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Dr Gaye Nicholls with the rare Craftsman settee and matching chairs she found at a clearance sale in White Cliffs in far western NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopolous

Outback postie Gaye's glittering jewel in the desert

John Hanscombe
Tom Melville

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

Matt Carr
1hr ago

Final hurdle: Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy will chase gold. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

Tim Barrow

Ungooroo Youth Officers Adam Swadling and Scott Burgess

Funding for vital homeless program

Newcastle courthouse.

Hunter winery bandits filmed break-in

RECOGNISED: integratedliving Australia is one of 26 finalists in the 2021 HESTA Excellence Awards.

Local finalist in Hesta awards

Dr Gaye Nicholls with the rare Craftsman settee and matching chairs she found at a clearance sale in White Cliffs in far western NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopolous

Outback postie Gaye's glittering jewel in the desert

John Hanscombe
Tom Melville

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

Pepper spray used on anti-lockdown protestors in Victoria

GET UP TO DATEPepper spray used on anti-lockdown protestors in Victoria

F45 Training trainers, Bereket Haile and Dan Walshe having to wear masks due to NSW Covid restrictions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

NSW stricter anti-Covid rules are bringing more business to the ACT

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more vaccines doses are going to outbreaks. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Scramble to control Delta variant as national cabinet meets again

Yes, Victoria's back in lockdown, Premier Dan Andrews has announced.

DIGESTMore than half of Australia now in lockdown

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

One-week lockdown for Hunter from 5pm on Thursday

Photo: Fiile

Hunter Valley joins lockdown as five deaths, 262 COVID cases recorded in NSW

Kim Chappell

The big questions of the pandemic

LISTENThe big questions of the pandemic

Steve Evans
Alex Crowe

Canberra Health Services executive director of medical services Dr Nick Coatsworth at the Garran Surge Centre. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

AstraZeneca makes a comeback in vaccine rollout race

Alex Crowe

Commonwealth Bank and Westpac will trial workplace vaccinations this month. Picture: Karleen Minney

Two big employers to trial giving vaccines at workplaces

Finn McHugh

BUILDING PHASE: Action on the Richmond track and (inset) Grafton's greyhound venue. Photos: SUPPLIED.

NSW track upgrades rolling out

Michael Cowley

Australia have lost their Tokyo Olympic gold medal hockey clash to Belgium in a penalty shootout. Picture: AP Photo

Kookaburras lose Tokyo gold-medal shootout

Rob Forsaith

Alanna Kennedy and Teagan Micah look on in despair as the USA's Carli Lloyd celebrates scoring her side's third goal against Australia on Thursday night. Picture: AP Photo/Andre Penner

USA outclass Matildas in free-flowing bronze medal battle

Joshua Bartlett

BUILDING PHASE: Action on the Richmond track and (inset) Grafton's greyhound venue. Photos: SUPPLIED.

NSW track upgrades rolling out

If the grand final can't be in Sydney, we might as well recoup some costs. Photo: James D. Morgan/Getty Images

OPINIONNo problem with selling the grand final

Laurie Daley

STALWARTS: Mark Whale, joins sisters Shirley Hockings, Pauline Lawler, Clare Martin (all née McRae) in receiving life membership of the Merriwa Pony Club. Photos: Tash Taaffe.

Merriwa Pony Club turns 75

Louise Nichols

Ariarne Titmus became a rockstar, so too her coach Dean Boxall. Picture: AAP

SUBSCRIBERThe Olympic Games we needed

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Ariarne Titmus became a rockstar, so too her coach Dean Boxall. Picture: AAP

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Australian Rhydian Cowley (yellow singlet on the right) has finished a creditable eighth in the Olympic 50km walk.

Cowley eighth in Olympic 50km walk

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Australian Rhydian Cowley (yellow singlet on the right) has finished a creditable eighth in the Olympic 50km walk.

Cowley eighth in Olympic 50km walk

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Final hurdle: Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy will chase gold. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

Final hurdle: Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy will chase gold. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

CLEAN FUN: Lily James and Emily Beecham in The Pursuit Of Love. Below, Skeletor voiced by Mark Hamill in Masters Of The Universe: Revelation

Satirical story worth of class and friendship

Josh Leeson

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: D'Arcy Spiller once worked behind the scenes now she's one of Mushroom's emerging talents.

D'Arcy Spiller is full of surprises and Wolf Blood

Josh Leeson

Halimah Kyrgios will be on the upcoming series of The Voice. Picture: Supplied

Halimah Kyrgios, Nick's sister, takes her shot at stardom

Amy Martin

CLEAN FUN: Lily James and Emily Beecham in The Pursuit Of Love. Below, Skeletor voiced by Mark Hamill in Masters Of The Universe: Revelation

Satirical story worth of class and friendship

COLLECTION: Items such as garden waste, metals, including whitegoods, electronics and household items, including mattresses can be put out.

Muswellbrook Shire's bulky waste collection

CHEMISTRY: Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt keep the tension brooding on their adventure down the Amazon in Jungle Cruise. Below, the cast of The Moth Effect.

Dwayne Johnson doesn't rock the boat in Jungle Cruise

Josh Leeson

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Take a tour: The Haven is one of the range of homes in Clarendon's new Essentials Collection now on display at Waterford County, Thornton.

Compact spaciousness: Welcome to the perfect homes for a smaller block

Melbourne Cup 2020

Melbourne Cup 2020

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

Simon Walker

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

Demand for regional housing has increased since the pandemic struck. Photo: Sylvia Liber

People are leaving capital cities at record rates, but where are they going?

Demand for regional housing has increased since the pandemic struck. Photo: Sylvia Liber

People are leaving capital cities at record rates, but where are they going?

Data firm CoreLogic said that regional price growth was 'normalising'. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Key regions still outpacing city price growth, but signs point to slowdown

Data firm CoreLogic said that regional price growth was 'normalising'. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Key regions still outpacing city price growth, but signs point to slowdown

Regional property prices have been rising rapidly since the onset of the pandemic. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Most Australians still believe property the best investment, survey finds

Jack Needham

Regional NSW residents could be set to score discounts on stays in Byron Bay as Covid restrictions prevent Sydney and Melbourne residents from travelling. Photo: Supplied

'Byron like it was in the '80s': How regional travellers can benefit from city lockdowns

Jack Needham

The Royal Hotel in Armidale

Second pub sale as investors rediscover the regions

Vanessa Arundale

RECOGNISED: integratedliving Australia is one of 26 finalists in the 2021 HESTA Excellence Awards.

Local finalist in Hesta awards

COLLECTION: Items such as garden waste, metals, including whitegoods, electronics and household items, including mattresses can be put out.

Muswellbrook Shire's bulky waste collection

Bernie Curran holding applications from students for Evatt House in 1990. Picture: John Herbert

'We've lost a statesman and a gentleman': Bernie Curran remembered

Scott Bevan

RECOGNISED: integratedliving Australia is one of 26 finalists in the 2021 HESTA Excellence Awards.

Local finalist in Hesta awards

GOAL: The Local Sporting Champions program provides funding to successful applicants to go towards the cost of attending their championships.

Grants to get you to championships

Steve Keene. Picture: The Daily Advertiser

New chief for Scone Race Club as former Muswellbrook boss welcomes fresh challenge at Newcastle

Craig Kerry

Ariarne Titmus became a rockstar, so too her coach Dean Boxall. Picture: AAP

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Learn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

WATCHLearn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

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Pepper spray used on anti-lockdown protestors in Victoria

GET UP TO DATEPepper spray used on anti-lockdown protestors in Victoria

Nowra tradie Jimmy Heffernan decided to mark the QR codes that have become the norm on his leg for life - and it actually works. Images: supplied.

WATCHTradie gets QR code inked onto his leg

Olympic gold medalist Emily Seebohm (pictured) has shown off the rooms, food and COVID-safe protocols at the Howard Springs quarantine facility after returning from the Tokyo Games.

WATCHTake a tour inside Darwin's quarantine facility with an Aussie Olympian

Shivé Prema

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: D'Arcy Spiller once worked behind the scenes now she's one of Mushroom's emerging talents.

D'Arcy Spiller is full of surprises and Wolf Blood

Josh Leeson

Dr Gaye Nicholls with the rare Craftsman settee and matching chairs she found at a clearance sale in White Cliffs in far western NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopolous

Outback postie Gaye's glittering jewel in the desert

John Hanscombe
Tom Melville

Scared: Shannon Bailey had his Pfizer jabs cancelled at the Belmont hub. He's scared that the virus could be in the Hunter. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

A frightening virus for the unvaccinated

Damon Cronshaw

What I get from reading Nobel Prize winners | Mind Matters

OPINIONWhat I get from reading Nobel Prize winners | Mind Matters

John Malouff

If the grand final can't be in Sydney, we might as well recoup some costs. Photo: James D. Morgan/Getty Images

OPINIONNo problem with selling the grand final

Laurie Daley

Tom Melville, Dion Georgopoulos, and John Hanscombe on a road trip to White Cliffs in far western NSW. Picture: John Hanscombe.

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen the outback's not so isolated

Tom Melville

MORE HELP: 80,000 new packages are on the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Government announces 80,000 new home care packages

Eileen Wood

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Rev. Bill Crews shares his rules for living a better life.

Bill Crews: Twelves rules for living a better life

Samara Ross

Gladys Berejiklian (R) and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant have released the latest virus numbers.

COVID-19's impact on NSW: the numbers

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Learn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

WATCHLearn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

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Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed six new local COVID-19 cases have been recorded.

New Victorian cases linked to mystery outbreaks

1hr ago

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young

Ten virus cases in Qld, lockdown could end

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Are you confused by the labelling of plant-based foods, regulators say there are few complaints.

Do plant-based food labels confuse you?

Chris McLennan
1hr ago

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

Matt Carr
1hr ago

Police made 15 arrests including for lighting a flare during an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne.

Vic anti-lockdown protesters 'wolves'

Callum Godde
2hrs ago

NO REGRETS: Host farmer Alan Pitcher with Nevetts Lawyers' Kent Mallinson and Cathy Drake at his Skipton property, which hosts turbines as close as 500 metres to his home.

Want to host a wind farm? Here's one man's experience

Marian Macdonald

Kirsty Taylor, Elders with a pen of five Angus steers, 204kg, from Kywanna Pastoral Co, Wirlinga which sold for $1480. The same vendor sold 11 Angus steers, 271kg, for $1825, 673c/kg. Photo: NVLX

Wodonga steers to $2550

Olivia Calver
9m ago

John Kelly with his beloved and famous retired mare Burst, aged 31 years, at Newhaven Park near Boorowa. Photo Virginia Harvey.

Top mare still bursts with life

Virginia Harvey
1hr ago

Ruined: A Gulargambone farmer was forced to burn their hay after mice contaminated it, rendering it toxic. Photo contributed.

$1 million mouse plague fund shared between 1000 farmers

Faye Wheeler

The Olympic medals being handed out in Tokyo are made from recycled electronic waste. Picture: Shutterstock.

OPINIONGoing for gold: recycling electronic waste into Olympic medals

Mathew Dickerson
1hr ago

By moving from controlling how much a superannuation fund could have in total, to limiting contributions, the government is encouraging people to get engaged with their super and invest it well to create a substantial balance. Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEBuilding wealth beyond superannuation beats leaving money in the bank

Noel Whittaker
1hr ago

Cymbidium orchids are one of the easiest to grow. Picture: Shutterstock.

Busting the myth that orchids are hard to grow

John Gabriele
2hrs ago