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Tag marks new era of ‘modernity’ for town
Many towns have a claim to fame, but Tallangatta's is a ripper.
Sixty years ago, the entire town was moved 8km to the west due to the expansion of the Hume Weir. Read more.
Mail, medicine the perfect fit
Tallangatta residents have been rejoicing for months at the news postal services would return permanently in the town, but the real celebration occurred on Monday. Read more.
North Albury's Adam Burt wins $100,000 on Millionaire Hot Seat
Knowing Buffy and a bit about American presidents helped a North Albury man earn $100,000 from a television quiz show on Monday. Read more.
Bag snatched in broad daylight by teenage boy
A shopper has been pushed over during a bag-snatching incident in Thurgoona. Read more.
Another NRL shot means the lot
Weissel Medal winner Lou Goodwin will play for the chance of a NRL contract after making it into the final three of The NRL Rookie. Read more.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing? We've got you covered.
BENDIGO: Bendigo SES has condemned the acts of a group of young men who did water sports on flooded parkland. Read more.
NEWCASTLE: New testing results have shown a mystery foam residue that has been appearing in waterways around the Williamtown RAAF base contains firefighting chemicals at 180 times the safe Australian level. Read more.
BALLARAT: The state opposition has launched a scathing attack over the handling of the $2.7 million scam crisis at Ballarat Health Service. Read more.
NORTH EAST TASMANIA: A Scottsdale family say their home has been stabilised, after a builder arrived late on Monday after a potato truck driver ploughed into two homes. Read more.
NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND: The Quandamooka people have formally withdrawn their high court action over the previous government’s amendments to the North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability Act which extended sand mining. Read more.
TASMANIA: Two men are dead and two still missing following a boating tragedy in the south of the state. Read more.
PORT KEMBLA: A man and woman have been refused bail accused of participating in a violent home invasion at Port Kembla targeting the woman’s ex-girlfriend. Read more.
WARRNAMBOOL: When the deputy prime minister could no longer officiate at the opening of Sheepvention, former AFL great Kevin Sheedy answered the call. Read more.
DUBBO: Police have renewed appeals for public assistance to help locate a woman raised and beloved at Dubbo who went missing more than two decades ago. Read more.
WAGGA: A Wagga magistrate has condemned a man for the disgusting attack on his partner. Read more.
MT ISA: The LNP’s proposal on how the state’s four new seats should be distributed is a “spit in the face” for the Mount Isa electorate. Read more.
National news
►Just days after being appointed to head the royal commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory, Brian Martin is "considering his position," according to Sky News. Read more
► Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a St Kilda laneway in the early hours of Monday morning. Read more
► Rosie Batty wants to reform the family courts. Pauline Hanson wants to abolish them. Those at the coal face say the courts are swamped, and the cases increasingly complex. So what does the future hold for family law? Read more
National weather radar
International news
►MOSCOW: A Russian military transport helicopter was shot down Monday in the Syrian province of Idlib, killing the three crew members and two officers on board in the deadliest episode for the Russian military since it intervened in the country, Russian officials said. Read more
►CHINA: Travis Kalanick's multi-billion dollar assault on China's lucrative ride-hailing market has come to an end, with Uber's Chinese operations to be acquired by local frontrunner Didi Chuxing. Read more
►MANILA: Jennilyn Olayres was cradling the body of her husband Michael Siaron after he was gunned down by vigilantes on a street in a rundown area of Manila's Pasay City. Read more
On this day
1610 – Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1914 – The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.
1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an explosion at a factory near Shanghai.
The faces of Australia: Jimmy Ladgrove
The region’s most famous bushranger inspired Jimmy Ladgrove to grow a beard – and now his facial hair has gone global. Read more