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AstraZeneca's vaccine is already being manufactured in Melbourne.

EXPLAINERWhen will we get our COVID-19 jabs?

Softer restrictions: Smaller cafes will be able to host more people from next week.

Restrictions to ease next week

A pizzeria worker sparked Australia's strictest - and briefest - COVID-19 lockdown. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONHating on the SA pizza guy won't fix an entirely foreseeable problem

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce indicated international passengers could be required to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Picture: Getty Images

EXPLAINERNo jab, no fly: who decides on mandate?

Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19

ANALYSISChildren may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19

Zoë Hyde

Some of the country's busiest air routes have resumed. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERAs borders reopen, what is next for domestic air travel?

Lucy Bladen

A QR code check-in system is used to view a cafe menu. Picture: Matt Loxton

QR code concerns: Call for businesses to comply with guidelines

Sarah Basford Canales

Stanley James Brodel, a new grandson for Karleen Minney, living in Melbourne.

OPINIONI'm ready to crawl from Canberra to Victoria for my 'Stanley cuddles'

Karleen Minney

Olympic and Commonwealth champion trap shooter Suzy Balogh.

'Zero deaths': Olympian targets breast cancer research

Chris Boulous

TOP TRIO: Caleb Serong, Hayden Young and Liam Henry made their AFL debuts for Fremantle in 2020. They were all top-10 draftees. Picture: Getty Images

A draft like no other after a season like no other

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Liam Hatcher. Picture: Melbourne Stars

Liam Hatcher signs with Melbourne Stars

Chris Boulous

Olympic and Commonwealth champion trap shooter Suzy Balogh.

'Zero deaths': Olympian targets breast cancer research

Macarthur FC open A-League with derby against Wanderers

Macarthur FC open A-League with derby against Wanderers

Chris Boulous

Vale: Keith Titmuss.

Rugby league mourns death of Keith Titmuss

Scott Bailey

"The brass in the piano actually started to melt. That's how hot it got", Torrington resident Richard Cork lost a property to fire on November 8, 2019. PHOTO: Andrew Messenger

LISTENWhen these wilderness escapes became death traps

"The brass in the piano actually started to melt. That's how hot it got", Torrington resident Richard Cork lost a property to fire on November 8, 2019. PHOTO: Andrew Messenger

LISTENWhen these wilderness escapes became death traps

Rick and Carolyn Lean lost their son to suicide two years ago after a long battle with addiction and mental health issues. Photo: Kellsey Galea

LISTENHow one city is trying to tackle its drug problem from within

Rick and Carolyn Lean lost their son to suicide two years ago after a long battle with addiction and mental health issues. Photo: Kellsey Galea

LISTENHow one city is trying to tackle its drug problem from within

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

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

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

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

Air wars as borders reopen: what it means for travellers

Air wars as borders reopen: what it means for travellers

Explore Travel

Just the ticket: Riding the rails on Australia's best train journeys

Just the ticket: Riding the rails on Australia's best train journeys

Craig Tansley

Insider's guide to getting away in Sydney

Insider's guide to getting away in Sydney

Bernadette Chua

River Phoenix, an outstanding Gen-Xer. Picture: Getty

Seeing Generation X on the screen

Cris Kennedy

The fountain of youth, Rob Lowe. Picture: Getty Images

Still slaying it in the roaring 20s

Cris Kennedy

Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the film Misbehaviour. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWGirls being bad - and winning

Jane Freebury

River Phoenix, an outstanding Gen-Xer. Picture: Getty

Seeing Generation X on the screen

The cast of All My Life, directed by Marc Meyers. Picture: Universal pictures

REVIEWFrom weepie to outright charmer

Cris Kennedy

Ron Howard's film about the rescue of a Thai boys' soccer team will be filmed in Australia.

Ron Howard Thai rescue film to shoot in Oz

Naman Ramachandran

The mighty Murray cruise

The mighty Murray cruise

Emma Brown

Holiday season plans look-up as lockdowns are eased

Holiday season plans look-up as lockdowns are eased

Emma Brown

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

The mighty Murray cruise

The mighty Murray cruise

Never a better time to build a career in regional Australia

Never a better time to build a career in regional Australia

The joys of home shopping in 2020

The joys of home shopping in 2020

Emma Brown

Get creative with a very big block

Get creative with a very big block

Get creative with a very big block

Get creative with a very big block

SELLING FAST: The average Victorian home is spending just 33 days on the market according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Photo - Shutterstock.

Optimism returns to Victoria

SELLING FAST: The average Victorian home is spending just 33 days on the market according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Photo - Shutterstock.

Optimism returns to Victoria

COMPROMISE: According to new research, almost half (45%) of Australians say they settled for something other than their perfect home, with the most common compromises including location, home size and price. Photo - Shutterstock.

The highs and lows for Australian house hunters

A dynamic not been seen for years

A dynamic not been seen for years

EXTEND YOUR HORIZONS: Expect to pay upwards of $1000 a week for a holiday home in the Whitsundays, Queensland, during the traditional summer break.

When the holiday is over, let the investment kick in

Lydia Roberts

Your local community calendar

Your local community calendar

Owen Davis says you've never felt fear until you feel that feeling of nothingness while homeless.

Salvos prioritise homelessness for appeal

Sarah McPhee

WATCH ONLINE.

Si sees red and comes out swinging

Your local community calendar

Your local community calendar

Professor Louise Potvin of the Université de Montréal

What are the ingredients for a healthy city?

SPECIAL DAY: Mums throughout the region will get special attention on Sunday as families mark Mother's Day.

Your local community calendar

THOSE DAYS: Powderfinger's new compilation Unreleased 1998-2010 features songs written for their most commercially-successful albums.

Powderfinger unlock vault to reveal embarrassment of riches

AstraZeneca's vaccine is already being manufactured in Melbourne.

EXPLAINERWhen will we get our COVID-19 jabs?

Groundbreaking: Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis start in Clea DuVall's Happiest Season, rated M, in cinemas now.

Happiest Season film review: Good step, poor romance

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Government's media reform plan rejected by key stakeholders

This flash mob is tackling a world first

This flash mob is tackling a world first

HONOURED: ARIA Hall of Fame inductee and nominated artist Archie Roach performing to a full house at the 2020 Port Fairy Folk Festival. Picture: Kyra Gillespie.

Archie Roach's life and music honoured by the ARIAs

Kimberley Price, Jessica Howard and Kyra Gillespie

POWERFUL: Sam Stubbs from Jervis Bay takes on a tough Crossfit event, featured in Sam I Am. Photo supplied.

Sam's living boldly with disability in Fearless season two

PIPPIN, the first large scale musical theatre production to open in Australia since COVID-19 closed theatres in March. PIPPIN is at the Sydney Lyric at The Star from November to January 31. Picture: Supplied

Kerri-Anne Kennerly does trapeze in heels in first musical since COVID-19

Desiree Savage

Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone.

OPINIONIncinerator plan must have an independent review

Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone

'It's not weak to speak'

OPINION'It's not weak to speak'

Guy Zangari, Fairfield MP

Asbestos awareness promotes safe disposal

OPINIONAsbestos awareness promotes safe disposal

BARRY CALVERT, WSROC president

LISTEN TO THIS: The winning project holds promise for those who have suffered hearing loss as a result of ageing, among other possible factors.

Hearing loss treatment crowned winner

ONLINE CHECK: There are many charities that deserve your donation this Christmas. But before giving, do a quick check on the ACNC website's Charity Register.

How to avoid charity scams this Christmas

Geraldine Cardozo

Ethicist calls for sexbots for elderly

Ethicist calls for sexbots for elderly

China has dealt a blow to the Australian wine industry by imposing levies of up to 212 per cent.

Australia seeks talks over wine with China

Snakes, including the highly-venomous tiger, have claimed three Tasmanian lives since 1948.

Tassie farmer's fatal snake bite horror

The report title Seeing the Clear Light of Day is a tribute to Yorta Yorta grandmother Tanya Day.

Victoria to abolish public drunkenness law

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SA's business community says COVID-19 restrictions will make life tough in the lead-up to Christmas.

Casual contact among new SA virus cases

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TARGET VETERAN: After working as a contractor, Clinton Hall nabbed a permanent part-time position in 2010 and clocked up 10 years of long service last Friday. Picture: Brodie Weeding

GOOD NEWSFastest unpacker, instant hit: Parents proud as punch of son's 17 years on the job

Meg Powell

Davis Station in Antarctica is set for a major upgrade.

Flexibility key to Aust Antarctic upgrades

Angelo Risso

NSW conducted 12,000 virus tests in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, again without a positive.

Three weeks without local NSW virus case

Tiffanie Turnbull

Victoria has made it to 29 days without recording a new COVID-19 infection.

Victoria surpasses virus-free benchmark

Tiffanie Turnbull

Loomberah locals of all ages are getting into the festive spirit with the Light Up Loomberah competition. Photo: Billy Jupp

Annual competition brings festive spirit to Loomberah community

Billy Jupp
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Oranges harvested at Moree. Labor state ministers voted as one to declare orange juice less healthy than diet cola during Friday's vote by the Food Regulation Forum.

Orange juice sweeter than cola

Jamie Brown

A Bushcare worker at Narrow Neck applies glyphosate to kill an invasive tree species.

Ecologist warns of disaster if glyphosate banned

John Ellicott

PRIVATE RETREAT: The Treetops House on the Mornington Peninsula by Bryant Alsop Architects. The brief was to create the notion of a weekender - evoking images of architectural simplicity and isolation where owners can escape their weekday life and reconnect with themselves and their environment. Pictures: Jack Lovel.

The suburban treetops house retreat

FESTIVE FAIR: Whether it's meat, eggs or fish, support those who support higher animal welfare.

This year, have a very merry higher welfare holiday season

RSPCA

That's herb with a hard H, mind you. Picture: Shutterstock

These are the herbs that will never say die

Jackie French