The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a strong wind warning for the Derwent Estuary, Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay, Storm Bay, Channel, Far North West Coast, East of Flinders Island, Upper East Coast, Lower East Coast, South East Coast, South West Coast and Central West Coast. 

► Price hike: The AMA has recommended a GP price increase, but the Medicare freeze continues.

► Cash to stabilise mine: The $1.25 million stabilisation works will commence immediately with a state funding boost.

► Exam preparations already in full swing: Students across Tasmania are preparing for one of the most stressful tasks of the year – exams.

► Final test: This year’s Stan Siejka Launceston Classic will witness the end of two of Tasmania’s most distinguished sporting careers.

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

► ROSEWHITE: Breanna Johnson had a simple assignment at school. Research a part of the brain and present it to the class. She asked her nurse mother Margot for help, and the 15-year-old chose to focus on the temporal lobe. That was in April this year. Days later her healthy 51-year old father Steven, from Rosewhite near Myrtleford, would be diagnosed with stage four brain cancer in the temporal lobe after going to hospital following a car accident. More here.

► RIVERINA: Farmers and gun-owners have backed calls to legalise a cheap, rapid-fire shotgun. The Abbott government banned the seven-shot Adler A110 in 2015, amid concerns it could be modified to fire 11 rounds without reloading. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday extended the ban until states and territories hash out how to classify the contentious firearm and what sort of permit a gun-owner would require. More here.

► BELLBIRD: It was a homemade “firearm” which he hoped would be enough to scare a poor Coalfields service station attendant to hand over some cash. It wasn’t and it didn’t. More here.

► HEATHCOTE: The former coach of a central Victorian club in shock after as its star forward fights for his life following a suspected ‘flakka’ overdose has said illicit drugs have “become the norm” in Australian rule football – from the AFL to local football leagues. More here.

► HARVEY: One of three farmers dropped by Brownes Dairy at the end of last month has been forced to tip his grade one milk out because no one wants it. More here.

► ST MARYS: A couple who have cared for their son for 30 years are pleading for accelerated access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. More here.

► MACKSVILLE: When she was a baby Kymberlee Blair was fighting for her life, her small body wracked with the fevers and pain of double pneumonia and swine flu. More here.

► WODONGA: When 16-year-old Alexia Brown requested Hamish and Andy attend her year 10 formal, she didn’t expect to get a “yes” back. But on air Monday afternoon, the radio personalities announced Catholic College Wodonga would be the first stop in their band’s tour. More here.

► PORT MACQUARIE: There is a common belief among those who work in healthcare or emergency sectors that a full moon can create a hectic night for employees. More here.

► Australia is missing out on key events aimed at improving gender diversity due to the lack of policy initiatives designed to get women into public and private sector leadership positions, says the chief executive of Business Events Sydney, Lyn Lewis-Smith. More here.

► The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spent an estimated $215,000 or more sending nearly two dozen senior bureaucrats from Canberra to Paris to attend an inhouse talkfest about ways to save money. More here.

► More than one in four Australian workers feel financially stressed and find it difficult to make ends meet, a national study has found. More here.

► The RSL NSW has nearly $350 million in cash and liquid assets held across hundreds of sub-branches, much of which critics say is not being properly used to help needy veterans. More here.

► LONDON: The British government is counting on Australia's taste for British beer and cider to boost its Brexit trade plan – and is planning an ad blitz to whet our appetites. More here.

► BANGKOK: Thai authorities say they have uncovered a plot to explode bombs in Bangkok where millions of Thais are mourning the death last week of long-reigning King Bhumibol Adulyadej. More here.

► GERMANY: Four police officers have been injured, one critically, after they were shot at during a raid on a home in southern Germany. More here.

At the start of the year Horsham’s Simone O’Brien set herself a pretty typical goal – to tackle the Melbourne marathon. But O’Brien is not your typical woman. 

Four years ago she was violently attacked, and now dedicates her time to starting a public conversation about domestic violence. Read more here.