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‘We can move on’: Ashby
The cyclist who was hit head-on and left for dead by a 24-year-old drug user is hoping the woman’s six-year jail sentence gives him an opportunity to move on. Read more.
Young boy labelled a hero for spotting school fire
Firefighters have hailed a five-year-old boy a hero after he spotted smoke at a school building while playing in his cubby house. Read more.
MaxiTRANS lands $60 million Coles contract
Ballarat manufacturing company MaxiTRANS has landed a mammoth $60 million contract to build 395 trailers for Coles, generating more than 100 jobs in the process. Read more.
Ballarat’s young track star now a national champion
Australia may have crowned a new 2000m steeplechase champion, but the title still remains in Ballarat. Read more.
Dal Santo keen for Hepburn debut
Nick Dal Santo has spoken about his excitement for entering the world of country football ahead of his highly-anticipated debut for Hepburn. Read more.
Weather
Another near-perfect day - sunny and a top of 22 degrees.
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
Regional news
► ILLAWARRA: A woman has been hospitalised with a suspected neck injury after her car was caught out at one of the Illawarra’s most dangerous right-hand turns. Full story.
► PORT MACQUARIE: IF Aaron Ison had his time over again he admits would have done things differently.
The former Wauchope Blues captain-coach is currently in the middle of a two-year ban slapped on him from the Country Rugby League. Full story.
► SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: Throughout the month of June the shire will be known as the Southern Pie-lands.
The Southern Highlands become the go-to destination for the perfect meat pie when Pie Time was launched on Monday, April 3. Full story.
►TASMANIA: The Mountain Bike Enduro World Series has landed in Tasmania. Rolling coverage.
►KATHERINE: KATHERINE’s water supply breaches national health safety guidelines during certain times of the year.
The Federal Government has dropped the health limits for the chemicals which have already been found in the town’s water and bores surrounding the Tindal RAAF Base. Full story.
►BALLARAT: Ballarat manufacturing company MaxiTRANS has landed a mammoth $60 million contract to build 395 trailers for Coles, generating more than 100 jobs in the process. Full story.
National news
► A fraudster who stole a doctor's identity and credentials before working undetected for more than a decade in the NSW health system has been fined $30,000. Full story.
►A renowned Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist and entrepreneur, who is considered the father of microfinance, has warned that growing inequality is a "ticking time-bomb" that will "explode" the political system if it is not addressed, arguing the amount of wealth locked up with the wealthiest in society is not tenable. Full story.
►Conservative Liberal senator Eric Abetz has slammed the country's top business leaders over a fresh push on same-sex marriage, saying Australians were "fed up" with political correctness being placed above services. Full story.
►Tony Abbott's face might be one of the most recognisable in Australia, but sculptor Linda Klarfeld found herself caught off guard after sitting with the former prime minister for more than an hour. Full story.
National weather radar
World news
►LONDON: Downing Street has explicitly ruled out that Brexit Britain will go to war with Spain over Gibraltar - an extraordinary step made necessary after it backed a former Conservative party leader's sabre-rattling comments over Britain's big Mediterranean rock. Full story.
►CAMBODIA: Cambodia's strongman leader, Hun Sen, has approved a strategy to allow surrogacy-born babies with Australian biological parents to leave the capital, Phnom Penh. Full story.
►WASHINGTON: After years of being kept at arm's length by Washington, this White House is signalling that Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is being brought in from the cold. Full story.
On this day
1973 - In New York, the original World Trade Center twin towers opened. At the time they were the tallest building in the world.
1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's major league baseball home-run record with 714.
1983 - At Cape Canaveral, the space shuttle Challenger took off on its first flight. It was the sixth flight overall for the shuttle program.
1984 - U.S. President Reagan proposed an international ban on chemical weapons.
1987 - The U.S. charged the Soviet Union with wiretapping a U.S. Embassy.
1994 - Netscape Communications (Mosaic Communications) was founded.
Faces of Australia: Wally Lamont
Where most people see only junk destined for the dump, Wally Lamont sees the makings of his masterpieces.
The Rankins Springs artist has made a name for himself after a number of years of dragging scraps from wherever they have come to rest and breathing new life into them.
The resulting Wally’s Junk Art Gallery is a hidden treasure trove off the Mid Western Highway, with sculptures ranging from the cast of Wally’s beloved Dr Who to country icons like Ned Kelly and the Carrathool Shire Mayor. Read all about it.