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Where's our chair?: The humble yet popular bench outside Bernardi's Marketplace (inset) has been stolen and Geoff Bottom is not happy. Photo: Mark Logan.

Where's our chair? Community bench was a sitting target

Mark Logan

Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

Gavin Stone
40m ago

Hobby's Yards cemetery damaged

Hobby's Yards cemetery damaged

Mark Logan
2hrs ago

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

Will Blayney be a sporting free zone this winter?

Will Blayney be a sporting free zone this winter?

Mark Logan

It's cheers all round as venues ready to re-open from Monday

It's cheers all round as venues ready to re-open from Monday

Mark Logan

'Something has to give': One new case, as Premier defends wage freeze

'Something has to give': One new case, as Premier defends wage freeze

Kate McIlwain

Where's our chair?: The humble yet popular bench outside Bernardi's Marketplace (inset) has been stolen and Geoff Bottom is not happy. Photo: Mark Logan.

Where's our chair? Community bench was a sitting target

Mark Logan

Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

Gavin Stone
40m ago

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

Tackle Count, your NRL newsletter is coming, sign up

Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

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DROP: Wildlife organisations across the country recorded fewer injuries and wildlife deaths during lock-down but are already noticing an increase as restrictions ease.

Roadkill numbers down but ... the respite is almost over

RBA governor Philip Lowe appearing before the committee. Picture: screenshot

Reserve Bank boss urges government to keep spending

The mostly empty Garema Place in Canberra. Seven in 10 businesses have seen a fall in revenue due to coronavirus restrictions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

More than half of Australian businesses accessing JobKeeper

'Something has to give': One new case, as Premier defends wage freeze

'Something has to give': One new case, as Premier defends wage freeze

Kate McIlwain

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTTravel debate continues in UK, US passes 100,000 deaths

Kim Chappell

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

Canberra Girls Grammar teacher Eamonn McGill teaches a class of Year 11 and 12 girls on their return to school. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERWhat happens if a student or teacher gets COVID-19?

Sarah Lansdown

COMEBACK IS ON: Thomas Tancred will be eligible to return to the park on July 18. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

All systems go for July 18 start date for junior league season

Jake Humphreys

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

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

COMEBACK IS ON: Thomas Tancred will be eligible to return to the park on July 18. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

All systems go for July 18 start date for junior league season

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

IMPORTANT TO WAIT: Cowra players celebrate making the 2018 Group 10 grand final, the club says it's important not to jump the gun and agree to a season in 2020. Photo: PETE GUTHRIE.

Wary Magpies warn of 'ripple effects' as concerns for 2020 season grow

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

In accordance with guidelines from NSW Museums & Galleries we have taken the decision to CLOSE the museum until further notice.

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What's going on around Blayney

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In accordance with guidelines from NSW Museums & Galleries we have taken the decision to CLOSE the museum until further notice.

What's going on around Blayney

Join Chifley Police District on March 10 for Coffee with a Cop at the Millthorpe Corner Store. Coffee with a Cop provides an opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about Police work in the district.

What's going on around Blayney

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Join Chifley Police District on March 10 for Coffee with a Cop at the Millthorpe Corner Store. Coffee with a Cop provides an opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about Police work in the district.

What's going on around Blayney

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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

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Emma Brown

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, NT.

Connectivity central to helping NT tourism

Kym Morgan

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

You can be social and still be safe

OPINIONYou can be social and still be safe

Jessie Mitchell

Making 'me time' an oasis

Making 'me time' an oasis

Gary Bentley

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

BUYER BEWARE: Scammers have been targeting those seeking a furry companion during social isolation.

Scamwatch: Tips on current scams and how to avoid becoming a victim

Just for kids: build your own Viking helmet

Just for kids: build your own Viking helmet

Joanne Crawford

Jeremy Peter Worthy posted a heartbreaking final video as he struggled in difficult conditions off Long Beach on Sunday. Tributes have flowed for a "gentleman".

Tributes for kayaker who posted heartbreaking video but never made it home

1hr ago

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

Nicholas Brooks, Tracey Fairhurst

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

Dust off that guitar and get strumming

REAL AUSTRALIADust off that guitar and get strumming

2hrs ago

Forced to contemplate the meaning of life

Forced to contemplate the meaning of life

Marie Low

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

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

Nearly ready: Snow is already falling at Thredbo. Photo: Thredbo Resort

Snowfields to focus on cleaning and hygiene before reopening

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Blackwater locals with mild symptoms will be tested for COVID-19 after the death of a man aged 30.

Anxiety in Qld town after virus death

13m ago

Warren Collins stabbed his brother multiple times while he slept.

Sydney man sorry for stabbing brother

23m ago

Test results for workers on a coronavirus-infected live export ship docked in WA are not yet known.

Workers who went on WA virus ship tested

26m ago

Premier Steven Marshall wants air-tight systems before exemptions are given for overseas travellers.

SA to halt overseas arrivals after bungle

Tim Dornin
33m ago

A judge has acquitted a man who went to the wrong address to carry out a stranger's sexual fantasy.

Man cleared in sex-fantasy identity mix-up

Margaret Scheikowski
35m ago

The APL England cargo ship lost about 40 shipping containers in rough seas off the NSW coast.

Troubled cargo ship has serious defects

Darren Cartwright
49m ago

Asadullah Hussaini and another Brisbane Auto Recycling director have admitted reckless conduct.

First Qld industrial manslaughter sentence

Aaron Bunch
1hr ago

Darlington Point irrigator Matt Toscan, Cavaso Farms said carryover for groundwater in the Lower Murrumbidgee should be reduced as it was impacting reliability.

Endless bore water no more

Olivia Calver
40m ago

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

2hrs ago

Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall went in a helicopter on the weekend to view the large scale baiting program conducted by the LLS. Photos: Simon Scott

On the hunt for wild dogs in largest bait program

Samantha Townsend

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