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FINDING SPACE: Centre Justin Budahazy scored a try in the first half on Saturday, and was one of Dora Creek's best. Picture: David Stewart

Swampies four points clear at top of league ladder

David Stewart

NEW TWIST: Wollongong's Kyle Ward, pictured, and his brother Jayden will form a formidable riding team at this year's Port to Port mountain bike event which lands in Cooranbong on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

Elite mountain bike riders to race in Cooranbong this Saturday

CENTRE: Macquarie's Nathan Cantor prepares to offload. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Teen halves lead Macquarie to big win over Lakes

David Stewart

FINDING SPACE: Centre Justin Budahazy scored a try in the first half on Saturday, and was one of Dora Creek's best. Picture: David Stewart

Swampies four points clear at top of league ladder

ORDERS: Drysdale Metals has informed the directors of Morisset Country Club that the lease will expire on August 15 and the club must vacate the premises. Picture: David Stewart

Game over for Morisset Country Club

David Stewart

CHALLENGING: Awaba Mountain Bike Park will again host the third stage of the Port to Port mountain bike event next week. Picture: Gilbert Romane

Two Lake Mac stages in 2019 Port to Port mountain bike epic

NICE DROP: The Farmer's Wife Distillery, a small-scale gin distillery just north of Port Stephens, will have the products for sale at the festival. Picture: Supplied

Beers, blues and barbecues vie for top billing at Belmont festival | photos

BIG GIG: Adam Eckersley Band have a new album on the way, and are among the headlining acts at this year's Mount Hunter Country Music Stampede. Picture: Supplied

Adam Eckersley Band in stampede line-up | video

NEW TWIST: Wollongong's Kyle Ward, pictured, and his brother Jayden will form a formidable riding team at this year's Port to Port mountain bike event which lands in Cooranbong on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

Elite mountain bike riders to race in Cooranbong this Saturday

NICE DROP: The Farmer's Wife Distillery, a small-scale gin distillery just north of Port Stephens, will have the products for sale at the festival. Picture: Supplied

Beers, blues and barbecues vie for top billing at Belmont festival | photos

Feast on bric-a-brac, a stack of collectible treasures, and loads of household items at Morisset Lions Club's big fundraiser at Morisset PCYC on Sunday. Picture: Melanie Faith

Collectible treasures and bargains to be had at Morisset stalls

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Tournament to show rise of e-sports as spectator event

FCAI's chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check their airbags even in older vehicles.

Faulty airbags have no respect for vehicle age

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FCAI's chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check their airbags even in older vehicles.

Faulty airbags have no respect for vehicle age

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

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Crafting dreams in gem lakeside location

MAKEOVER: Work on the council's $1.4m makeover at Bernie Goodwin Memorial Park, in Morisset, have been slowed by an asbestos find. Picture: David Stewart

Council consults with asbestos experts over mess in Morisset park

David Stewart

LOCATION: Mel Steiner of Royal Motor Yacht Club, Toronto, on the council-owned Bath Street site, opposite the club. Picture: David Stewart

Council allocates $25m over four years for Bath Street proposal

David Stewart

OVERFLOWING: Children trudge through the yard of a Dora Creek home during the flood of 2007. Some residents in the town want council to do more to reduce the threat from the next flood. Picture: Kitty Hill

Dora Creek floodway concerns rising

David Stewart

DIG DEEP: Locals are urged to give generously for the Red Shield Appeal this weekend. Donations enable the Salvation Army to continue its life-changing work. Picture: Supplied

Red Shield Appeal this weekend

Feast on bric-a-brac, a stack of collectible treasures, and loads of household items at Morisset Lions Club's big fundraiser at Morisset PCYC on Sunday. Picture: Melanie Faith

Collectible treasures and bargains to be had at Morisset stalls

BIG NIGHT: Robert Kalaf, right, with Lauren Parker and her manager Brad Fernley at The Bay Banquet fundraiser in Bonnells Bay. Picture: Supplied

Locals donate to restore sight for 100 of the poorest people

David Stewart

DIG DEEP: Locals are urged to give generously for the Red Shield Appeal this weekend. Donations enable the Salvation Army to continue its life-changing work. Picture: Supplied

Red Shield Appeal this weekend

CLARITY: Joel Fitzgibbon said Labor needed to tread "a new path" and be "loud and proud" in supporting coal mining and action on climate change. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon to consider Labor leadership tilt

David Stewart

Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

Nic Langenberg (left) with 104-year-old Dorothy Yeomans at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Watch this shark glide by 104-year-old Dorothy

BIG GIG: Adam Eckersley Band have a new album on the way, and are among the headlining acts at this year's Mount Hunter Country Music Stampede. Picture: Supplied

Adam Eckersley Band in stampede line-up | video

WHAT A RIDE: For the first time at the festival, locals could take joy flights over Lake Macquarie in this Grumman Mallard flying boat. Picture: Ray Woods

Pictures and review of 2019 Rathmines Catalina Festival

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

A screengrab from a YouTube video showing the former PM Bob Hawke skolling a beer from Mr Brandon.

Hawke downing 'one for the country' brings back memories

Robert Crawford

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Scott Gelston

AERIAL DISPLAY: Paul Bennet Airshows will again be a highlight of the Rathmines Catalina Festival at Rathmines Park on Sunday. Visit rathminescatalinafestival.com for event details. Picture: David Stewart

Update: Felix the Black Cat a late scratching from Catalina Festival

David Stewart

Legend: Harry Harris of Port Macquarie with his thongs signed by Prime Minister Scott Morrision. Photo: Tracey Fairhurst.

When Harry met ScoMo - it was a beautiful thong

Tracey Fairhurst

LOCATION, LOCATION: A reader contends this waterfront land in Bath Street, Toronto, is the wrong spot for council's planned multi-storey development. Picture: David Stewart

Letters to the editor

BATH STREET: The parcel of land on the Toronto foreshore for which Lake Macquarie City Council has proposed a multi-storey mixed-use development. Picture: David Stewart

Letters to the Editor: Bath Street plan prudent

UNDERSTANDING: A reader contends that schools should be safe places for exploring questions of faith and belief. Picture: David Stewart

Letters to the editor: Ethics have Christian basis

Associate Professor Stephen Macfarlane is part of a clinical trial looking into treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia.

Trial of new drug to treat Parkinson's dementia

MEET AND GREET: Academics from University of Sunshine Coast with international students, attending a familiarisation tour of the Cooinda Aged Care.

Uni 'roomies' to move into aged care home

SMART MOVES: Thinking of downsizing to a granny flat? Make sure you formalise decisions and get legal advice before moving in.

Estate planning: avoid granny flat pitfalls

The AEC says three lower house seats are still close including Tasmania's Bass and Macquarie in NSW.

Coalition remains on track to win 78 seats

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Chris Bowen (R) has pulled out of the Labor leadership race with Anthony Albanese (L).

Bowen out of Labor race, Albo in box seat

Energy Minister Angus Taylor says AGL must replace its NSW power station Liddell or extend its life.

Extend or replace Liddell: energy minister

Salim Mehajer is seeking changes to his bail a day after being released from prison.

Mehajer wants bail varied 'for his safety'

Daredevil rider Jack Field performed a motorcycle backflip on the roof of Melbourne's Eureka Tower.

Daredevil's skyscraper rooftop backflip

Christine McGinn

PM Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg met with RBA Governor Philip Lowe in Sydney.

Economy needs growth strategy: Frydenberg

Angus Livingston

Chris Bowen has said many religious Australians believe the Labor Party no longer cares about them.

Labor urged to include people of faith

Marnie Banger

Smoke has blanketed Sydney after bushfire reduction burns west of Sydney.

RFS pauses NSW burns while smoke clears

Dominica Sanda

Kenny's Creek Bara G721 SV sold for $24,000 to the Connolly family of Redbank Angus Stud, Cowra. Pictured: Sam Burton Taylor, Kenny's Creek, Boorowa, Shaun and Alexander Connolly and Tim Woodham of Landmark, Wagga Wagga.

Kenny's Creek females sell to $24,000

Olivia Calver

While sheep numbers have declined in the west, overall livestock production has held up due to increases in numbers of goats traded, says Greg Seiler, Landmark Bourke.

Western agistment calls

Mark Griggs

Minnamurra Norton N134 fetched the $11,000 top money with breeders and buyers from NSW, Victoria and New Zealand.

Bulls sell to four states

Mark Griggs

GOTTA DO IT?: Australian travellers surveyed by Hotels.com were more willing to pay out big ($1000 per night) to stay in five-star luxury in Anaheim, California in 2018.

Getting more bang for your five-star buck

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

John Rozentals

Looking for a bucket list item? Try paddling the Murray

Looking for a bucket list item? Try paddling the Murray

Juanita Greville

Nic Langenberg (left) with 104-year-old Dorothy Yeomans at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Watch this shark glide by 104-year-old Dorothy

Geraldine Cardozo

New homes: According to research from James Hardie, young home builders are now leaving brick boredom behind

It's goodbye to brick

Dogs love their walks, and provided they are physically able to, should have at least one good walk a day.

How to make walkies wonderful for both of you

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