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We’re in for a sunny day - Bendigo 26, Maryborough 26, Castlemaine 25, Kyneton 25, Redesdale 27, Echuca 28.
Catch up on news here:
Woman's body discovered 'under log' near Macedon
A badly decomposed body found in bushland south of Bendigo was removed from the scene late on Monday night. Read more here.
Teenage trio stops to help unconscious man
Bailey Lindrea was driving home when something on the side of the road caught his attention. “I thought it was a bin at first laying there but it just looked odd, how it was laying on the footpath,” he said. “So I slowed down and I pulled over to have a look.” Read more here.
Taxi drivers threaten disruption
Taxi drivers have threatened to take similar protests to those that saw Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge blockaded last week to the streets of Bendigo if their demands are not met. Read more here.
Statewide review won’t delay Quarry Hill decison: VicRoads
A statewide review into school crossings will not delay a verdict on supervision at the Quarry Hill Primary School, according to VicRoads. Read more here.
Young Hawks pumped up for 2017
New Eaglehawk coach Josh Bowe couldn’t be happier with where his side is placed seven weeks out from the start of the BFNL season. Read more here.
Regional
As far as the Port Kembla steelworks is concerned, the bad times are now in the rear-view mirror, according to BlueScope CEO Paul O’Malley.
All year 12 students will have to study grammar and dramatically improve their writing skills as part of the most significant changes to the state's HSC in decades, which will see fewer topics studied in favour of "less breadth and more depth" in all subjects.
Victimes of historic sexual abuse at Bathurst’s St Stanislaus’ College will receive a formal public apology on June 16.
Head of College Dr Anne Wenham announced the date for the apology following the sentencing of disgraced former priest Brian Spillane in the District Court last Thursday.
National News
More than 7000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia part-time staff are owed millions of dollars in unpaid superannuation entitlements, according to legal advice.
Has the Apex gang been mortally wounded, less than a year after a brawl at Moomba thrust them into the spotlight?
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane appeared to suggest as much during a press conference on Sunday.
It started as an embarrassing joke. Shane Barnbrook accidentally swallowed a chicken bone while eating dinner and knew it had to come out.
National weather radar
International news
Victorian man Thomas Keating has pleaded guilty before a Thai court to a charge of reckless driving causing death over a tragic jet-ski crash that killed his partner Emily Collie.
You couldn't make this up. Well, yes you could.
It's true. Which is to say, it's false.
We're talking about Donald Trump. Of course.
Fresh from composing his own poll to prove that the mainstream media really, really dislikes him and is awfully unfair – and to make a bunch of money as a poll sideline, naturally – Trump has taken to inventing terrorist attacks in small Scandinavian countries.
North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur has denounced Malaysia's investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, and insisted the man poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport last week was not him.
On this day | October 10
362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
1431 – Joan of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy.
1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule.
1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
The faces of Australia: Catherine Richards
University of Newcastle engineering graduate Catherine Richards has described winning a scholarship worth $200,000 as a “life changing opportunity” to address global concerns about resource sustainability. Read more.