Good morning here’s your headlines from around regional Australia and beyond. Scroll down and refresh for weather, road reports and more.
MANDURAH: A man has been arrested following a firearm incident in Falcon on Monday evening.
Police were called to Merrin Court before 8pm with reports of an active shooter in the area. Read more.
BUNBURY: A Bunbury man convicted of a string of traffic offences following a police pursuit last week was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment on Monday.
Alan James Mellefont, 36, appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court via video link from Bunbury Regional prison. Read more.
SOUTH WEST: Ancestral remains of 13 Aboriginal people who were once buried in caves around the Capes have been returned to their burial chambers.
Over the last few months, traditional custodian of the South West Wayne Webb has worked with the WA Museum and the Department of Parks and Wildlife to return the ancestral remains. Read more.
WA: WA’s most notorious roads will be targeted as part of a $44 million road safety boost aimed at saving lives and reducing serious injuries on regional roads, according to federal member for O’Connor Rick Wilson. Read more.
ESPERANCE: The Esperance Library has been targeted for more than $1 million in repairs after a building report revealed the structure will last only 10 years without maintenance.
Key issues the report listed were the water proofing of the roof and the continued rotation of the eastern wall. Read more.
KALGOORLIE: For some people driving across the Nullarbor Plain presents them with a challenge – how quickly can they get from one end of it to the other.
But some clever-thinking people in the Goldfields have flipped that idea on its head by giving travellers something to slow down for – a round of golf.
And not just any round of golf – 18 holes on the world’s longest golf course, spanning 1365 kilometres from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia. Read more.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
Regional news
►LOCKYER VALLEY: A POLICE officer has reportedly been shot dead after pulling over a vehicle in the Lockyer Valley Monday afternoon. More details.
►PRIMBEE: Relatives of a woman shot at Primbee on Monday afternoon say she is the victim of an unprovoked home invasion involving an unknown gunman and accomplice. Full story.
►TOMERONG: Alan Teall fears he won’t make it to his 70th birthday.
The 60-year-old Tomerong resident contracted Q fever in late 2015. He unknowingly breathed in kangaroo faeces while mowing a lawn. Full story.
►SOUTH COAST: South Coast residents and holidaymakers at the end of this century could find the villas and waterfront homes below the high tide line. Full story.
►CASTLEMAINE: The Victoria Police armed crime squad is on scene in Castlemaine after a man was shot at a rural property where a clandestine laboratory was found. Full story.
►GOULBURN: An inmate has been flown to Canberra Base Hospital after he was stabbed with a "homemade device" during a violent brawl at Goulburn Correctional Centre, police said on Saturday. Full story.
►DUBBO: Tragedy has struck in the aftermath to the 2017 Dubbo Show, with three teenagers killed in a fatal crash near Goondiwindi on Monday morning believed to be from a family that works on the show circuit. Full story.
►TASMANIA: Tasmania Police are appealing for information from the public about a stolen red Mazda Bravo that was dumped in the Blythe River. Full story.
►QUEENSLAND: A PONY that was euthanised at a property in the Gold Coast hinterland on May 25 is the first recorded case of the deadly Hendra virus in Queensland for two years. Full story.
►NEWCASTLE: AT the moment, the Newcastle Interchange is still a tradie’s haven.
But – thanks to the wonders of smart phones – Novocastrians can put themselves on the completed platform with a virtual reality app unveiled by the state government this week. Full story.
National news
► SYDNEY: Councils are set to be stripped of the power to determine development applications above a certain value in a governance shake-up that will mandate the use of independent planning panels across most of NSW. Full story.
►CANBERRA: Senior tax official Michael Cranston was investigated by the ATO's anti-fraud unit last year over claims he improperly used his influence to have a court case against a "high-wealth individual" dropped, internal Tax Office documents reveal. Full story.
►VICTORIA: One of the key lawyers in the Mabo case, Bryan Keon-Cohen, has described the proposal to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution as modest and conservative, and challenged "gutless politicians" to support it. Full story.
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World news:
►LONDON: Can Jeremy Corbyn win the unwinnable election? After a series of promising polls, this question is now being seriously asked in the UK. Full story.
►MANCHESTER: A week after the Manchester bombing, six children are still fighting for their future.
Manchester Children's Hospital is dealing with a tragedy and with demands greater than most of its staff can remember. But they are pulling together, keeping each other going with "tea, toast and lots of hugs", the hospital's associate head - an intensive care consultant - told Fairfax on Monday. Full story.
►BALI: Sara Connor can finally rest easy that her five-year sentence for the fatal group assault of a Bali police officer will not be increased again after the prosecution ruled out one last appeal. Full story.
►JAKARTA: The Australian government says it will not be represented before a Jakarta court hearing a $103 million class action on behalf of 115 youths incarcerated in Australia for alleged people smuggling. Full story.
On this day
1925 British mariners shoot on demonstrators
1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy
1925 Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals
1925 In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty.
1925 Indianapolis 500: Peter DePaolo wins in 4:56:39.401 (162.748 km/h)
1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
FACES OF AUSTRALIA: HELENE HAMILTON
Past and present Reece High School and Nixon Street Primary School pupils would recognise Devonport crossing guard Helene Hamilton.
On Thursday Ms Hamilton celebrates 30 years on the job, helping school children walk safely to and from school. Read all about her.
