Launceston weather forecast: The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a top temperature today of 13 degrees. There is the chance of light showers this morning, giving way to a sunny afternoon.
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Drug fund plea Tasmania’s only long-term residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation has warned it will have to reduce its services without a funding commitment from the state or federal government.
Dinner or the doctor? Mental illness does not discriminate, but the data is clear: among those who are homeless, people with a mental illness are overrepresented.
Avid fans cheer on Hawks A Hawthorn goal within the first twelve seconds of the match at Aurora Stadium on Sunday had local fans on their feet during the club’s annual Pink Ribbon Game.
Health budget ‘cut’: doctors Health Minister Michael Ferguson says the government is making the best of its funding situation amid claims of health budget cuts from the Australian Medical Association.
Hot Hale revives Olympic belief Hobart sprinter Jack Hale has kept his 2016 Olympic dream alive after setting a new Australian under-20 men’s 100 metres record in Germany on Saturday night.
STATE of the NATION
►WOLLONGONG: Doctors haven’t been able to tell Brett Connellan when he’s likely to jump on a surfboard again, but one thing’s for sure the 23-year-old is determined to catch a wave again, soon.
The shark attack survivor has spoken to the media for the first time since losing three-quarters of his left thigh at Bombo Beach on March 30.
►BENDIGO: The Catholic Church will meet with members of the Bendigo community on Monday night to answer questions about the church’s history of child sexual abuse. The sessions will help form the Catholic Church’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
►BALLARAT: A Ballarat man is feared dead after spending more than two days in the freezing waters of Bass Strait. Police suspended the search for the 45-year-old on Saturday after he fell overboard the Spirit of Tasmania at about 11.40pm on Friday night.
It’s still unknown how the man ended up in the water, with various media reports announcing that he either fell, or jumped off the ship about 124 kilometres south-east of Port Phillip Heads.
Meanwhile, a witness has described the mayhem that unfolded on deck of the Spirit of Tasmania I after a man went overboard on Friday night.
►LAUNCESTON: Mental illness does not discriminate, but the data is clear: among those who are homeless, people with a mental illness are overrepresented. Bethlehem House chief executive Patrick Carlisle said 87 per cent of men accessing the Hobart shelter identified as having a mental illness.
►BUNBURY: A seven-year-old boy riding a motorcycle has died after he veered off a track and struck a tree near Katanning on Saturday afternoon.
►BAROSSA VALLEY: Winemakers and gin – the two go hand-in-hand, especially during a long, hot vintage. So it should come as no surprise that a team of Barossan winemakers have finally developed their own.
National news
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►The consequences of a Brexit on the global economy and Australia have been exaggerated in the mainstream press, a UK political advisor believes. On Friday, the UK voted in a nation-changing referendum in favour of leaving the European Union, causing global market panic and forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron.
South Wales Public Affairs & Political Advisor and former Launceston student Mark Wells said contrary to popular belief, a Brexit would not damage Australian free trade agreements, international security and long-term share markets.
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World news
► MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin of Russia received the geopolitical equivalent of manna from heaven on Friday when British voters opted to leave the European Union, speeding his long-term goal of weakening the most powerful alliance confronting the Kremlin as it seeks to rebuild its superpower muscles.
Officially, Moscow presented a sombre facade, repeating its pre-vote stance that the British referendum was of little direct concern. Read on
►NEW JERSEY, US: Tragedy has struck NBA No.1 draft pick Ben Simmons, with his cousin killed in a hit-and-run incident in New Jersey little more than 24 hours after he attended the draft.
Former Newcastle basketball phenomenon Simmons paid tribute to his cousin Zachary Simmons, 21, on Sunday morning, just two days after he was, as expected, selected with the top pick by the Philadelphia 76ers. Ben Simmons tweeted a photo of Zachary and him, taken at the draft in Brooklyn, with the simple hashtag #ripZacharySimmons.
On this day: June 27
1997: Radiohead, Cast, The Bluetones, Manson, The Chemical Brothers, Ash, The Seahorses, Smashing Pumpkins, The Prodigy, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Dodgy, Travis, Ray Davies, Kula Shaker, Steve Winwood all appeared at the 3-day Glastonbury Festival.
Faces of Australia: Isaac Buckell
Bendigo teenager Isaac Buckell has become the youngest winner of the prestigious Melbourne Cup on Wheels cycling classic. The 16-year-old outsprinted a class field to win the 2000m wheelrace at the Darebin International Sports Centre.
Buckell joins Australian cycling greats Russell Mockridge, Sid Patterson, Danny Clark and Dean Woods on the Melbourne Cup on Wheels honour roll.