07:54 AM: WEATHER
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Ballarat can expect a cool and rainy top of 12 degrees on Monday.
The mercury will drop to a low of four overnight, before a rainy Tuesday and a top of 13.
There will be a 40 per cent chance of showers in the morning and afternoon on Tuesday, with light winds becoming southeasterly in the afternoon.
On Wednesday we will see a partly cloudy top of 15 and there will be a slight chance of rain in the morning and afternoon.
07:50 AM: TOP STORIES
A YOUNG family of four from Daylesford is missing following Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.
Francis and Jen Comber and their two daughters Rani and Neve, were last in contact with their family a few weeks ago just before they began a trek in the Tsum Valley, north west of the capital Kathmandu.
Read more of Alex Hamer's story here.
More top stories:
07:43 AM: Services on the Ballarat train line are running to schedule on Monday morning, according to V/Line. For more timetable information visit: vline.com.au
07:33 AM: Country Fire Authority responded to three jobs in Ballarat on Monday morning.
Police and fire crews will investigate a suspicious car fire in Wendouree at 4.55am.
Ballarat City and Wendouree fire crews were called to the fire, on the corner of Grevillea Road and Holly Grove.
Ballarat City crews were also called to a smoke alarm at Federation University in Mount Helen at 3.18am.
On arrival crews deemed the alarm to be false.
Crews were later called to another smoke alarm in Wendouree West at 3.34am
Firefighters forced entry into the Verberna Grove unit, but found the smoke alarm was faulty.
07:29 AM: Ballarat Police experienced a quiet Sunday night.
07:28 AM: Ambulance Victoria did not respond to any trauma cases in the Ballarat region on Sunday night or Monday morning.
7:14 AM: Good morning Ballarat and welcome to your Monday breakfast report. Stay tuned until 8am for the latest in local news. - KARA IRVING.
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More than 300 Australians in Nepal are still unaccounted for after Saturday's earthquake.
Among them are a young family of four from Daylesford, a former Illawarra man and a 31-year-old Devonport man. Read our full regional wrap here.
If you missed our weekend coverage of Anzac Day around regional Australia, you can see the photos here.
Thousands have searched our national Anzac centenary commemoration, The Faces of Anzacs, which contains the names and photos of nearly 1000 Diggers.
The Faces of Anzacs tribute wall contains profiles contributed by hundreds of readers around the country and internationally and compiled by Fairfax’s regional, community and agricultural mastheads.
The wall, searchable by name and location, honours Diggers who served in the Great War; those who returned and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
► Bendigo police deployed a taser to subdue a man who stabbed his uncle twice in Maiden Gully. Sergeant Jason Bourke said the 35-year-old man had assaulted his uncle before the man's father broke the fight up at about 7.45pm on Saturday night.
► The most destructive storm to ever smash the Hunter region's vital electricity networks could see some residents remain in the dark for most of this week, as community leaders vow to introduce reforms to rid streets of troublesome trees.
►An officer was injured after police were showered in glass while trying to break up a party in the Illawarra on Saturday night. Police received numerous calls from members of the public concerned about a large party at a property on Rani Avenue in Shell Cove around 9.30pm.
► There are fears for four Tasmanians reported missing after Nepal's earthquake. Launceston’s Julien Tempone-Wiltshire, 24, has been reported missing, along with Devonport’s Adam Cleaver, 31, Hobart’s Jessica Farley, 46, and Jenny Davson-Galle, 29, also from Hobart. Bridport volunteer Amy Barnes is alive and well in Nepal.
► A Port Lincoln surfer was flown to hospital in Adelaide in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark Saturday morning at Right Point south of Port Lincoln. The man lost his leg in the attack.
► Did you pay your respects at a dawn service around Australia yesterday? Check out our national gallery of the best, here.
► Victoria's anti-corruption agency will on Monday outline explosive details of how millions of dollars meant to benefit students has been stolen or fraudulently misused by a ring of allegedly crooked senior public servants and school leaders.
►Acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek is calling on her party to make all Labor MPs vote for same-sex marriage in a fresh bid to get federal parliament to legalise the reform. Ms Plibersek will argue the ALP should change its platform at the party's national conference in July.
► Cbus, which manages $27 billion on behalf of building and construction workers, is calling on the Abbott government to crack down on employers who duck the super guarantee contribution. Read more.