Thieves uproot Rocherlea garden project Rocherlea community garden volunteers have been left to pick up the pieces after thieves made away with 40 metres of fencing and a dozen star pickets in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Home of Hope ‘regulated’ Meander residents have called on the state government to take back control of the Meander school to prevent faith-based organisation Teen Challenge running a residential rehab for women from the site.

Blokes discuss books over beers A group of men gather monthly at a local pub to discuss great literature and tackle the issues they face on a daily basis. 

Smoke-free CBD zone expands The City of Launceston council has approved an expansion of smoke-free zones in the central business district which will come into effect from January 1, 2017.

First shot fired Another chapter in the North Launceston and Glenorchy State League rivalry will be written in Saturday’s grand final as the war of words over which team is favourite continued between the two coaches.

Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered. 

►VICTORIA: Heavy rain has battered a number of districts across an already soaked state, where rivers are rising and flash flooding has already occurred and emergency services warn could be on the cards again. Updates for Bendigo region here, Ballarat region here, and Wimmera here.

►BALLARAT: Links to a Russian child pornography website lead police to a Ballarat address where a number of child exploitation images were found, a court has heard. Read more

►ACT: A nine-year-old League player has taken the internet by storm after an unstoppable run at a Canberra tournament over the weekend. Read more

►TASMANIA: A horrid scene of burned livestock, household white goods and car tyres has been discovered in bushland near Sprent. Read more

►SOUTH COAST: Staff at the Bega hospital will walk off the job at midday on Wednesday for a mass meeting to address chronic staff shortages. Read more

►HUNTER: A Rutherford family’s campaign to obtain more funding for palliative care in the Maitland and Dungog areas will be discussed in State Parliament on Thursday. Read more

► MANDURAH: A longtime member of Falcon’s surfing community has raised concerns the rising fear of shark attacks is destroying Mandurah’s beachside lifestyle, and called for a rethink on the protected status of white sharks. Read more

► WAGGA: The NSW Electoral Commission has seized Wagga’s council ballot papers and will count them in Sydney. Read more

►TAMWORTH: Mourners packed out the home stadium of fallen cowboy, Blake Hallam, on Monday morning to farewell the rodeo star with a gentle heart and unrelenting work ethic. Read more

► JUNEE: A former Junee and Coolamon high school teacher who allegedly raped one of his students several times has today been charged by police. Read more

►One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts has called on Australia to mimic Britain's Brexit and leave the "socialistic, monolithic" United Nations during his first speech to Parliament, in which he also compared himself to Socrates and claimed there was absolutely no link between carbon dioxide and climate change. Read more

►A woman has been charged with murder after the body of a two-year-old girl was discovered at a home in Miller on Tuesday, police say. Read more

►The federal government is poised to announce a national gun amnesty following an unprecedented wave of violent firearm-related crime in Melbourne. Read more

►Balinese prosecutors have called for alleged Australian paedophile Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis, who is accused of sexually abusing 11 children, to serve 16 years behind bars. Read more

►Australia's inland plants are among those most likely to be affected by rising temperatures, challenging the concept the country's weather extremes would make them less susceptible to global warming, a new study has found. Read more

►JAKARTA: An investigation into the alleged sex abuse of children at a prestigious Jakarta international school warned some of the suspects claimed to have been tortured by police until they confessed. Read more

►MANILA: Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has signalled he wants to move his country away from dependence on the United States, ordering all US special forces out of the southern Philippines. Read more

►WASHINGTON: Put enough nonsense out there, and some of it might just collide with a fact – and that's what happened on Sunday, when Hillary Clinton's apparent kerbside collapse in New York became a video that can be run as an endless loop with internet claims about every real and imagined ailment that surely must disqualify her from the presidency. Read more

1898: The Gideons Bible Association, responsible for placing Bibles in motel and hotel rooms around the world, begins.

1939: The first successful helicopter is flown by Russian-born US aeronautical engineer Igor Sikorsky.

1982: Princess Grace of Monaco dies after receiving severe injuries in a car crash.

2001: The announcement is made of the closure of Ansett Airlines, Australia.

In just under a decade, Tammy and Warren Glover have opened their home – and their hearts – to more than 50 foster kids.

The couple, from Illawarra’s southern suburbs, provide long-term, emergency and respite foster care and are currently looking after five children as well as their own two boys.

It’s carers like these who are being honoured this Foster Care Week, but while the Glovers appreciate the recognition – that’s not what they do it for. Read more