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Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone and Councillor Dai Le making face masks.

Slow the spread: 'If you can sew you can do your bit'

Chris Boulous
2hrs ago

Woman dies after being hit by a van at Fairfield Heights

Woman dies after being hit by a van at Fairfield Heights

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NSW Health has added additional day of exposure risk for patrons of Mounties. Picture: Facebook

New COVID-19 case attends three venues

'Metre from the heater': Firies issue warning during cold snap

'Metre from the heater': Firies issue warning during cold snap

Chris Boulous

Have the talk: Donation specialist nurse Vanessa Palmer. Registering as an organ donor gives hope to the 1600 Australians and their families that are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.

Do you want to be an organ donor?

Chris Boulous

'Thinking of them': Cambodian program to assist the elderly

PHOTOS'Thinking of them': Cambodian program to assist the elderly

Genevieve Kang

Several Newcastle venues have been closed for cleaning, with patrons asked to be on the lookout for symptoms.

NSW reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, with Newcastle put on high alert

Kate McIlwain

Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone and Councillor Dai Le making face masks.

Slow the spread: 'If you can sew you can do your bit'

Chris Boulous
2hrs ago

Woman dies after being hit by a van at Fairfield Heights

Woman dies after being hit by a van at Fairfield Heights

1hr ago

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

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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

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

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?

BEST ON GROUND: All that Dustin Martin touched during the match against Brisbane turned to gold. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

OPINIONA fighting fury rises again from Tigerland

Rohan Connolly

Picture: Macarthur FC Instagram

Macarthur FC continues growing with English signing Matt Derbyshire

Jess Layt

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Picture: Getty Images

Queensland closes border to ACT and NSW

Kathryn Lewis

The best venue to watch the spectacle of Uluru is Longitude 131 with a gathering of luxury pavilions nestled among the rust-red landscape. The desert base fans out from the Dune House, site of lounging, cocktails and rock gazing.

The hottest events to thaw out at this spring

Melinda Healy

Dive to see beautiful underwater sculptures, crafted by Jason deCaires Taylor, while learning about the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: Supplied

Luxury hotel brand to open its first Australian resort

Explore Travel

The cult UK satirical television show Spitting Image is returning in updated form.

Cult TV puppet show returns to mock UK PM

Actress Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Breakfast at Tiffany's manuscript sells

Award-winning singer Jenny Morris says the local music industry isn't being supported.

Push to export Aussie music across globe

Rebecca Gredley

The cult UK satirical television show Spitting Image is returning in updated form.

Cult TV puppet show returns to mock UK PM

Rock legend Jimmy Barnes has signed up to be a part of the Great Southern Nights gigs.

Top Aussie artists to play gigs across NSW

Tiffanie Turnbull

Rachel Griffiths stars in Aftertaste, which has begun filming in South Australia.

Post-COVID TV series starts filming in SA

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

The path back to a new normal

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

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

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

Melbourne's empty laneways, due to coronavirus shutdowns.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: NSW adds a hotspot

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

DIGESTThe COVID numbers roller coaster is real

Victoria records 471 new COVID-19 cases, mental health support boosted

Victoria records 471 new COVID-19 cases, mental health support boosted

Several Newcastle venues have been closed for cleaning, with patrons asked to be on the lookout for symptoms.

NSW reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, with Newcastle put on high alert

Victoria faces up to new restrictions

NATIONALVictoria faces up to new restrictions

Janine Graham

An aircraft drops fire retardant on Mt Tennant earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Call for domestic firefighting foam manufacturer amid COVID-19 supply chain issues

Katie Burgess

Images from regional Australia. Taken by, from left clockwise, Brendan McCarthy, Jonathan Carroll, Lachlan Bence and Adam McLean.

DIGESTIt's going to get worse before it gets better

Janine Graham

Mask wearing has become common place for many in NSW. Picture: Adam McLean.

All NSW residents returning from Victoria must now enter hotel quarantine

Kate McIlwain

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

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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?

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

These brave Bunnings staff members came face to face with a woman later dubbed a "Karen".

Why 'Karen'? We asked sociology and language experts

Jackson Worthington

STRONG MESSAGE: Aboriginal recording artists Mi-kaisha and Nooky (front), pictured with video clip dancers Maddie Paluch and Chandler Connell, collaborated to write the song, 'One Point 5', encouraging young people to keep their communities safe from COVID-19. Photo: Jake Keane

New song aims to share the COVID-19 safe message with Aboriginal communities

Fairfield MP Guy Zangari with Shadow Minister for Roads John Graham at the Lansdowne Bridge.

Fairfield Matters with Guy Zangari: Architectural brilliance in our backyard

Guy Zangari, Fairfield MP

COVID-19 testing at Fairfield Showground.

'I'm proud of our community - keep up the good work'

Frank Carbone, Fairfield mayor

'Innovative idea': State-first hydrogen plant for Horsley Park

'Innovative idea': State-first hydrogen plant for Horsley Park

Frank Carbone, Fairfield mayor

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

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urging the state's young people to rein in their social lives.

Limit social lives, NSW premier urges

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Nicola Spurrier says SA is doing everything to keep a college COVID-19 cluster under control.

SA Labor leaders isolate over COVID-19

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The massive blast in Beirut has trigged fears about Newcastle's stockpile of ammonium nitrate.

NSW chemical pile different to Beirut: PM

18m ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian

Border Closure 3.0 rules released by NSW government

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Melbourne's empty laneways, due to coronavirus shutdowns.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: NSW adds a hotspot

Janine Graham
39m ago

Josh Frydenberg says changes to JobKeeper will add $15.6 billion to the wage subsidy program's cost.

JobKeeper eligibility tweaked for business

Matt Coughlan and Rebecca Gredley
42m ago

ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL: The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says children should be banned from adult-sized quads and every rider should wear a helmet.
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Recreational use the biggest killer on farm quad bikes says FCAI

Vernon Graham
46m ago

HE'S BACK: Bathurst's Grant Denyer is set to host Family Feud when it makes a return to the small screen later this month. Photo: WIN

Survey says... We've got a date to help frontline workers

Nadine Morton
48m ago

Cattle producers are warned to be on the lookout for mud scours, with the winter dominant bacterial disease rearing its head again in the Lismore area. Image courtesy LLS.

Seasonal warning for North Coast mud scours

Jamie Brown
39m ago

Charlie Arnott, Boorowa with his daughter Lilla checking pasture growth and condition of his heifers. 'Changing the paddock between your ears" is a really exciting prospect and could lead to a better agricultural system.

The paddock between your ears!

Stephen Burns
2hrs ago

Mark Horan, Braidwood, who has had Q fever, with Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton as Mr Coulton announces the funding for trials of a new vaccine.

New Q fever vaccine: Coulton delivers cash

Daniel Pedersen

OUCH: Ligament, sporting or trauma injury are typically behind keen pain in under 30s.

Get a handle on knee pain with the help of your GP

Healthshare

Revenue from rego wouldn't even maintain the roads we have, let alone build new ones.

It may hurt to hear, but most road aren't even made for you

Sam Hollier

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home