa Robbie Katter has slammed the LNP for supporting Labor to vote against a real solution to address rural debt after parliament refused to vote on KAP’s bill. Read more
► ILLAWARRA: Corrimal diggers have cancelled their annual Anzac Sunday service, citing an inability to cover the estimated $20,000 cost of addressing heightened anti-terror concerns. Read more
► ARMIDALE: Public servants at the pesticides authority are hoping they can leave their makeshift office at McDonald's Armidale behind, launching a search for a real office in the northern NSW town where they are being forced to move. Read more
►NEWCASTLE: Police have located a body off Newcastle believed to be missing University of Newcastle student Mohsin Awan. Read more
National news
►Human Services Minister Alan Tudge has announced the final stage of Centrelink's digital transformation will be led by Accenture, the same company that delayed 1 million tax returns, sparked 17,000 public complaints, required more than 500 bug fixes and sent unintelligible data to Centrelink in a botched $800 million overhaul of the Australian Tax Office in 2010. Read more
►Barnaby Joyce has broken with cabinet solidarity to blast the Liberal Party for catering to its fringe "extremities" and proposing to water down Australia's race hate laws. Read more
►Four Sydney men have pleaded guilty to their roles in one of Australia's biggest drug importation rings, with police alleging the haul weighed two tonnes and had a street value of $1.5 billion. Read more
► The Turnbull government is on the verge of breaking a two-year deadlock on childcare reform after it jettisoned $8 billion in welfare savings it had controversially tied to childcare fee relief. Read more
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International news
►DILI: East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta has lashed out at what he calls "outrageous" claims before an Australian parliamentary committee that his country could be heading towards becoming a failed state. Read more
►CAIRO: A Lebanese asylum seeker, who spent four years in offshore detention on Manus Island, was involuntarily deported late last week to Beirut. Bahaa Trad, 33, was offered $30,000 by Australian immigration officials to voluntarily leave but refused and was deported. Read more
►LONDON: Four people are dead and the British Parliament remains in lockdown after a terrorist attack in central London, in which a car mowed down a number of pedestrians and a police officer was stabbed outside the parliament. Read more
On This Day
1769: The developer of the geologic map, William Smith, is born.
1903: The earliest version of the board game 'Monopoly' is developed.
1950: Today is World Meteorological Day.
The faces of Australia: Silas Gill
Gill Street, not far from the Kempsey East Public School, and an easy stroll to the banks of the Macleay River, was named after a passionate preacher.
There is also a creek that bears the Gill name.
His death notice described him as the ‘apostle of Methodism in the Macleay’ and he was engaged in his religious work right up until his death. Read more