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We’re in for a cloudy day with a high (70%) chance of showers, most likely during the morning and afternoon - Bendigo 10, Echuca 12, Maryborough 10, Kyneton 8, Redesdale 10, Castlemaine 9.
Let’s take a look at what’s making news around the region…
The search for missing Craigieburn man Chris Lieutier will resume this morning after it was called off last night. More here.
A frost warning has been issued for parts of central Victoria this morning. More here.
The Abbott government’s Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper does not have a plan to move away from subsidising Australian farming and does not plan for future technology, Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters says. More here.
A Bendigo congregation held its final service on Sunday, ending 160 years of history. More here.
Eaglehawk answers South Bendigo's spirited defence to win Sunday's Bendigo Football League match at Kennington by 70 points. More here.
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► NEWCASTLE: ‘‘A click, and then everything stopped’’. Alex McKinnon, the 23-year-old former Newcastle Knights player, has described the moments following a sickening tackle last May in a match against the Melbourne Storm that left him as an incomplete quadriplegic, and the traumatic weeks in hospital that had him begging his parents to let him die. More here
► MAITLAND: Maitland police are investigating the sickening and senseless destruction of a Housing NSW property in Maitland that has been so badly damaged it remains uninhabitable. More here
► VICTOR HARBOR: In a major coup for local businesses and cycling fans, Victor Harbor will host a stage finish of the 2016 Tour Down Under, along with the Bupa Challenge Tour. More here
► PORT KEMBLA: Port Kembla: the doctor will see you now. After six years of being forced to travel to neighbouring suburbs for the services of a doctor, the 4800 residents of the Illawarra’s port suburb have a GP of their own. More here
► TASMANIA: Launceston and the north need to be much more aggressive and proactive in attracting investment in tourism projects, the head of the industry’s state council says. More here
► BALLARAT: Ballarat Regional Tourism’s Facebook page is widely regarded one of the most comprehensive sources of Ballarat-related tourist information. However, since Friday, the BRT Visit Ballarat page has been producing dozens of strange and bewildering posts after being hacked by an anonymous third party. More here
► Barnaby Joyce has withdrawn from a scheduled appearance on the ABC's Q&A, citing a decree from Tony Abbott that his frontbenchers are to boycott the program. More here
► Support for recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution has reached a record high of 85 per cent as the Prime Minister hosts an unprecedented summit of Aboriginal leaders to plot a "road map" to the referendum. More here
► Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has suffered a massive hit to his personal approval ratings, but there is little consolation for Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has also seen his approval ratings dive in the July Fairfax-Ipsos poll. More here
► 1984: Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released in the USSR.
► Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres have come to the support of a young boy online, after he expressed fears about his future due to his homosexuality in a comment to Humans of New York. More here
► Greece has voted overwhelmingly to reject the financial lifeline proffered by Europe, choosing to roll the dice on its future rather than submit to more austerity economics. More here
► The chances of a powerful El Nino event this year have just been raised by the tropical cyclones forming in the western Pacific. More here
There are mates ... then there is Nate and Xavier.
Introduced through sport and bonded through near-tragedy, these two little boys share a friendship that has to be admired.
Earlier this year Nate, 7, suffered a serious brain injury when a metal pole went through his head during a Maitland Rugby Union Club grounds clean-up.
While still in a coma, Xavier Gollan, also 7, held Nate’s hand, told him he loved him and that he had scored two tries for him. More here