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►Moss Vale Magic Youth League had a tough trip to Bathurst on May 20.
The Magic suffered an 87-68 loss to Bathurst Goldminers in round 11 of the competition.
The match marked The Magic’s second loss for the 2017 youth league season.
►By the mid-1890s a widespread financial depression was adversely impacting many local enterprises.
One such was the Box Vale Colliery Company. In 1890 it took over a coal mine operation in the Nattai Gorge, 6km northwest of Mittagong. A previous company, the Mittagong Coal-mining Company, had opened the mine in 1883 and in 1888 built a 7km, standard gauge railway to link the mine with the main Southern Line. It had won major Railway Department contracts for its high quality steaming coal, but these were cancelled in 1889 due to a mix of stone in the coal. More in this week’s Highlands history.
►Parramatta Eel Daniel Alvaro is breaking the stereotype that forwards are all ‘all brawn and no brain’.
Alvaro was recently recognised for his continued success in his Bachelor of Construction Project Management Degree studies at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). More here.
►Community groups, charities and sporting teams could all be eligible for extra funding.
Council has called on community groups to apply for funding as part of the latest round of ClubGRANTS.
►Pack a picnic rug and your sunglasses for a free musical event among nature.
The second Music in the Gardens event will be held at the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens, filled with local talent.
►Red, gold and orange – It is a colour that can be seen at almost every turn as Austumn well and truly arrives in the Highlands.
It is a spectacular showcase that hase not been lost on keen Highlands photographers. More here.
TRAFFIC: All roads are clear in the Southern Highlands today. Drive safely and enjoy the journey.
TRAINS: Commuters can expect a good service on the Southern Highlands today.
WEATHER: Areas of Morning fog, then sunny, light winds and a daytime maximum temperature of 18 can be expected in the Highlands today.
Here's a look at what the local weather is doing right now:
7.00AM: Good morning and welcome to the Southern Highlands Rise and Shine. Over the next few hours we will be bringing you as much information as possible from across the Southern Highlands and nationally.
Weather, road conditions, breaking news, we will have it all - and we'd love to have your help! If there's anything happening in your part of the world, drop us a line! Email jackie.meyers@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Regional news
►VICTORIA: Five gold mining projects north of Bendigo – including one bankrolled by mining magnate Gina Rinehart – have received state government grants totalling $1.2 million. Read more
►BALLARAT: Victoria Police is investigating if an off-duty police officer was involved in a Ballarat neighbourhood dispute that led to a woman sustaining serious injuries. Read more
►NSW: A stranger accused of whipping an eight-year-old child with a dog leash in a Figtree park has left an unmistakable mark on the boy, prompting an angry outcry. Read more
►TASMANIA: Tasmanian wildlife rescuers are calling for help from the public to identify those responsible for the death of a Wedge-tailed eagle. Read more
►ACT: You've probably watched The Simpsons intro 18 million times but this is the version that tops them all.
Canberra has been officially Simpson-ised in a clever two-minute animation developed by ANU students for this year's ANU Med Revue. Watch the video
►WAGGA WAGGA: The history of unique coins and stamps were rediscovered by hundreds of collectors across the country in Wagga at the weekend.
More than 400 people headed to the fair, held at Sturt Public School, buying or selling items from their precious collections. Read more
►WARRNAMBOOL: A single mother with two boys is devastated after her Commodore station wagon was torched early Monday morning. Read more
►NSW: All people receiving the Parenting Payment with children five years or under will be eligible for the Federal government’s new work training scheme, which is compulsory for some parents. Read more
National news
►For Andrew Forrest and his wife, Nicola - as for so many people - the fight against cancer is personal.
Both sides of their family have been afflicted, dating all the way back to Mr Forrest's great-great-uncle John - the first premier of Western Australia - who was killed by melanoma 99 years ago. More recently, both have watched close family members struggle against the "emperor of all maladies".Read more
►Former Prime Minister John Howard has thrown cold water on the idea that Tony Abbott might soon return as Coalition leader and prime minister, saying there is "no appetite for change" within the party. Read more
National weather radar:
World news:
►BANGKOK: A bomb exploded in the reception room of a military-owned hospital in the Thai capital on Monday, the third anniversary of a 2014 coup.
Twenty-five people were wounded in the blast at the Phramongkutklao Hospital near Bangkok's historic Victory Monument, which is popular with retired military officers. Read more
►LONDON: Rolf Harris has attended his trial on groping allegations for the first time since leaving prison on Friday and heard as one of his accusers testified that she would never seek compensation and was motivated only by the quest for "justice" and "vindication." Read more
On this day
FACES OF AUSTRALIA
EMMA BANKS
Emma Banks is missing a big chunk of her brain. A stroke she suffered before she was born left a large fluid-filled cyst where part of her brain was supposed to be.
Not that you’d know it to look at her.
The gregarious two-year-old has hit all her milestones except one – she’s yet to walk unaided, but is almost there. Read more