Your news snapshot from across regional Australia and beyond:
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing – well, we have you covered.
► NSW: A lone sailor watched his yacht burn and sink after a fire ripped through the vessel north of Port Macquarie yesterday. Fortunately he escaped any serious injury.
► VICTORIA: Ryan Margetts was a people person. Fiercely independent, a hard worker, a keen sportsman – and with a knack for inappropriate comments – but he was facing challenges few truly knew about.
► TASMANIA: The Marakoopa Caves at Mole Creek were formed by water, and in 2016 water again torrented through the cave system, hurling rocks, dumping gravel and carving paths. After extensive repair works the caves were once again opened for tourists, but how much have they changed?
► QUEENSLAND: The hotel that is home of one of the ”big Bundy” bottles is up for sale, along with four other iconic regional pubs that make up the portfolio of long-time hotelier Tony Prentice...read on.
National news
► On Monday, June 26, the little boy who has captured the attention of a nation will have been missing without a trace for more than 1000 days. It also marks William Tyrrell’s sixth birthday.
►A woman who stepped on a grape in the Coles fresh produce section has slipped once and fallen twice – first to her knees and elbows and again, later in her attempt to sue the supermarket giant.
National weather radar
International news
►America's allies should not be guided by President Donald Trump's at-times erratic Twitter posts, according to former US General and CIA director David Petraeus...read on.
Faces of Australia: Laura Ellison
LAURA Ellison’s heart belongs to an animal most would find intimidating.
Laura knows there is a softer side to rhinoceros and she is sharing this with the world.
The former Forster resident has just spent the last three years living in South Africa as a veterinary nurse at The Rhino Orphanage.