State of the nation
► HUNTER: A century ago, the foundation stone of the Wilson Memorial Community Hospital at Murrurundi was laid. It was a big occasion for the community, who had worked hard over many years to raise the funds to build a public hospital. More here.
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► WAGGA WAGGA: Two more cars have been destroyed after being set ablaze by vandals on Saturday morning. More here.
► KATHERINE: Young overseas backpackers recruited to work on mango farms near Darwin were allegedly underpaid almost $36,000 in just two months. More here.
► BEAUDESERT: It started with a few pub gigs at the Beaudesert Hotel and now Lucy Joachim’s skills as a DJ have hit new heights. More here.
► MACARTHUR: More than five years after waste and asbestos was illegally dumped at The Oaks, businessman Phillip Foxman has been ordered to pay $390,000. More here.
► SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Ram ‘n’ Ewe Ball at Jamestown will turn 10 this year, with the much-loved event still going strong. More here.
► SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: Member for Wollondilly Jai Rowell confirmed Bowral and District Hospital would not be privatised. More here.
► HAWKESBURY: The South Windsor shops will receive the CCTV they have long awaited thanks to $250,000 from the federal government. More here.
► ALBURY-WODONGA: For brave Wodonga 11-year-old Kaleb Mcburnie, living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy means losing little pieces every day. More here.
► BALLARAT: Rugby team Victorian Country Barbarians will play Melbourne City in Melton this afternoon after a sinkhole opened up at the feet of one of the junior players during a warm up at Buninyong Community Reserve. More here.
► ILLAWARRA: Kiama musician Joe Mungovan enjoys the “home ground feeling” of performing at Folk By The Sea. More here.
National news
► Forbes residents have evacuated under orders from the State Emergency Service as floodwaters are set to increase overnight and throughout Sunday. More here.
► The Bulldogs beat the house. They beat the odds. They beat the system. They beat the Giants, these Davids. And they're in the grand final for the first time for 55 years. In their rooms afterwards, legends cried. More here.
► Some finals are decided by players, some by moments – Melbourne Storm saw their moment in Saturday night's NRL preliminary final and their players took hold of it. More here.
► Nobody knows for certain who will win on November 8 - but one man is pretty sure: Professor Allan Lichtman, who's correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984. More here.
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International news
► LONDON: The former homes of the writer Oscar Wilde and the composer Benjamin Britten are among six sites that were recognised on Friday by an arm of the British government for their significance in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history. More here.
► NEW YORK: More than 100 illegal migrants are entering the small Central American country of Costa Rica every day, looking for "coyotes" to take them across the Nicaraguan border and on to the United States, Costa Rican President Luis Solis says. More here.
► BEIJING: A 16-year-old Chinese girl starved her mother to death after tying her to a chair for a week, in fury at being sent to an internet addiction treatment centre where she was beaten and mistreated, Chinese media reported. More here.
On this day
On this day in 1929, Journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters was born.
The faces of Australia: Kaleb Mcburnie
For brave Wodonga 11-year-old Kaleb Mcburnie, living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy means losing little pieces every day.
Losing muscle cells, strength, the ability to walk and, ultimately, to breathe.
But his mum Leza said Kaleb’s DMD also means trying to make the most of every day.
She said she loves her son because of his smile.
“Him being him,” she said.
“Kaleb takes every day as it comes – it’s the only way you can do it.” More here.
