Mum’s cry for youth rehab Campbell Town woman Linda Evans says the Ashley Youth Detention Centre is the ideal place to rehabilitate children and teens living with drug addiction.

Petrol report due out soon The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will release its investigation into Launceston petrol prices after the federal election.

Launceston barber takes cuts mobile A local barber has packed up shop, into the back of his Nissan Mira.

Progress made on Basslink repair Repair crews have completed the second of three jointing works as the effort to repair the faulty Basslink cable nears completion.

Tasmanian side 2020 wait Tasmanian ice hockey fans have been delivered good news and bad news on the future of an audacious bid to join the expanding Australian Ice Hockey League.

Need a national news snapshot first thing? We've got you covered. 

► MOUNT ISA, QLD: Bob Katter has chickened out of debating against his political rivals on live television.  The Isa Hotel could have been the scene of a live political showdown on Sky News’ Paul Murray LIVE between Mr Katter and political rivals Jonathan Pavetto and Norm Jacobsen on Thursday night. Although the broadcast continues, the format has been changed because Mr Katter is reluctant to be seated with the other Kennedy candidates, according to his ALP and LNP rivals. Read more.

► BEGA, NSW: The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW has confirmed it is reviewing the decision of one of its solicitors not to push for full-time jail for a man who pleaded guilty to the possession of child pornography. Read more.

► TASMANIA: New Tasmanian miner Australian Bauxite Limited is making progress after hitting market problems. The company, which mines at Bald Hill, near Campbell Town, recently finalised its second sale and is working towards a much bigger third sale. It is also eyeing a large deal in the Middle East. Read more.

► SHELLHARBOUR, NSW: Shellharbour mayor Marianne Saliba said she “air-punched for Strathfield” when she heard the NSW government planned to withdraw from legal action over the merger of Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay councils. Minister for Local Government Paul Toole’s legal counsel conceded there had been errors in the Boundaries Commission inquiry process into the Sydney merger, telling the Land and Environment Court the government was withdrawing from the case and would pay Strathfield Council's costs. Read more.

► BENDIGO, VIC: A connected train line from Bendigo to Geelong is unlikely to ever become a reality, even with large shifts in population to the state’s regional cities. Infrastructure Victoria threw cold water on the idea in its recently released 30 year infrastructure strategy, All Things Considered. Read more.

► ARMIDALE, NSW: Prosecutors are pushing for a 20-year maximum penalty to be applied to a paedophile teacher who kidnapped students and sexually abused others up to 40 years ago. John G Ferris is awaiting sentencing on a raft of historical child sex charges, including kidnapping, lewdness and indecent assault, while he was employed at a teacher at Ben Venue Public School in Armidale in the 1960s and ’70s. Read more.

► SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Murray Bridge, Coorong and Mid Murray council areas are among the worst five regions for mothers to live in South Australia, according a recent Save the Children report. Out of 69 local government areas, Murray Bridge ranked at 64, Coorong at 66, and Mid Murray at 67. The report was a product of research since 2000 that evaluated the countries where mothers faced the greatest hardships. Read more.

► WAGGA, NSW: Wagga residents have been relieved of an arson epidemic which last year saw a car stolen and burnt to the ground almost every day. Police have reported a plummet of approximately two-thirds in local car theft and arson since June 2015, in a crackdown heavily attributed to Operation Assure. Read more.

► A woman has been charged with murder over the decade-old mystery of vanished underworld standover man George Templeton. Templeton, also known as George Teazis, 38, disappeared from the Reservoir home he shared with his teenage son and then-fiancee in May 2005. Read more.

► The chemist to the stars behind a controversial chain of "hydration clinics" has been charged after allegedly stealing more than $250,000 worth of prescription drugs, including peptides and steroids, from the pharmacist linked to the Essendon drug scandal. Models, soap stars and DJs such as Pia Miller and Ruby Rose are customers at the iv.me Hydration Clinic, which markets itself as part of the "wellness" movement and offers intravenous vitamin infusions as an energy boost, detox or hangover cure. Read more.

► A cleaner who was sacked because he had a cup of coffee on the job has won an unfair dismissal case in the Fair Work Commission. In deciding the dismissal was unfair, Fair Work Commission vice president Adam Hatcher quoted the modern philosopher Alain de Botton: "Office civilisation could not be feasible without the hard take-offs and landings effected by coffee and alcohol." Read more.

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International news

► BRAZIL: As Australian backpacker Rye Hunt prepared to set off on an adventure around the world last month, he posted a smiling photograph of himself online alongside an excited message to his family and friends. "Embarking on an adventure now to see the world over the next few months. Unsure of what the future has in store for us," he wrote. He vanished after getting into a taxi outside Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on May 21. Now his worried loved ones are desperate to learn whether he is safe. Read more.

► THAILAND: Wildlife officials have begun relocating 137 tigers from Thailand's famous Tiger Temple after allegations of illegal trafficking in endangered species and animal mistreatment. Dozens of tourists, including Australians, were inside the temple complex at a Buddhist monastery in western Kanchanaburi province immediately before officials tranquillised the first three tigers and put them in cages late on Monday. Read more.

► INDONESIA: Australia insists an Australian permanent resident charged with murdering her friend with cyanide-laced coffee will not face the death penalty in Indonesia if found guilty, despite police now claiming it is up to the judges. Jessica Kumala Wongso, a former Ambulance NSW employee, has been charged with the premeditated murder of her friend Wayan Mirna Salihin, with whom she had studied in Australia. Read more.

On this day

June 1, 1967: Hands up all you Beatles fans! It's been 49 years today since the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was released. The album was the band's eighth studio release and was an instant success. The fictional Sgt Pepper band allowed the group to be experimental with their music. Enjoy a tribute to the iconic band here:

Horsham's Dustin Cross always knew he would be a farmer.

But what the 19-year-old didn’t know, was that he would eventually split his time between cropping, running a thousand sheep and operating his own shearing business.

Farming runs in the Cross family.

Dustin’s mum came from a farm at Quantong and his parents bought a property just outside Horsham when he was 18 months old. 

“I was always interested in farming. I tried building once, but I didn’t really enjoy it,” he said.

Dustin learnt to shear when he was 15. Soon after, he did work experience at a Goroke sheep stud.

“I’ve been there ever since,” he said.

Last year, Dustin started working there full-time and he is also doing his Certificate IV in Agriculture. Read more.