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DIGESTAustralia united - on the need for action

Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young says she's received death threats.

BREAKINGQueensland border open to regional residents from November 3

Kirsty McBain, standing up bushfire victims'.

DIGESTFire focus shouldn't be lost on Friday - or any day

Health authorities investigating source of south-west Sydney COVID infection

Insurance claims for sick pets are on the rise during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Our pets are paying the price for us working at home instead of the office

Katie Johnson, Sophie Raynor and Steve Evans

Claire Briant with cavoodle Arlo at the ACT Companion Dog Club. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERDemand for certain dogs spikes as humans seek companionship in pandemic

Katie Johnson, Sophie Raynor and Steve Evans

Laura Hamilton, right, and her 81-year-old mother Evon McGuinness have been isolating together since March. They went to the South Melbourne Markets on Wednesday morning. Picture: Katie Johnson

'I might cry': Melbourne shakes off 112 days of lockdown

Sophie Raynor, Katie Johnson

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

Janine Graham

ACTION MAN: Tom Brown does his talking on the field.

Lifelong friends and now co-coaches with a mission: return Creek to the top

Mark Bode

MIXED REPORT CARD: Mitchell Swain may talk down his sporting abilities, but people in the know say he is a "very valuable" teammate.

'My selection is disappointing': Is Mitchell Swain the region's most self-deprecating athlete?

Mark Bode

Classy Penrith centre Stephen Crichton battles Melbourne Storm opposite Brenko Lee in last Sunday night's grand final. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Deja vu watching young Panthers in the grand final, Parramatta in 2009

Andrew Moir

Lifelong friends and now co-coaches with a mission: return Creek to the top

Dustin Martin is the first player to win the Norm Smith three times. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

OPINIONNo asterisk needed, Tigers among AFL's very best

Rohan Connolly

A mammoth task: The New England side are steeled for battle ahead of their clash with the All Blacks in 1957.

David v Goliath: The day New England took on the might of the All Blacks

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

View of Uluru from Longitude 131's Dune Pavilion room. Picture: Supplied

Open skies in style in the heart of the Red Centre

Bernadette Chua

It's always five o'clock in the beautiful Barossa Valley. Picture: Supplied

Deals of the Week: Silo nights, seaside stays, long winery weekends

Explore Travel

The sunset viewing area near Hay offers views across the flower-filled fields. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The drive-through towns that will make you want to stop a while

Michael Turtle

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SUSTAINABILITY: Cole Easton, Penne Fraser, Tracey Carr, Angela Dodson, Louise Cadell, Hether Milane and Jonathan Stilts. Photo: Gareth Gardner 270120GGA04

Sustainable students up for the challenge in Amazing Enviro Race

Madeline Link

Spend your Wednesday at the Gunnedah Shire Library

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Annie, Jazzy, and Lexie Martin during Halloween in 2019. Photo: supplied

FREESpooky, scary creatures to take over town during COVID-safe Halloween

Jessica Worboys

Sustainable students up for the challenge in Amazing Enviro Race

Gunnedah Chamber of Commerce member and Spirit of Christmas Fair organiser Tracie Finlay is ecstatic that councillors voted at Wednesday's meeting to support the 'Shop Local & Win' campaign. Photo: supplied, inset: Jessica Worboys

Fair organiser wants to 'cartwheel, kiss the councillors' after meeting

Jessica Worboys

SUPER MUM: Gunnedah Fire and Rescue's Tammey McAllan with her sons Rex McAllan (back) and Jack Richards. Photo: supplied

Fulfill your dreams, become a firefighter for a local community

Jessica Worboys

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

Your future trip is outback

Dandenong McGrath Breast Care Nurse and patient Elle May.

McGrath Breast Care Nurses go COVID-safe

A perfect hot plan for you

Emma Brown

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

BE PREPARED: Auctions are a great way to buy, provided you've done your research. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

How to bid with confidence on auction day

Kirsty Horton

Confidence: The extension of the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme gives buyers the confidence to proceed with a purchase. Photo - Shutterstock.

Budget extends a helping hand to first time buyers

Ruth Lewis

POPULAR: The Mornington Peninsula is one of the sought-after locations.

Beach beats bush hands down for capital growth

EXCITED FOR FUTURE: Simon and Jenny Waller are settling into Gunnedah well. Photo: Jessica Worboys

Community welcomes a fresh face to Anglican church

Jessica Worboys

RED ALERT: A warning has been issued about blue-green algae in Keepit Dam. Photo: File

Red alert to avoid contact with toxic blue-green algae at Keepit Dam

Madeline Link

Gavin, Rebecca and Amy Sams participated in the Gunnedah Eisteddfod Society's first online event. Photo: supplied

GOOD NEWSGunnedah eisteddfod comes out on top with state award win

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Community welcomes a fresh face to Anglican church

Georgia Foley breaking down barriers for young women

Newsroom

SEVERE STORM: This shot was captured in a previous storm at Windmill Downs. Photo: Trent Boyd

Buckle up for severe thunderstorms, large hail and damaging winds

Madeline Link

HONOUR: Launceston physician George Razay is among 17 Tasmanians nominated for Australian of the Year. Picture supplied by australianoftheyear.org.au

Watch Tasmania's 2021 Aussie of the Year ceremony

Gunnedah's Ben and Michelle Carter have got their hands full with fraternal twin boys Carson and Henry who were born on April 2, 2020, one minute apart at Tamworth hospital.

PHOTOSNew arrivals in Gunnedah, Quirindi and Werris Creek

A released male brush-tailed rock wallaby in the national park in 2019.

Endangered wallabies sighted, population boosted

Indi MP Helen Haines says the Save Our Voices campaign is "making a very sensible call on government and, in particular, on the Deputy Prime Minister". Picture: James Wiltshire

Our local news is crucial: Haines

COMEBACK: Child In Reverse is Kate Miller-Heidke's first pop album since 2014 after spending several years working in the opera and musical theatre world.

Kate Miller-Heidke finds pop magic in collaboration

Josh Leeson

It went from the first strains of summer to a summer of sheer hell.

One year and one day after a region's 2019 fire emergency

Nicholas Brooks & Scott Calvin

Some of the Gunnedah Physical Culture Club contingent that performed strongly at the recent zone junior championships in Tamworth.

PHOTOSGunnedah physie trio impress at zone champs and now State Finals bound

WATCH$40 million cannabis crop seized, 14 arrested

Tracey Fairhurst

What price history? The 120-year-old bridge at Tabulam in northern NSW, built by hand by men who were soon to fight in the Boer War, is being demolished because the state government says it's too expensive to maintain it. Photo: Sally Gall.

REAL AUSTRALIABridge woven with history less value than vice-regal rugs

Sally Gall

OPINIONReality on the line in Last-Chance USA

Simon Bourke

HAVE YOUR SAYLetter to the editor: defeated pool hours motion 'disappointing'

Kerri-Anne Kennerley (seated) in rehearsal with the cast of Pippin at Sydney's Lyric Theatre. Photo: David Hooley

How Kerri-Anne Kennerly trained for trapeze role

Geraldine Cardozo

Diabetes: take steps to avoid amputation

Geraldine Cardozo

OVERLOOKED: Struggling self funded retirees miss out in the budget, says Wayne Strandquist.

Budget fails wealthier retirees

Eileen Wood

Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been relocated back to Iran's Evin Prison, DFAT has confirmed.

Moore-Gilbert moved back to Evin Prison

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Basin underground aquifers could bank eight Sydney Harbours: CSIRO

Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland will open its border to NSW residents outside of Sydney.

Sydney remains on Qld border blacklist

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Coroner David Whittle has recommended changes at Ashford Hospital after a patient's death in 2016.

SA hospital death preventable: coroner

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Peter Gutweinsays a $1.1b black hole will be outlined when Tasmania's 2020/21 budget is revealed

Billion dollar COVID deficit in Tas budget

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Queensland will open to all of regional NSW from Tuesday, but not to those from Sydney or Victoria.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

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Premier Mark McGowan says WA will move to a new "controlled interstate border".

WA borders to reopen to rest of Australia

Michael Ramsey

Two men charged over a plane load of cocaine that crashed in PNG have been denied bail.

Duo to face Qld court over cocaine crash

Georgie Moore

Thomas and Jack Cullinan, Pooncarie at their first ever sale that exceeded all expectations after a searing drought.

Agistment or bust: drought plan well worth it

John Ellicott
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Krisi and Anthony Frost, Thalabah Merinos, Crookwell with buyers Daniel and Josh Olsen, Goulburn, property manager Nathan Selmes, Rick Power, Nutrien Ag Solutions and Chick Olsen, Royal Oak, Goulburn.

Thalabah Merinos average up $1000

Stephen Burns

The NSW Land and Environment Court has convicted and fined a Central Coast man $48,000 after another man almost died after consuming a pesticide stored incorrectly.

Man gets $48,000 fine for illegal storage of paraquat

Artists impression of Robotiz3ds ARRES model (Autonomous Road Repair System). Picture: Robotiz3d.

Autonomous pothole-fixing vehicle coming to streets soon

Mathew Dickerson

The winner of the investing game is the one with the most assets on the board

Noel Whittaker

BALANCE: Daily exercise is great for improving your health and well-being, but too much may cause some problems. Picture: Shutterstock.

No need to overdo your exercise

Dr Adam Castricum