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Chris Woakes' unbeaten 84 has helped England seal a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan.

England edge out Pakistan in Test thriller

Rory Dollard

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas took pole position at the anniversary GP at Silverstone.

Bottas grabs pole position from Hamilton

Martin Moravec

Is this your couch every night of the week now footy's all over the TV? No? Just mine, then.

Do star players need umpire protection?

Nick Ansell

Chris Woakes' unbeaten 84 has helped England seal a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan.

England edge out Pakistan in Test thriller

Who is Laurie Daley's No.1 right now?

OPINIONWho makes Laurie Daley's Top 10 NRL player list?

Laurie Daley

Sanctioned: Paul Vaughan and Wayne Bennett.

The high price of an NRL biosecurity breach

Janine Graham

Head to the Kimberley for the Ord Valley Muster. Picture: Sarah Duguid Photography

Kimberley's northern muster to celebrate 20th anniversary

Explore Travel

Sunset over Glasshouse Restaurant. Picture: Destination NSW

Take me home, country roads... to Tamworth's epic food scene

Explore Travel

CLOSED: The NSW border with Victoria remains shut down to all be permit holders. Picture: Border Mail

Latest travel restrictions: what you need to know

Explore Travel

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Lake Macquarie City Council's 2019 NAIDOC Week celebration.

Apply for NAIDOC 2020 funding

RISING: Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C were supposed to make their maiden trip to Australia in December to support their second album A Hero's Death.

MUSICFontaines D.C are new Irish heroes for dark times

Josh Leeson

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Thredbo's general manager Stuart Diver reflects on the challenging ski season so far. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'A season like no other': the tricky business of running a ski resort during a pandemic

Peter Brewer

Rathmines Theatre.

New beginning for Rathmines heritage building

When a pet passes, you really are losing a loved one

When a pet passes, you really are losing a loved one

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JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

Simon Walker

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

When a pet passes, you really are losing a loved one

When a pet passes, you really are losing a loved one

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

Your Home - Winter Inspirations 2020

Your Home - Winter Inspirations 2020

RENTAL TRENDS: Nationally, rent values declined 0.3% in the month of June, and 0.5% over the quarter. Photo - Shutterstock.

Rental market changes course

Ruth Lewis

2020 Winner: Cantala Avenue House wins this year's Australian House of the Year Photo - Christopher Frederick Jones.

Humble restoration defines the true meaning of home

Ruth Lewis

Tim McKibbin, CEO, Real Estate Institute NSW.

Building in a loan repayment buffer

Tim McKibbin

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Gary Bentley

Let us know you're Open for Business

GOOD NEWSLet us know you're Open for Business

WATCH OUT: If the scam is sent by email, it is likely to include an attachment or link to a fake website where you will be asked to download proof of the 'bill', 'fine' or 'delivery details'. Opening the attachment or downloading the file could infect your computer with malware.

Scamwatch: Has someone asking for money threatened you with arrest?

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Connecting with your true self is the secret

Connecting with your true self is the secret

Gary Bentley

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Final Qantas Boeing 747 leaves a flying kangaroo formation in the sky as it leaves Australia

Greg Ellis

The numbers may just be levelling off, Victorian authorities suggested today.

DIGESTVictorian authorities hopeful cases are stabilising

Doing the right thing. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERWhat is the best and latest advice on masks?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Acting Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly after Friday's national cabinet meeting. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Eleven Victorian MPs to quarantine in ACT as virtual parliament explored

Slicing and dicing the nation bit by bit

DIGESTSlicing and dicing the nation bit by bit

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to share any Australian-developed vaccine. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Failing to share vaccine would be 'judged terribly': PM

Sally Whyte

The young play hard even in a pandemic, but they just don't get the message

OPINIONThe young play hard even in a pandemic, but they just don't get the message

Rick Allen

Melbourne's empty laneways, due to coronavirus shutdowns.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus: NSW adds a hotspot

Janine Graham

This might be a fun roller coaster. The COVID numbers roller coaster is not.

DIGESTThe COVID numbers roller coaster is real

Janine Graham

Doing the right thing. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERWhat is the best and latest advice on masks?

ROAD TRIP: Melbourne band Private Function drive down High Street Wodonga in their film clip for the song titled 'Albury Wodonga'. Picture: SCREENSHOT

Band releases 'rock 'n' roll love letter' to Albury-Wodonga

Success: Critical care paramedic Matt Gane had a dramatic water rescue on his first day working with the Wollongong ambulance helicopter crew. Picture: Anna Warr

How a helicopter paramedic rescued a fisherman on his first day on the job

Photo: Sally-Ann Thompson

From southern NSW to Tasmania, it's been a white Wednesday

Matterson Knyvett captured the moment a goanna latched onto his ankle while out on the job.

Is that a goanna wrapped around your ankle?

Samantha Campbell

A beautiful sight as the baby boy's family checks he is doing ok after the birth on Monday, August 3. Picture: Mogo Wildlife Park.

Watch mother giraffe's first moments with baby son

More restrictions are expected to be revealed for COVID-hit Victoria.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: schools close

Janine Graham

FAMILY: Margaret Gabbedy-Hayes has been caring for her son since he collapsed with bleeding on the brain about two years ago. Picture: Brodie Weeding

How one community organisation helped rescue Matthew

Jackson Worthington

UP AND DOWN: Reader Russell Williams said from his observations both tides and atmospheric conditions affected water levels in the lake. Picture: David Stewart

Letters to the editor: Tides just part of lake story (April 9)

RESPONSE: Rod Garrett of Morisset Lions Club said collection boxes had been filled to overflowing with donated old spectacles that will be recycled for use by the needy.

Letters to the editor: You're a visionary mob (April 2)

LOOKING UP: A public meeting was held at Marks Point in 2014 to discuss how to deal with sea level rise and its impacts on Lake Macquarie residents. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.

Letters to the editor: Climate change is insidious (March 26)

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

DE-CLUTTER: Morisset Lion Rod Garrett with one of the collection boxes he's set up around town for donated spectacles and sunglasses in the Lions Recycle for Sight program. Picture: David Stewart

Your old glasses could give others sight

David Stewart

An anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne has resulted in six arrests.

Vic suffers deadliest day of virus crisis

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Kindergarten will be free for term three across Victoria as the state tackles the COVID-19 outbreak.

Free kinder across Victoria for term three

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Queensland's border closure caused havoc, with many cars waiting hours only to be turned around.

Queensland tourism gets Ekka weekend boost

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Federal Labor has compared early super access to 'allowing cane toads into Australia'.

Super withdrawals 'dumb as cane toads':ALP

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Victoria has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic, with 17 deaths and 394 new cases.

Vic coronavirus cases by the numbers

1hr ago

Labor wants government data released on the number of people with disabilities affected by COVID-19.

Show data on disabled virus impact: Labor

Colin Brinsden
1hr ago

NSW emergency services have responded to more than 700 calls as rain batters the south coast.

Southern NSW on high alert as rivers peak

Dominica Sanda
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has not ruled out changes to the JobKeeper wage subsidy program.

Cormann flexible on JobKeeper tweak

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
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Happy to see that tinge of yellow across his canola paddock, Mark Campbell, Woodlands, Merriwa.

Banking on canola triumph after years of drought

John Ellicott
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AgriEducate was started back in 2016 by Guy Coleman who wanted to encourage other people to recognise the benefits of agriculture.

Essay comp inspires deeper ag thinking

Shannon Beattie

Citizen scientist and volunteer Gerald McCaffrey studying streams in the Sydney basin for evidence of Platypus paddles. Photo: Western Sydney University

Platypus have been found in suburban streams

Happy, healthy and so cute despite the unexpected way she arrived. Picture: Supplied

OPINIONThrow out the birth plan and go with the flow

Christy Kidner

Six easy choices to make to build a more sustainable home

Six easy choices to make to build a more sustainable home

JOYFUL: The garden is the perfect place to soothe and inspire your soul.

Nothing like getting down and dirty to lift your spirits

John Gabriele