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There’s some patchy fog about this morning but today, we’ll be in for a cloudy day - Bendigo 12, Echuca 13, Maryborough 12, Kyneton 10, Redesdale 12, Castlemaine 11.
Let’s take a look at what is making news around the region…
The family of Chris Lieutier say they are relieved after their son was found safe and sound after being lost in the Knowsley State Forest for about 19 hours. More here.
Bomb response detectives detonated a "suspicious package" found under the seat of a motorbike in Golden Square on Sunday. More here.
A car towing a trailer has hit a tree on the Calder Freeway. More here.
The Greek referendum result was met with interest and concern among some Bendigo Greeks. More here.
A frustrating first season in charge has done little to dampen the confidence of Bendigo City FC coach Greg Thomas. More here.
Parklands product James Brown scored a one-shot victory in the Victorian Sand Green Championships at Quarry Hill Golf Club on the weekend. More here.
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► MAITLAND: Making small businesses enforce new anti-smoking laws with the threat of a $5500 fine is draconian, a Maitland High Street cafe owner says. More here
► ILLAWARRA: The alleged brutal rape of a 77-year-old woman in her Gwynneville apartment early on Monday has shocked the community and left elderly neighbours fearing for their safety. More here
► NEW ENGLAND: Almost one in five children in the New England North West are living below the poverty line, a new report has found. This is higher than the state average of one in seven, as revealed in the latest NSW Council of Social Services Cost of Living report. More here
► MT ISA: Mining could restart at a North West gold project once home to one of the most lucrative deposits in Australia. More here
► FLEURIEU: Eager readers can now get a book fix for free and there isn’t a deadline for its return. The Normanville Natural Resource Centre has instigated a Yankalilla-based contribution to the Little Free Library network. It is a publicly-driven system where people can pick up or donate books to collection points - little libraries. More here
► DUBBO: Six rhinos facing danger in southern Africa could be relocated to Dubbo by the end of the year in a race against time to stop poachers from killing them. More here
► Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is under intense pressure to cancel a scheduled appearance on Q&A, with deputy Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce warning of chaos if cabinet ministers disobey Prime Minister Tony Abbott's directive to boycott the ABC program. More here
► The Presbyterian Church in NSW is considering refusing to participate in marriage laws if gay marriage is allowed to go ahead. More here
► Prime Minister Tony Abbott has chosen not to put limits on the scope of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, ahead of a consultation process that could see a referendum on the issue in 2017. More here
► 2005: A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others. The bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in central London, which targeted civilians using the public transport system during the morning rush hour.
► Australia's small island neighbours in the South Pacific are facing an enormous bill to protect their buildings and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change and extreme weather, one they are unlikely to afford. More here
► Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's finance minister, announced his resignation on Monday morning via a blog post – in English – and almost immediately updated his Twitter profile. It was typical of this iconoclastic figure who this year quickly became "Europe's least wanted" in the negotiations over the euro and Greece's fate. More here
► As their government scrambled to pull together a new package of proposals to take to Brussels, Greeks have been hit with more bad news: their banks will stay shut until at least Thursday – and may run out of cash altogether by the end of the week. More here
A Ballarat World War II veteran is to be made a knight of the French Republic.
Bruce Clifton, who was the sole survivor of a Royal Air Force bomber crew shot down in 1945, will be awarded the French Legion of Honour medal at a ceremony at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance on Monday, July 7.
The 91-year-old will be presented the Chevalier dans l'odre National de la Legion d'Honour – literally knight of the national order of the Legion of Honour – by the French ambassador to Australia Christophe Lecourtier. More here