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We're in for a partly cloudy day with a high (70%) chance of showers, most likely this evening. Expect a top of 13 degrees in Ballarat.
New Webster Street medical clinic approved despite objections
A medical clinic with 35 new car parks will be built at a heritage-listed Webster Street property, despite residents’ objections. Read more here.
Goliath the dog rescued after spending three hours stuck in a Buninyong drain
When Goliath ran after a cat no one expected the two would still be together when they were rescued from a Buninyong drain three hours later. But that’s exactly what occurred to the eight-year-old jack russell on Sunday morning. Read more here.
Brown Hill family has $20,000 worth of tools stolen
It was the sound of the dog barking in the early hours of Friday morning that alerted a Brown Hill family to thieves stealing a trailer and tools. Read more here.
Light and colours festival
The community came together for a colourful night of performances, festivities and dancing to celebrate Diwali. The Festival of Lights is one of most anticipated events of the year in the Hindu community and the Ballarat Indian Association held its own special celebration at Wendouree’s Cooinda Centre on Saturday night. Read more here.
Beaufort lands former-Swan Stapleton
Beaufort has acquired the services of Ballarat Swans onballer Tom Stapleton for the 2017 Central Highlands Football League season. Read more here.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► LOTTAH: A man has been shot dead and another is in custody after a dispute between neighbours, police say. A 65-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 45-year-old man was found dead on a property at Lottah, near Weldborough. More here.
► WAGGA WAGGA: A costly report explaining why council’s former planning director left Wagga under a corruption cloud has been suppressed for four months. Wagga’s new mayor Greg Conkey has conceded the city’s residents have been “let down” by secrecy shrouding former high-ranking council official Andrew Crakanthorp’s controversial departure. More here.
► PORT FAIRY: Fisherman Daniel Hoey has seen great white sharks in the area before, but never this close up. The owner and operator of Salty Dog Fishing Charters in Port Fairy was chartering a private booking last Thursday when he was forced to fend off a shark with a humble broom after it sunk its teeth into his boat motor. More here.
► RICHMOND: Two Queensland families holidaying in the remote outback town of Richmond have together uncovered an exceptionally rare skeleton of a 100 million-year-old fish with an incredible swordfish-like head and monstrous teeth. More here.
► BENDIGO: A police sergeant has described an incident involving two Eaglehawk brothers over the weekend as the “closest brush with death” he has seen in four decades in the force. More here.
► MUSWELLBROOK: A Hunter Valley man working in his backyard shed has survived a bite from a death adder, one of the world’s most venomous snakes. More here.
► YEOVAL: The heroic and selfless actions of a passing motorist saved the lives of a father and son after their vehicle crashed into a tree on the Renshaw McGirr Way at on Saturday. More here.
► ALBURY: A District Court judge has sharply rebuked vandals who attacked the car of a man caught with child abuse photographs. Chris Hoy, SC, said there simply was “no room in our society” for such vigilante behaviour. More here.
► BATHURST: A farmer will have to foot the $1000 bill to remove asbestos dumped on his property by a driver who crashed through his fence. More here.
National news
► Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been drawn into a deepening row between the country's two most senior lawyers after he was asked to confirm the government's chief legal adviser ticked off on a controversial bill allowing terrorists to be held in jail beyond their sentence. More here.
► Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos has launched an attack on Labor's choice of former union official Kimberley Kitching to replace Stephen Conroy in the Senate, saying she had been referred for "further investigation" by the Heydon royal commission into union misconduct. More here.
► Women under the age of 25 gain little benefit from Pap smears according to a study that supports the federal government's decision to scrap cervical screening in younger women. More here.
► Almost 80 per cent of Australians think governments should insist that all new housing developments contain dedicated affordable housing, according to a new survey. More here.
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International news
► BANGKOK: The coronation of Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn will be delayed more than a year as Thais mourn the death of their long-reigning king, Bhumibol Adulyadej. More here.
► TAIPEI: When Chinese tourists come to Taiwan, they don't go out at night. They stay in their hotel rooms so they can watch the talk shows, and marvel at the spectacle of citizens openly criticising and questioning their leaders: an entertainment not widely offered in mainland China. More here.
On this day
The faces of Australia: John and Gloria Moore
JOHN and Gloria Moore pledged their commitment to each other 70 years ago during a wedding ceremony in Wollongong.
The date of their nuptials was October 12, 1946.
In that year, Ben Chifley was the Prime Minister, The Overlanders, starring Chips Rafferty, was released, the bikini debuted in Paris and Tupperware was introduced in the US. Read more here.