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Australia united - on the need for action

DIGESTAustralia united - on the need for action

Kirsty McBain, standing up bushfire victims'.

DIGESTFire focus shouldn't be lost on Friday - or any day

Health authorities investigating source of south-west Sydney COVID infection

Health authorities investigating source of south-west Sydney COVID infection

Insurance claims for sick pets are on the rise during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Our pets are paying the price for us working at home instead of the office

Laura Hamilton, right, and her 81-year-old mother Evon McGuinness have been isolating together since March. They went to the South Melbourne Markets on Wednesday morning. Picture: Katie Johnson

'I might cry': Melbourne shakes off 112 days of lockdown

Sophie Raynor, Katie Johnson

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

Janine Graham

Head nurse Lauren Parker conducts a COVID-19 test at the drive-in testing site for Canberra's southside. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

OPINIONWhat have we learnt from our COVID-19 experience?

Ian Ring

Inset: Montague St Bridge today. Photo: Twitter @MontagueStBridg

Bridge bingle signals return to new normal for Vic

Janine Graham

Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the ceremonial turning of the sod at the new synthetic pitches earthworks

New synthetic pitches to underline football's dominance on North Coast

Urunga Raiders - Grand Final Winners

Raiders take all in Grand Final thriller

David Wigley

Former Bulldogs Harrison Lee and Isaac Malt earn spots in Northern Heat program

Former Bulldogs Harrison Lee and Isaac Malt earn spots in Northern Heat program

Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the ceremonial turning of the sod at the new synthetic pitches earthworks

New synthetic pitches to underline football's dominance on North Coast

The mighty Bellingen Bats

PHOTOSGoals rained as Bellingen and Woolgoolga chased final prize

Christian Knight

Front row: Chantelle Kinloch. Middle row: Emily Hart, Juniper Doye (12s), Trinity Bailey, Echo Divola, Mya Coltman, Lily Anna Anderson. Top row: Rachel Hoy (coach), Kaia Van Heuvel, Prue Burnet, Indiana Broadbeck, Bonnie Malt, Imogen Laverty, Isabelle Sheppard

Bellingen girls take the silver, but their effort was pure gold

Rachel Hoy

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Old family favourite to come to life in Sydney, Melbourne

Old family favourite to come to life in Sydney, Melbourne

Explore Travel

View of Uluru from Longitude 131's Dune Pavilion room. Picture: Supplied

Open skies in style in the heart of the Red Centre

Bernadette Chua

It's always five o'clock in the beautiful Barossa Valley. Picture: Supplied

Deals of the Week: Silo nights, seaside stays, long winery weekends

Explore Travel

Photo Gary Bell

New tourist trail for Orara Valley

Halloween Eve Fright Night

Halloween Eve Fright Night

Shakespeare's Founding Artistic Director John Bell with 2019 scholarship recipients Grace Ebelebe, Hanna Bourke, Promise Mudzingwa, Stella Gavey and Bell Shakespeare Artistic Director Peter Evans

Opportunity knocks for aspiring actors

Photo Gary Bell

New tourist trail for Orara Valley

Linda Tilman

How Covid might catapult rural tourism

A community forum previously held in Bellingen

Be part of building your community's resilience

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

Read the second edition of Education and Career Choices here

Read the second edition of Education and Career Choices here

Ruth Lewis

To read the latest edition, please click on the cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

A perfect oasis to call your own

A perfect oasis to call your own

A perfect oasis to call your own

A perfect oasis to call your own

Macleay Valley's most spectacular

Macleay Valley's most spectacular

Macleay Valley's most spectacular

Macleay Valley's most spectacular

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

Kirsty Horton

Magnificent Macleay family farm

Magnificent Macleay family farm

House of the Week

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

Your free directory to Bellingen Shire businesses and how you can support them

Your free directory to Bellingen Shire businesses and how you can support them

Ideas sought on the way forward for Bellingen Shire

Ideas sought on the way forward for Bellingen Shire

Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses.

Scamwatch: Threat-based scams targeting young people and Chinese community

Your free directory to Bellingen Shire businesses and how you can support them

Your free directory to Bellingen Shire businesses and how you can support them

Could this be our Valla troubadour's magnum opus?

REVIEWCould this be our Valla troubadour's magnum opus?

Mel Leigh Dee

Ariyah Cohen and Ante Yelavich are already famous in the town of Macksville.

Friends for life: Introducing Ariyah and Ante

Mel Leigh Dee

The mighty Bellingen Bats

PHOTOSGoals rained as Bellingen and Woolgoolga chased final prize

Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson in Rams. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWA timeless Aussie brotherly saga

Dave Horsley and Kate Howat greeting people at the Rec Ya Shorts Youth Film Festival 2017. Photo credit: Jay Black from And The Trees Photography

Mem Hall Memories

Alison Heeley beside the bike track and its jumps near where the Wonga Trail intersects with the eastern entrance. Photo Janene Carey

Wonga Forest is being trashed

HONOUR: Launceston physician George Razay is among 17 Tasmanians nominated for Australian of the Year. Picture supplied by australianoftheyear.org.au

Watch Tasmania's 2021 Aussie of the Year ceremony

A released male brush-tailed rock wallaby in the national park in 2019.

Endangered wallabies sighted, population boosted

Kimberley Price

Indi MP Helen Haines says the Save Our Voices campaign is "making a very sensible call on government and, in particular, on the Deputy Prime Minister". Picture: James Wiltshire

Our local news is crucial: Haines

Shana Morgan

COMEBACK: Child In Reverse is Kate Miller-Heidke's first pop album since 2014 after spending several years working in the opera and musical theatre world.

Kate Miller-Heidke finds pop magic in collaboration

Josh Leeson

Letter: Avoidance better than resilience

Letter: Avoidance better than resilience

Opinion: Berejiklian Government backflip a nail in the coffin of Koalas

Opinion: Berejiklian Government backflip a nail in the coffin of Koalas

North East Forest Alliance

Canberrans were subjected to weeks of smoke-filled skies during last summer's bushfire season. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Should we begin listing climate change on our death certificates?

Imogen Jubb

Kerri-Anne Kennerley (seated) in rehearsal with the cast of Pippin at Sydney's Lyric Theatre. Photo: David Hooley

How Kerri-Anne Kennerly trained for trapeze role

Geraldine Cardozo

Diabetes: take steps to avoid amputation

Diabetes: take steps to avoid amputation

Geraldine Cardozo

OVERLOOKED: Struggling self funded retirees miss out in the budget, says Wayne Strandquist.

Budget fails wealthier retirees

Eileen Wood

Some parts of Brisbane were hit by flash flooding on Tuesday.

Golf-ball sized hail hits SE Queensland

9m ago

Basin underground aquifers could bank eight Sydney Harbours: CSIRO

Basin underground aquifers could bank eight Sydney Harbours: CSIRO

More wild weather is on the way for NSW as a low pressure trough crosses the state.

Severe storms to hit the entire NSW coast

1hr ago

Queensland is reopening its border to all of regional NSW but still barring Sydneysiders.

No Queensland virus cases on election day

1hr ago

Outdoor gatherings and household visits are among the eased COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne.

Victoria's COVID-19 crisis by the numbers

2hrs ago

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says Queensland's decision not to open to Sydney residents makes no sense.

One new NSW case as ire over borders grows

Tiffanie Turnbull
2hrs ago

SA police say all red light camera fines issued since October 8 will be considered valid.

SA speed cameras back in operation

Tim Dornin

Three men have returned after going missing in a part of crocodile-infested Arnhem Land.

Missing men emerge from remote Arnhem Land

Aaron Bunch

Since their Farmer of the Year win in 2017, Velia and Mike O'Hare, Beckom, have introduced the SheepMaster sheep to their operation.

O'Hares in good company at Beckom

Michelle Hespe
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The 2018 NSW Farmers of the Year, Glen and Julie Andreazza, Griffith, are excited to have some water, be planting a rice crop and are anticipating their winter cereals harvest.

A 'pop'-ular crop at Griffith

Olivia Calver
2hrs ago

The stream in Cowra's Japanese Garden follows a symbolic transition from a mountain top, through meadows, forests and lakes, to the cultivated seashore.

Where peace blossoms

FIONA OGILVIE

DRESSING DOWN: Regardless of the occasion there is really no need to deck the doggos.

When it comes to furry friends, clothes do not maketh the pet

RSPCA

Artists impression of Robotiz3ds ARRES model (Autonomous Road Repair System). Picture: Robotiz3d.

Autonomous pothole-fixing vehicle coming to streets soon

Mathew Dickerson

The winner of the investing game is the one with the most assets on the board

The winner of the investing game is the one with the most assets on the board

Noel Whittaker