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Rex expects coronavirus, fires to whack economy

Rex expects coronavirus, fires to whack economy

Sean Ford

Military officers wearing face masks in Italy. Australia has advised people not to travel to the Lombardy area in northern Italy. Picture: Shutterstock

'It is no longer possible to prevent cases arriving'

Kirsten Lawson

Stock markets around the world have been hit by coronavirus fears. Picture: Shutterstock

Cornavirus fear sends Australian stocks down 3 per cent

Liza Kappelle and Tom Westbrook

Rex expects coronavirus, fires to whack economy

Rex expects coronavirus, fires to whack economy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who wants tougher border controls in the next week or two. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Border screening to be ramped up to slow spread

Kirsten Lawson

There's more to washing your hands than a bit of water and a quick run under the blow-dryer. Picture: Shutterstock

Coronavirus could be on its way: here's how to wash your hands

Jenna Price

OFFSIDE TRAP: Belmont's Daniel Bailey was outstanding for the visitors, and claimed 3-48 against Toronto on Saturday. Picture: David Stewart

Kookaburras no match for cross-lake rivals Belmont | photos

David Stewart

ALL HERE: Competitors head for the water at the start of a junior board race at Blacksmiths Beach earlier today. Picture: Supplied

Surf life saving titles to generate up to $10m in tourism for city

AT THE HELM: Joel Beashel (in the blue top) skippers a catamaran for participants in the SailGP Inspire Learning Camp at Point Wolstoncroft last month. Picture: David Stewart

Joel Beashel to be youngest Aussie sailor at Optimist world titles

David Stewart

OFFSIDE TRAP: Belmont's Daniel Bailey was outstanding for the visitors, and claimed 3-48 against Toronto on Saturday. Picture: David Stewart

Kookaburras no match for cross-lake rivals Belmont | photos

READY TO GO: Young competitors at the starting line at the NSW Junior Surf Life Saving Championships at Blacksmiths Beach last year. The event returns to Blacksmiths this weekend. Picture: Marina Neil

State surf life saving age titles return to Lake Macquarie this weekend

DEFENDING CHAMPS: The Lake Macquarie professional lifeguard team will take on corporate entries in the tag-team surging event for the Mark Hughes Foundation. Picture: Supplied.

Lake lifeguards keen to defend title in tag-team surf event for charity

The view from Ronda. Photo: Nicole Phillips

Why this ancient Adalusian festival is an experience for the senses

Nicole Phillips

Navigating the other-worldly desert landscapes of the US

Navigating the other-worldly desert landscapes of the US

Mark Daffey

Spectrum of the Seas will be moved to Australia and offering free cruises to those involved in fighting the bushfires. Picture: Supplied

Huge cruise deals emerge as coronavirus pushes ships south

Bernadette Chua

HEARTFELT: John Waters and Stewart D'Arrietta will tour their moving tribute to John Lennon, called 'Lennon: Through a Glass Onion', to Wyong this Saturday night, March 7, and to Belmont on March 27.

Waters and D'Arrietta take timeless Lennon tribute to Wyong and Belmont

YOUR TUTOR: Artist Bridie Watt as her alter ego, Ms Fuschia Sable. She'll lead a ceramic painting workshop with beers, wine and live music this Friday night.

Live music, beer and wine part of Late MAC art fun after dark

ALL HERE: Competitors head for the water at the start of a junior board race at Blacksmiths Beach earlier today. Picture: Supplied

Surf life saving titles to generate up to $10m in tourism for city

HEARTFELT: John Waters and Stewart D'Arrietta will tour their moving tribute to John Lennon, called 'Lennon: Through a Glass Onion', to Wyong this Saturday night, March 7, and to Belmont on March 27.

Waters and D'Arrietta take timeless Lennon tribute to Wyong and Belmont

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

RETRO: Rick Astley with a-ha in Perth before their first Australian show. You can catch both bands at Bimbadgen on Saturday as part of the A Day On The Green concert series. Picture: Supplied

Newcastle Herald Gig Guide: February 26-March 4, 2020

Local builders offer lifetime structural guarantee on award winning homes

Local builders offer lifetime structural guarantee on award winning homes

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Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Emma Brown

SQUEAKY CLEAN: Is there a best way to give your car a clean-up? Do you start on the inside or out, work form the top to bottom or bottom to top?

Keep your car looking bright, shiny

Local builders offer lifetime structural guarantee on award winning homes

Local builders offer lifetime structural guarantee on award winning homes

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Holidaze Puzzlebook 2019-20

Holidaze Puzzlebook 2019-20

Residential property listings portal realestateview.com.au competes with Domain, which is majority owned by Nine Entertainment Co, and realestate.com.au, which is controlled by News Corp.

Catalano digital deal delivers property with a view

Smart technology: Today Acquire places property ads on news websites and social media outlets in view of people who are not actively looking to buy.

ACM pilots new digital platform to find the right buyer for your home

DEVELOPMENT: The former Pasminco smelter site is expected to transform in coming years and is being rezoned for large-format retailers. The council has begun talks to draft a new suburb around the site called Lake Macquarie.

Fresh talks to create suburb called Lake Macquarie

Max McKinney

YOUR TUTOR: Artist Bridie Watt as her alter ego, Ms Fuschia Sable. She'll lead a ceramic painting workshop with beers, wine and live music this Friday night.

Live music, beer and wine part of Late MAC art fun after dark

LOOP ROAD: Motorists heading west on Sparks Road might sense that they need to turn right to join the northbound traffic on the M1, but a new loop road that delivers them to the motorway requires a left-hand turn. Picture: Michel O'Sullivan.

Keep left for new loop exit off Sparks Road onto M1

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YOUR TUTOR: Artist Bridie Watt as her alter ego, Ms Fuschia Sable. She'll lead a ceramic painting workshop with beers, wine and live music this Friday night.

Live music, beer and wine part of Late MAC art fun after dark

CURIOUS: Gillian Kemp nurses a doll beside the gramophone and other antiques and collectibles in the front room of her shop in Wangi Wangi. Picture: David Stewart

Would you like a creepy doll or steampunk sculpture with that tattoo? | photos

David Stewart

WORK EXPERIENCE: Ethan Guy, 13 at the Catalina restoration site in Kilaben Bay. Picture: David Stewart

Catalina crew welcomes teen to restoration team | photos

David Stewart

HEARTFELT: John Waters and Stewart D'Arrietta will tour their moving tribute to John Lennon, called 'Lennon: Through a Glass Onion', to Wyong this Saturday night, March 7, and to Belmont on March 27.

Waters and D'Arrietta take timeless Lennon tribute to Wyong and Belmont

Jenni Bruce among the ruins of her home. Photos: Sylvia Liber

SUBSCRIBERThe town Australia forgot: How Cobargo's tiny neighbour was overlooked in firestorm

Fall armyworm caterpillar, which has now spread to Georgetown.

Fall armyworm spreads to North West Queensland

HISTORY IN FRAME: Elyssa Whittaker, formerly of Toronto High School, in front of her work titled NEWCASTLE, now showing as part of ArtExpress at the Art Gallery of NSW. Picture: Mim Stirling

Teens' photographs on show at Art Gallery of NSW

CURIOUS: Gillian Kemp nurses a doll beside the gramophone and other antiques and collectibles in the front room of her shop in Wangi Wangi. Picture: David Stewart

Would you like a creepy doll or steampunk sculpture with that tattoo? | photos

David Stewart

XPT headed home to Sydney after fatal derailment

XPT headed home to Sydney after fatal derailment

David Johnston

The rockstar Regent Suite, at 412 square metres, is a two-bedroom mansion.

PHOTOSInside the new cruise ship that thinks it's perfect

Peter Lynch

LEFT-ARMER: Toronto opening bowler Mitchell Glennie launches into his delivery stride at Ron Hill Oval on Saturday. The seamer claimed 2-25 from 11 overs. Pictures: David Stewart

Toronto to resume at 4-35 chasing 200 more runs for win | photos

David Stewart

PRODUCTIVE MOB: Reader Edward Mazzoni has a big rap on the versatile and generous blokes from Wangi Men's Shed who have been busy of late.

Letters to the editor: Shed men an inspiration (March 5)

STILL WAITING: Toronto residents say Lake Macquarie City Council has been worryingly quiet on the Bath Street front. Picture: David Stewart

Letters to the editor: Two sides to lake tale (Feb 27)

HAZARDOUS: A longtime resident of Brighton Avenue said elderly residents walk on the road because there is no footpath, and that's dangerous. Picture: Gabriele Charotte

Letters to the editor: Elderly dad injured in fall (Feb 20)

DISINCENTIVE: Working seniors lose pension and pay tax. Image: Shutterstock

Pension's unkind cuts

Eileen Wood

SEA FARE: A six-time Australian spearfishing champion, Ben Cropp has never lost his passion for the sport and gets out on the reef at every opportunity.

Deep into his element

John Piggott

MAGIC NUMBER: If you've had more than 10 sexual partners in your lifetime, you may be at a greater risk of developing cancer. Photo: Shutterstock.

Sexual partners linked to cancer

Samara Ross

NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said a health worker has contracted the coronavirus.

First coronavirus transmissions in Aust

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The federal government has warned more cases of coronavirus are "almost inevitable".

Virus gate open in Australia: experts

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Most private hospital cover policies contain exclusions, the consumer watchdog has found.

Most private hospital cover has carve outs

2hrs ago

So far $380m has been paid in loans, grants and allowances, agency chief Andrew Colvin says.

Government assistance to bushfire victims

2hrs ago

A study of temperature data shows Australia is more affected by climate change than other countries.

Australia warms more than rest of world

Rebecca Gredley

A coroner says airbags still pose a "grave" danger to hundreds of thousands of Australians.

Takata part 'landed on Vic building roof'

Luke Costin

UNAFFORDABLE: Shane O'Reilly says insurance premiums have increased much more than the risks have.

Insurance unaffordable for tourism operators

Larraine Sathicq

Shane Holmes denies he had an intention to kill his friend Chad Hadden when he punched him.

Newcastle one-punch killer hung jury

Mark Russell

Nathan Purvis of Colin Say and Co, Findex representatives Nikki Smith and Jason Duffell, vendor Col McGilchrist, buyer Charlie Foote with fitter Matt O'Dwyer, judge Bryce Whale and Colin Say and Co's Shad Bailey with the 1600c/kg steer, which was also named grand champion.

Ekka bound steer sells for $4960

Lucy Kinbacher

Texas Longhorn: Cory Miles, Cowboy Cattle Company, Gunning, beef cattle ring announcer Lou Purtle, Coolac, Fiona Sanderson, Boonah, QLD and Patrick Holt, Texas Longhorn Enterprises, with Trip the Trigger, a 17 month Texas Longhorn heifer.

Fantastic Family Fun: Something for Everyone

Roy and David Reeves, Bia-Grab Pastoral Co, Grabben Gullen offered the Best Presented Steers with a pen of 15, 9-10-month-old Angus steers, weighing 361kg, which sold for $1590/head. Pictured with agent Greg Anderson, MD and JJ Anderson.

Yass weaner steers to $1590

Olivia Calver

OPTIONS: With so many beautiful animals available, which one is right for you?

Everything you need to know to find your pawfect match

RSPCA

NEW BEGINNINGS: Many architects are already designing in fire prone areas using designs that are more sustainable and cost effective in the long term.

Rebuilding after the fires

WELCOME: A facade offers privacy and shade on the north side of the house. Photo: David Kulesza

Light and space in the city