► PORT MACQUARIE: MacKillop Senior College’s senior legal studies class, on behalf of their graduating year, presented more than $10,800 to local domestic and family violence support services. More here
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► CAMDEN HAVEN: Peter Loveridge took out the inaugural event from Beach to Brother Marathon. He completed the run from Town Beach to the top of North Brother Mountain in a time of just over four hours. More here
► BELLINGEN: Couples came from far and wide to contest Singleton Show’s flagship event – the Australian Wife Carrying Titles. This year a team from Bellingen won. More here
► WINGHAM: Manning Valley Community Gardens (behind the old courthouse) hosted its first fundraiser ‘Groovin in the Garden’. Photographer Scott Calvin captured photos of all the fun. More here
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Regional
► ILLAWARRA: A seriously ill Illawarra grandfather who sexually abused two generations of his family over a 30-year period is facing the prospect of dying behind bars. More here.
► BALLARAT: A Lydiard Street North venue will need to be completely refitted after a fire under the bar smoke-logged the building and adjacent businesses. Read on.
► NEWCASTLE: Newcastle’s city centre is set to be transformed into a “digital precinct” with free public Wi-Fi, high-speed broadband and a dedicated “innovation hub” aimed at attracting new industries and jobs to the Hunter. Read on.
► BENDIGO: State Emergency Service volunteers were searching an area on the outskirts of Bendigo for the weapon used in the alleged murder of 18-year-old Hayden Coleman earlier this month. Read on.
► PORT CAMPBELL: Eight people, including a honeymooning couple from Italy, miraculously survived a head-on collision near Port Campbell on Friday. Read on.
►LOGAN: Logan City Council will join the Gold Coast and not put any money into the 2028 Olympic Games South-East Queensland feasibility study. More here.
► WODONGA: Police have recovered three high-powered rifles stolen from a farm, including one weapon which had been shortened to the size of a pistol. More here.
National news
Retailers and toy companies are attempting to double the length of time in which they must alert the consumer watchdog to a product that may have caused a serious injury, illness or death. Read more.
It was the loud, derogatory voices in her head that propelled Antoinette Croft from the home she shared with her three young children. The voices said terrible things. Read more.
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International news
UNITED STATES: A manhunt is under way for a gunman who the police say fatally shot five people at a mall north of Seattle on Friday night (Saturday AEST). Read more.
CHINA: It seemed an unbeatable investment: a biomedical company in a rustbelt province in China where the government was backing high-tech enterprises enthusiastically. Read more.
PHILIPPINES: He was shot four times and left lying in a pool of blood in a dark street of the sprawling Philippine capital, a victim of President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drugs crackdown. Read more.
On this day
1580 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind
1687 – Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon
1687 - The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1815 – Russia, Prussia & Austria sign the Holy Alliance
1983 – Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war by judging supposed missile attack from the US an error
Facts supplied: onthisday.com
The faces of Australia: Samuel Dundas
Launceston based opera singer, Samuel Dundas, is performing in an opera world first – a silent opera.
Sydney Opera House – The Opera (The Eighth Wonder) will be performed on the steps of the opera house, with the chorus and orchestra performing inside.