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We are headed for a top of 28 degrees in Bendigo with possible showers and storm.

The fire danger for today is moderate.

Here's what's making news this morning:

An intensive campaign to fill teacher vacancies has landed Bendigo region Catholic schools in a "better place" than they were 12 months ago, Victoria Police have said "single-acts of non-compliance" and basic driving errors played a role in more than half of road deaths in 2023 in what they called a "horror" year, and two male sex offenders, who cannot be named, have pleaded guilty to breaching intervention orders made against them which were in place to protect their child victims.

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