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PM challenges premiers on border closures

DIGESTPM challenges premiers on border closures

WORK TOGETHER: Regional Australia could come out of the pandemic stronger if there is a joint effort.

Pandemic could cause regional Australia renaissance

PROTOCOL FOLLOWED: Ag Minister David Littleproud said his department followed the rules to the letter. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Department followed the rules when COVID live-export ship docked

Gladys Berejiklian announces wage freeze for all NSW public sector workers

BREAKINGGladys Berejiklian announces wage freeze for all NSW public sector workers

Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTCoronavirus outbreak hits The Americas

Kim Chappell

Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the border closures may still be in place for 60 more days.

NT border may stay closed for two more months

Chris McLennan

The bsiness in question. Photo: Darren Howe

Massage parlour fined for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

Nicholas Nakos

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Murphy defends early coronavirus modelling

Kirsten Lawson

There is a renewed push from the usual suspects to switch the AFL grand final to a night game at the MCG despite a thumbs down from footy fans. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONShorter games short-change the fans

Rohan Connolly

Singleton Netball Association will receive $5,000 in a state government grant.

Sporting organisations receive $4.6m in grants

Sydney Roosters players celebrate their 2019 NRL Grand Final win over Canberra. With two first-up losses and a tough draw ahead, the Roosters will be up against it in their hunt for a premiership three-peat in 2020. Photo: Jason McCawley/Getty Images

OPINIONA Roosters three-peat? They'll have to do it the hard way

Laurie Daley

There is a renewed push from the usual suspects to switch the AFL grand final to a night game at the MCG despite a thumbs down from footy fans. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONShorter games short-change the fans

Fans celebrate Richmond Tigers' AFL Grand Final win last September. Will this year's premiership be tainted by the changes forced on teams because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINION'This will be one of the greatest premierships ever won in AFL': Really?

Rohan Connolly

Clint Gutherson of the Eels fist pumps Referee Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski after the round 2 NRL match between the Titans and Parramatta. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

NRL's referee changes could affect spectacle

Laurie Daley

An aerial view of White Cliffs' pockmarked landscape. Picture: Destination NSW

Gem in the landscape of lost hope

Tim the Yowie Man

Old Montreal. Picture: Shutterstock

Montreal vibrant, fascinating any time of year

Laurie Hertzel

The University of Cambridge has its roots in the early 1200s, when scholars fled "hostile townsmen" in Oxford. Pictures: Shutterstock.

Take a step into Cambridge University

Lydia Roberts

Chris Bath is joined by historians, politicians, writers and journalists on the six-part ABC series Road to Now, chronicling events that have shaped the modern world.

History lessons on Road to Now

Ben Mendelsohn - a larrikin no more... Picture: Getty Images

Ben Mendelsohn's no larrikin

Jane Freebury

Roblox has hidden 49 eggs around its platform making Easter in isolation take on a whole new level.

Roblox has an Easter egg hunt to help you through the weekend

Gayle Tomlinson

Chris Bath is joined by historians, politicians, writers and journalists on the six-part ABC series Road to Now, chronicling events that have shaped the modern world.

History lessons on Road to Now

Ideas to keep your kids entertained this Easter

Ideas to keep your kids entertained this Easter

Kate Benson

What are you doing Saturday night? Try out this living room gig

MUSICWhat are you doing Saturday night? Try out this living room gig

Matthew Kelly

COMMITMENT: The team at Export Finance Australia offers financial expertise and solutions that will drive sustainable growth to benefit both the nation and its partners. Photo: Export Finance Australia

Finance solutions to help Aussie exporters during COVID-19

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

COMMITMENT: The team at Export Finance Australia offers financial expertise and solutions that will drive sustainable growth to benefit both the nation and its partners. Photo: Export Finance Australia

Finance solutions to help Aussie exporters during COVID-19

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Emma Brown

SENIORS GUIDE 2020: Find information about living well in your senior years here.

Seniors Guide 2020: Staying healthy and living well

Real estate restrictions lifted in NSW

Real estate restrictions lifted in NSW

Ruth Lewis

Sold: 71 Laurel Avenue, Chelmer just sold for $2,075,000. Photo - McGrath Estate Agents.

Selling more than listing

DOUBLE BAY HOME: Jurassic Park star Sam Neill sells his four-bedroom home.

Star sells at auction

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Joanne Crawford

The school also created gratitude and care packs for each parent in the local school community who are a frontline workers. Photo supplied.

ACC thanks local healthcare workers

A.C. & F. Co Meatworks gate posts re-erected in proud prominence in the Rose Garden in Dangar Park. Photo supplied.

Aberdeen's meatworks gates standing proud again

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Bridie Moore from Merriwa being awarded the Hunter River Group Education Grant in 2018. Photo supplied.

CWA Hunter River Group students scholarships

The 2019 recipients as social distancing this year prevented a formal presentation of the awards.

National Volunteer Week

Laurie Daley's signed up to ACM's NRL coverage, you should, too.

Tackle Count, your NRL newsletter is coming, sign up

Birds show no fear, invade Ballarat street

Birds show no fear, invade Ballarat street

March 23, 2020: Sydney's first day of official lockdown. A normally bustling forecourt to Sydney's Opera House is all but abandoned. Photo: Dean Sewell/Oculi

PHOTOSLockdown laid bare: A photographer's perspective

A fisherman tries to point a great white shark in the right direction at Tuncurry. Photo Adam Fitzroy

When thousands of mullet and great white sharks mix, it's wild

There was only one lane open on the Princes Hwy through Cobargo on Wednesday so the clean-up could take place.

Four months after the fires, Cobargo's main street clean-up starts

Albert McKnight

A screenshot from the dashcam.

WATCHDangerous highway incident caught on dashcam

Listen to this high school student's COVID-19 rap

Listen to this high school student's COVID-19 rap

Brendan Crabb

RECOVERING: Erika Freingruber with the Beaudesert officers Constable Glenn Engels and Constable Max Gillott who rescued her.

WATCHReunited with her rescuers after four days on the floor

SCOMO EXPOSED: There has been another stunning Kirribilli House leak. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong.

SATIRE'I've got your back': No you haven't, Mr Scott

Mark Bode
2hrs ago

Twins put Launceston 'on the map' in the Seven network's renovation show House Rules .

REAL AUSTRALIAThe difference between curious and nosy is ... ?

Celeste Barber at the Australian Fashion Summit in March. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONCeleste Barber's story shows us the power of celebrity fundraising ... and the importance of reading the fine print

Krystian Seibert

Chronic pain affects one in five over 45

Chronic pain affects one in five over 45

Samara Ross

Self-funded retirees overlooked by government during pandemic, says the Association of Independent Retirees.

Self-funded retirees' income drops below pension

Eileen Wood

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Health Minister Stephen Miles says the latest victim had been ill for awhile and did not get tested.

Virus-positive Queensland man, 30, dies

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Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer has been deemed fit to face an extradition hearing.

Alleged Leifer victims bruised, not broken

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Global crisis: Hammad Hanif, wife Dr Sara Khalid and their children Ayat, Amal and Samina Hammad were forced to cut a family holiday to Pakistan short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: supplied.

Taree family's struggle to return home from Pakistan amid pandemic

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Lawyer Zali Burrows says a Sydney Morning Herald article 'irreparably harmed' her reputation.

Article weight-shamed me: Mehajer lawyer

2hrs ago

HISTORY UNEARTHED: Tamworth Regional Council project manager Adrian Cameron and Richard Herden. Photo: Peter Hardin 270520PHA026

Construction workers unearth 100-year-old tunnel: take a look inside

Madeline Link
2hrs ago

Victoria has eight fresh cases of coronavirus, two of which are linked to an aged care home.

Hotel worker among fresh Vic virus cases

Christine McGinn and Marnie Banger
2hrs ago

Moriah College has been closed till next week after a student tested positive for the coronavirus.

School closures 'normal', pay pause isn't

AAP reporters
2hrs ago

An illustration of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

Close to 4.5 million pinus radiata seedlings from Blowering Nursery near Tumut will be planted in the South West Slopes region over the next 15 weeks. Photo supplied.

Replanting begins after the bushfires

Olivia Calver
2hrs ago

Livestock exchange to give farmers an inspection hour

Livestock exchange to give farmers an inspection hour

Jayden Mansell was a keen campdrafter before suffering a leg injury during a farm accident. Photo: CB Photography

Wagga producers get behind the Mansells

Lucy Kinbacher

GET IT IN ORDER: Have room to move around safely, and know where everything is.

Get your workspace organised for your DIY vehicle project

Sam Hollier

NOW: Dark appliances set the tone for the choice of cabinetry finishes in this kitchen.

How to choose the right colour palette for your new kitchen

LEARNING: School at home offers opportunities and challenges. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Parents and students facing learning at home challenge