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MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Convoy to Canberra regional co-ordinator for the MIA, Robert Quodling, hopes many residents from throughout the region can take part on December 2 and 3. Photo: Talia Pattison

Make way for convoy: 'Time to can plan'

Talia Pattison

HEADING OFF: A group from the MIA heads off to help with the NSW bushfires. Photo: Contributed

MIA firies assisting on the fire frontline

Talia Pattison

DAMAGE TO BOARDS: Paul Carroll stands next to the new Lifetime Achievement board which has been installed in Coleambally. PHOTO: Contributed

Australia Day award boards in Coleambally damaged by vandal

Calhan Behrendt

LEST WE FORGET: Reverend Fay Fraser and Bill Collins with the new plaque on the Darlington Point cenotaph. PHOTO: Murrumbidgee Council

Plaque unveiled as region stops for Remembrance Day services

Calhan Behrendt

MIA RFS issue harvest safety alert

MIA RFS issue harvest safety alert

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NSW fire emergency: what all the terms mean

NSW fire emergency: what all the terms mean

Nadine Morton

The emergency declaration is valid for \seven days from today.

State of emergency declared in NSW

Nadine Morton

MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Convoy to Canberra regional co-ordinator for the MIA, Robert Quodling, hopes many residents from throughout the region can take part on December 2 and 3. Photo: Talia Pattison

Make way for convoy: 'Time to can plan'

Talia Pattison

HEADING OFF: A group from the MIA heads off to help with the NSW bushfires. Photo: Contributed

MIA firies assisting on the fire frontline

Talia Pattison

How cartoonist Pat Campbell saw the "now is not the right time to discuss climate change" message

REAL AUSTRALIAFire burn and cauldron bubble

STAR PERFORMER: Coleambally's Jack Weymouth-Smith starred with the bat and the ball to see the Nomads climb into top position. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Second grade ladder tightens up with top four hard to separate

Liam Warren

The Griffith Swans supporters cheering on their reserve and first grade sides at the 2019 Riverina League grand final. PHOTO: Les Smith

Riverina, Farrer dates set for 2020 season

Peter Doherty

Jai Kenny started with the bat for Griffith in their Milliken Shield opener

Griffith open Milliken Shield season with win against Coleambally

Roy Binks

STAR PERFORMER: Coleambally's Jack Weymouth-Smith starred with the bat and the ball to see the Nomads climb into top position. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Second grade ladder tightens up with top four hard to separate

LEADING THE WAY: Coleambally's Cooper Smith played well to get the Nomads over the line against Exies. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Second grade brings unpredictable results

Liam Warren

CRUCIAL: Leagues' Michael Cudmore picked up the wicket of Hayden Forner. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Panthers maintain perfect start to the third grade season

Liam Warren

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Blue Ivy (L) shares songwriting credit and now an award for mum Beyonce's hit song Brown Skin Girl.

Beyonce's daugher wins songwriting award

Mesfin Fekadu
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China has told the US and Britain to stop meddling in Hong Kong and accused them of taking sides.

Hands off Hong Kong, China to US, Britain

Estelle Shirbon
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Brendon Todd parred the last two holes to hold onto his one-shot lead at the Mayakoba Classic.

Todd holds nerve for successive PGA win

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Blue Ivy (L) shares songwriting credit and now an award for mum Beyonce's hit song Brown Skin Girl.

Beyonce's daugher wins songwriting award

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Rescuers are looking for more victims after a bridge in France collapsed, killing a teenage girl.

French girl, 15, killed in bridge collapse

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Workplace Gender Equality Agency says women earned $25K a year less on average than men in 2018/19.

'Disappointing': Women still earning less

Finbar O'Mallon

One of the greatest benefits of the digital health industry will be unprecedented equity in the services and level of patient care available.

Closing the gap

Lyndell Whyte

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Gemma Purves

Conversation starter: Filling your table with food from one end to the other means guests have to talk to each other and reach over in order to get their food, ensuring conversation flows throughout the meal.

The art of the dining table

Jennifer Birchall

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Gemma Purves

Plenty to do around town

Plenty to do around town

Lots to do around town

Lots to do around town

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Who will it be for 2020?: 2019 Australian of the Year award winners. Photo: Salty Dingo

32 great Aussies vying for national honours

Community diary: what's on this week

Community diary: what's on this week

How cartoonist Pat Campbell saw the "now is not the right time to discuss climate change" message

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Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

Stitching together the fabric of localism

REAL AUSTRALIAStitching together the fabric of localism

Where the action is: On the ground - across much of the state of NSW yesterday. Picture: Marina Neil

REAL AUSTRALIABeneath the noise, miracles are taking place

A young man ponders exactly what happened on the NSW Mid-North Coast just days ago. Photo: Jamie-lee Schmitzer

REAL AUSTRALIAWhat's up with the weather

Gregor Heard

It has taken a community to come together to get a hold on what have been the worst fires we've seen in more than 20 years. Photo: Talaya Abbott.

REAL AUSTRALIAMake a fire plan. Whatever else you're doing can wait

Gayle Tomlinson

What's left? This photo from Wytaliba, near Glenn Innes in northern NSW, is from local resident David Pieters

REAL AUSTRALIANSW is on fire: when flames and fuel meet

A Dorper ewe with twins at foot at our property south of Roma over the weekend.

REAL AUSTRALIAHope where the heart is - at home

Penelope Arthur

FEAR: The future of work is often discussed, but little attention is paid to the impact of disturbing trends in politics.

OPINIONDystopian drama Years and Years sounds warning - but who will listen?

Zoë Wundenberg

Bushfire survivors stand in solidarity

OPINIONBushfire survivors stand in solidarity

Janet Reynolds

Buy from the bush: Senator Hollie Hughes has launched the website gocountryforchristmas.com.au.

OPINIONHelp heal wounds with power of purchase

James Pearson

RAINBOW RIBBON: Queensland AIDS Council CEO Rebecca Reynolds, Arcare CEO Colin Singh, Local Liberal state member for Bonney, Sam OConnor at the opening of Arcare Parkwood.

Queensland's first LGBTI aged care opens

OUCH: Corticosteroid injections versus orthotics.

Heel pain: to jab or not to jab?

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Polio survivors at Polio Australia's 2017 health and wellness retreat on the Sunshine Coast.

Demanding action for polio survivors

Rowan Cowley

Workplace Gender Equality Agency says women earned $25K a year less on average than men in 2018/19.

'Disappointing': Women still earning less

Qantas says it fully supports its staff member against claims from will.i.am that she was racist.

Qantas asks rapper for 'racism' retraction

Widespread severe fire danger is expected across NSW again next week.

Fire bans ahead of NSW's first 'tough day'

More than 158,000 hectares have been burnt and 16 homes lost in the Queensland bushfires.

Locals prepare to flee massive Qld fire

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says there should be 'a little bit of fear' of law enforcement.

NSW Police chief defends strip searches

Heather McNab

Queensland mother Sabrina Bremer's body was kept in a cupboard before being burnt beside a NSW road.

Trio sentenced over Queensland mum's death

Cheryl Goodenough

James Gargasoulas killed six pedestrians on Bourke Street in Melbourne on January 20, 2017.

Bourke St victims lash police inaction

Melissa Iaria

Gordon Wood was acquitted of murdering model Caroline Byrne, who was found at the base of a cliff.

Gordon Wood appeals failed bid for damages

Margaret Scheikowski

Wytaliba RFS captain Kym Jermey keeping an eye on a small fire just out of town Saturday.

Inside Wytaliba: a town picking up the pieces

Andrew Messenger

Dorrigo dairy farmers Julie and Michael Moore were among hundreds of farmers who have been listed on the Aussie Farms interactive

"Here is a win for the farmers"

Samantha Townsend

THREE GENERATIONS: Bruce, David and Brad Hazell, Kia-Ora, Bookham with the pen of 466 Poll Dorset cross Merino lambs they sold for $151.50/head.

Lambs to $151.50 at Yass crossbred sale

Olivia Calver

Our team took blood samples, four DNA samples and imbedded two GPS tracking devices while myself and eight others worked hard to keep the animal upright. Photos: Scott McRae

Combining conservation with wanderlust

Scott McRae

Working out how to switch off all the lights in a hotel room shouldn't be that difficult ... should it? Picture: Supplied

Room for improvement: What hotels could be doing better

Michael Turtle

Wineglass Bay: Guests will learn about the unique animals that live there and the peninsula's history, including the pink granite peaks of the Hazards Mountains.

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Matt Preston has fallen in love with vegetables. Picture: Mark Roper

More than just vegetables

Karen Hardy

Corn and chorizo salad. Picture: Bec Hudson

A food adventure around the world

Christmas hams are likely to hurt the hip pocket this year, after swine fever decimated pig stocks.

Christmas ham prices may soar in Australia

Christine McGinn