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Hundreds of you and your four-legged friends walked the Million Paws Walk to help the RSPCA fight animal cruelty. Along the way we spotted dogs sporting the ultimate fashion accessories like Bella from Howlong. Morning fog across our region then sunny and 19 in Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 19, Culcairn 19, Wangaratta 19, Corryong 18, Bright 19, Falls Creek 9.
Catch up on news here:
‘We just pray Russ pulls through alive’
A Wangaratta man is fighting for his life in hospital after being viciously attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning. The attack was unprovoked and friends who witnessed the incident believe it should never have happened. More here
Team Jacka stunning fundraiser debut at Rutherglen
Rutherglen Cats football club president Greg Lumby thought $20,000 or $30,000 might be raised through a cancer awareness match on Saturday. Instead, it appears $90,000 has been amassed for the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre. More here
Albury Council to discuss Cleanaway contract in confidential session
Cleanaway won't meet the latest deadline of June 30 this year to build a compost waste facility as part of a long-term contract signed in 2012 to collect rubbish for Albury, Wodonga, Corowa and Indigo council areas. More here
Murray United claims another impressive win
Murray United has bounced back with a comprehensive triumph over Nunawading City on Sunday. Murray United coach James Coutts was full of praise for club captain Ashley Dunn (pictured) in the side's 5-1 win away to Nunawading City. More here
Van Gisbergen breaks Winton ice
Shane van Gisbergen defeated Jamie Whincup in an entertaining late-race battle at the Winton SuperSprint as Red Bull turned the tables on rivals Shell V-Power Racing. More here
Regional news
►NEWCASTLE: A four-year-old boy at the centre of fervid debate about anti-vaccination and alternative medicine has been deemed “at risk of serious harm” and taken into the care of authorities, triggering impassioned outrage from supporters on social media who labelled it a “medical kidnapping”.
►TASMANIA: Tasmanian LGTBI activist and marriage equality advocate Rodney Croome has praised the Australian Medical Association’s calls for a bi-partisan approach to end the same-sex marriage debate. Read more
►BENDIGO: Police are urging witnesses to a vicious attack on a teenage girl in the Bendigo CBD to come forward. Senior Constable Paul Tobin said the victim was sitting on the footpath with her boyfriend when they were approached by a group of predominantly girls about 3.40pm on Wednesday, May 17. Read more
►TAMWORTH: Learning that her grandson’s good mate lost his life to suicide at just 12 years of age kick-started Michele McInerney’s will to make a difference.
The Tamworth abattoir worker spearheaded a charity drive to raise money for Where There’s A Will, a not-for-profit group addressing significant mental health issues in the community. Read more
►WA: The Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association (KPCA) has cautiously welcomed mandatory standards to the Animal Welfare Act 2002.
The State government is seeking changes to the act, which will enable standards to be mandatory and legally enforced in WA and will ensure a national, consistent approach to animal welfare. Read more
►WANGARATTA: Hundreds of people have helped raise money for the young children left behind after a shocking and violent tragedy.
A fundraiser was held at the Wangaratta West Primary School on Sunday for Ora Holt and Greg Floyd’s four children.
They were left orphaned when Mr Floyd shot his wife in a neighbour’s home on Belle Avenue, Wangaratta, on Anzac Day, before turning the gun on himself. Read more
►NSW: More than 1500 people have signed a petition opposing the introduction of an organic waste bin in Dubbo.
Former deputy mayor Ben Shields, one of the people behind the petition, said they opposed a proposal to cut existing rubbish services back to every second week, a resulting $75 per year rate increase, and the fact that an administrator, not an elected council, would be making the decision. Read more
National news
►Refugee lawyers are furious over what they are calling a breach of faith from the Turnbull government in its new deadline for boat arrivals to lodge their asylum claims. Read more
►A $20 million office block in Surry Hills, a Vaucluse mansion and a hobby farm in the Hunter Region have been frozen by order of the NSW Supreme Court as investigators attempt to claw back $165 million allegedly skimmed from the tax office. Read more
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World news:
►Britain has introduced tough new rules which mean cigarettes and tobacco products must be sold in plain green packets and feature prominent, graphic health warnings. Read more
►Eleven Asia-Pacific nations, including Australia, agreed on Sunday to salvage a massive free trade deal that US President Donald Trump pulled out of days after taking office in January. Read more
On this day
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Bronwyn Kidd
When planning to store food, using beeswax may not be the most obvious solution.
But West Launceston small business owner Bronwyn Kidd is working to change that, with her beeswax-covered food wraps designed to take the place of plastic food wrap.
“The main vision of the business is to minimise the number of single-use plastics that we use from day to day life,” she said. Read more