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FINISH LINE: Toby Price.

Gutsy Price claims another podium finish

Alex Tigani

Gifted cricketer set to have a 'blast'

Gifted cricketer set to have a 'blast'

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Ten Merriwa athletes attended an intensive training clinic in Glendale last week in preparations for next month's Region 2 Championships. Pic: HEATHER STUDDY

Training steps up a notch | PHOTOS

FINISH LINE: Toby Price.

Gutsy Price claims another podium finish

Lees, Northam the trainers to follow

Lees, Northam the trainers to follow

Neil Evans

Competitors pay their respects following the death of Portugese rider Paulo Goncalves

Price: Worst day for the rally sport

Alex Tigani and Michael Hartshorn

Tourism Australia is attempting to attract visitors to parts of the country that have not been impacted by bushfires. Pictures: Shutterstock

Help tourism rise from the ashes

Michael Turtle

The Barossa Valley - one of my favourite places.

The lovely and perplexing Barossa

John Rozentals

One of the stop-offs on the Great Vic Bike Ride 2019. Picture: Karleen Minney.

An exhilarating ocean-side ride

Karleen Minney

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

ON TOUR: David Suchet as his most famous character, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Suchet is bringing his Poirot and More: A Retrospective tour to Australia in 2020.

Actor David Suchet is a man of many talents

Lisa Rockman

FCAI's chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check their airbags even in older vehicles.

Faulty airbags have no respect for vehicle age

Big break: Don't be frustrated by the 'one that got away'. You need never miss an opportunity due to lack of funds or limited cash flow again as LendingPro can help you secure the loan you need.

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SERVICE PLUS: When it comes to telephone companies, 80-year-old Ballarat man Donald cares primarily about two things, an affordable plan and good old fashioned customer service. Advertiser content for Pennytel.

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FCAI's chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check their airbags even in older vehicles.

Faulty airbags have no respect for vehicle age

GREAT OPPORTUNITY: Yoga tends to attract people who want to do something for themselves, trying to improve their physicality and mental wellbeing.

Improve your well-being

CUTTING THROUGH WITH SKILLS: Thiess coal quality geologist Sarah with local school students during the one of the Upper Hunter Mining Dialogue school tours to Mount Pleasant.

Targeting the best people

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

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Chance for teens to shine at Burn Bright Camp

Chance for teens to shine at Burn Bright Camp

Dancing up a storm

Dancing up a storm

Rod Thompson

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

Scone Literary Festival president Janie Jordan with patron Phillip Adams and guest author Christos Tsiolkas at the events recent launch.

A good release from everyday challenges

COMING TOGETHER: The Muswellbrook RSL Golf Club will host an event to help NSW RFS personnel, in corroboration with Titan Australia.

Golf club puts in Titan effort to help RFS

Cody Tsaousis

A personalised plea from one man to the PM asks him to join the dots "if only for God's sake". Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAPlease Mr Morrison, if only for God's sake, join the dots

Picture: Stuart Slater Hamilton

Hunter Photography Prize 2020: a look at some of the entries

Creating life-time memories | PHOTOS, VIDEO

Creating life-time memories | PHOTOS, VIDEO

ON PATROL: Fire and Rescue NSW country region senior instructor Scott Habgood and Dubbo Station Officer Simon Bracht with the Black Panther. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Black Panther sighting west of the Blue Mountains

Dave mangenner Gough

New Oz Day TV advert 'not reality'

Libby Bingham

Ten Merriwa athletes attended an intensive training clinic in Glendale last week in preparations for next month's Region 2 Championships. Pic: HEATHER STUDDY

Training steps up a notch | PHOTOS

Competitors pay their respects following the death of Portugese rider Paulo Goncalves

Price: Worst day for the rally sport

Alex Tigani and Michael Hartshorn

The faces and the scenes of Australia's fire crisis. Photos: ACM staff, supplied.

REAL AUSTRALIAFrom ashen grief towards recovery, somehow

A royal father and son chat

OPINIONA royal father and son chat

Simon Bourke

A personalised plea from one man to the PM asks him to join the dots "if only for God's sake". Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAPlease Mr Morrison, if only for God's sake, join the dots

Ahhh: Winding down from the real world for a moment at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

REAL AUSTRALIAForget the fires and the drought, for a few days anyway

Madeline Link

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

About 100 people gathered Sydney to pay their respects to the victims of the Iranian plane disaster.

Sydney memorial for Iran plane victims

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Wet weather is expected to continue bringing relief to parts of NSW that were ravaged by bushfires.

Welcome rain continues to fall across NSW

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Education Minister Dan Tehan has conceded some childcare providers are charging more than the cap.

Childcare review on cards in 2020: Tehan

Storms are expected to develop in Victoria on Sunday afternoon as a trough moves across from NSW.

Bushfire-ravaged Vic faces flash floods

The federal government has allocated $76 million to supporting tourism following the bushfires.

Relief package as bushfires scorch tourism

Colin Brinsden

Sydney's CBD has had a quiet first weekend since the controversial lockout laws were lifted.

Sydney nightlife quiet as lockout laws end

Dominica Sanda

TAKING A STAND: Beulah residents took a stand against hate on Saturday with a community barbecue. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Victorian town takes a stand against Nazi flag display

Jade Bate

Destroyed or irreparable buildings can be removed at no cost to victims of Victoria's bushfires.

Victoria gets $75m fire clean-up package

Colin Brinsden

Merinos resting after the second day of show at 2020 Rabobank Great Southern Supreme Merinos in Canberra.

Merryville crowned at Canberra

Stephen Burns
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Clear View: The Morrison Government has been sticking with the slogan that our "economy is strong", despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

Morrison still defending the indefensible

John Hewson

Charred plantation softwood plantations being salvaged on the North Coast near Rappville.

Timber industry in stranglehold

Jamie Brown

LOOK, BUT DON'T TOUCH: Position cameras up high inside and outside, so they're visible but out of arm's reach to avoid accidentally getting knocked over by large pets.

Keeping a watch on Fido

HUMBLE: The A-HA! Studio house, at a modest 64.5m2, feels bigger inside because of of the clean, unfussy design, say owner-builders Jesse Zilm and Isabella James.

A-HA! What a great idea for a house

KITCHEN NIRVANA: Research shows that mental clarity, productivity and endorphins increase when you're living and working in an organised space.

Time to sort out your stuff