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At least 885,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Australia so far, making the instances of blood clots rare. Picture: Shutterstock

UPDATEDTGA confirms death 'likely linked' to AstraZeneca vaccine

PM prepares nation for longer border closure

DIGESTPM prepares nation for longer border closure

A NSW woman has reportedly died after developing blood clots a day after being vaccinated. Picture: Shutterstock

PM, premier urge calm after NSW clot death

Photos: Shutterstock

DIGESTAs we hurtle towards a climate endgame, the pandemic rages on

Advice was changed for the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia due to the blood-clotting risk. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERHow come some AstraZeneca vaccine recipients develop blood clots

Andrew Brown

US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said the vaccine rollout should be the highest priority. Picture: Getty Images

Australia's vaccine rollout should be 'highest priority': Fauci

Kathryn Lewis

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has been hit by delays in Australia. Picture: Shutterstock

Calls for 'feet on the ground' in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Doug Dingwall

Independent MP Helen Haines. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Urgent course change': Calls grow for Australian vaccine reset

Harley Dennett

John Morris was still able to make the finals in his two years in charge. Photo: Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

OPINIONMorris was really up against it at Sharks

Laurie Daley

Geelong's defence looked especially slow and cumbersome against Melbourne. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Under-the-radar Cats an absorbing tale

Rohan Connolly

NBA and MLB games have been postponed after a fatal police shooting in the US.

NBA, MLB games postponed after shooting

Dave Campbell

John Morris was still able to make the finals in his two years in charge. Photo: Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

OPINIONMorris was really up against it at Sharks

Conor McGregor has told Dustin Poirier he will fight someone else on July 10.

McGregor says Poirier fight is off in spat

The next month is make or break for Collingwood and its coach, Nathan Buckley. Photo: Michael Wilson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONCrucial month looms for Collingwood, Nathan Buckley

Howard Kotton

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

Pallbearers carried the coffin of the Duke of Edinburgh during his funeral at St George's Chapel.

Philip interred at St George's Chapel

2hrs ago

Director Heath Davis on set for another of his projects. He will film his next movie in the Macarthur region. Picture: Supplied

Festive indie movie to be filmed in Macarthur

Kayla Osborne

HARD ROAD: Bob Evans finished recording Tomorrowland literally as COVID-19 shut down the music industry.

Bob Evans moving on towards brighter Tomorrowland

Josh Leeson

Pallbearers carried the coffin of the Duke of Edinburgh during his funeral at St George's Chapel.

Philip interred at St George's Chapel

2hrs ago

Helen McCrory has died aged 52 of cancer, her husband Damian Lewis says.

UK actress McCrory has died, husband says

Kate Holton

Author Walter Kaufmann has died at the age of 97 in Germany.

German-Australian author Kaufmann dies

Think local and support your community: 2021 Fairfield edition

Think local and support your community: 2021 Fairfield edition

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

Emma Brown

Think local and support your community: 2021 Fairfield edition

Think local and support your community: 2021 Fairfield edition

See Floriade in all its glory in Canberra on this Travelrite/The Senior escorted tour with Maureen and Paul Lucas. Photo: Paul Lucas

Join a September tour of some of Australia's best gardens in NSW and the ACT

Samsung's new flagship series pushes the boundaries of smartphone capability

Samsung's new flagship series pushes the boundaries of smartphone capability

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Plenty on offer in popular street

Plenty on offer in popular street

Plenty on offer in popular street

Plenty on offer in popular street

TIME TO RELAX: Matthew and Eloise Collins in the lounge area with the fireplace that helped inspire them.

A grand design - on a budget

TIME TO RELAX: Matthew and Eloise Collins in the lounge area with the fireplace that helped inspire them.

A grand design - on a budget

Great location, loads of potential

Great location, loads of potential

Nicki Davey

TOP OF THE CHART: The Whitsundays has taken first place in the PRD Stand Out Regions report. Photo - Shutterstock, Tanya Puntti.

The top ten stand out places for property in Australia

AFTER THE STORM: Those impacted by floods should talk to their property manager or landlord and insurance company as soon as possible. Photo - Shutterstock.

Help for those impacted by floods

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

Caleb McLaughlin, left, and Jharrel Jerome in Concrete Cowboy. Picture: Aaron Ricketts

Heartfelt but underwritten tale

Not for kids: Gunda is no Babe. Picture: Supplied

A stark, haunting look at farm life

Creation Stories is unmissable cinema, though more for the brilliant lesson in social history than for superlative filmmaking. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWPortrait of a very obnoxious man

A scene from Voyagers. Picture: Supplied

Confronting the end of the world

WHAT'S COOKING?: Actor, writer, opera singer and celebrity home cook Silvia Colloca on life, love and living in the northern beaches. Picture: Geoff Jones

Love, lust and Italian home cooking with Silvia Colloca

Nadine Morton

ON THE LAND, GINGER BEER IN HAND: Comboyne farmer Rodney Fisher.

Farmer pens hilarious 'viral' song about social distancing

Robert Dougherty

Win tickets to upcoming Aussie movie June Again

Win tickets to upcoming Aussie movie June Again

Jess Layt

SICKENING ATTACK: Stills from a viral assault video filmed at Edgeworth on Friday.

GRAPHIC CONTENTSickening assault of girl caught on video goes viral

Donna Page

Running at the Local Government Elections

OPINIONRunning at the Local Government Elections

Frank Carbone, Fairfield mayor

SUPPORT: Many businesses have stayed afloat and kept the relationship with their workers because of JobKeeper, a policy that Labor first suggested then supported. Picture: Simon Bennett

Werriwa Matters with Anne Stanley: Cutting Jobkeeper puts people at risk

Anne Stanley MP

The Fairfield SES responded to almost 100 calls during the recent rain event. Picture: Nancy Nguyen, Fairfield SES.

OPINIONProtecting our city from floods

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

Queen Elizabeth and senior royals have bid a final farewell to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Australia to remember Philip after funeral

18m ago

Peter Gutwein is under fire for his support for forestry industry initiatives.

Tassie govt lashed over logging support

21m ago

Independent family violence specialists will be on site at some police stations in a NSW trial.

NSW to trial DV workers at police stations

21m ago

Prof John Skerritt says the case of a woman who died after an AstraZeneca vaccination was atypical.

'Continuous review' of jabs post-NSW death

21m ago

A man is helping Qld police with their inquiries after two men died in a shooting at Caboolture.

Pair shot dead, man captured in Qld

Tracey Ferrier

Missing woman Maryam Hamka, 36, was last seen at a Woolworths store in Brunswick.

Man arrested in hunt for Victorian woman

Tracey Ferrier

Health Minister Greg Hunt says vaccination still offers the greatest protection against COVID-19.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

The death of a NSW woman with blood clots after her COVID vaccination was likely linked to the jab.

Hunt moves to shore up faith in vaccines

Tracey Ferrier and Angelo Risso

A dwarf Nashi pear in one corner of Fiona and Bill's small orchard planted last winter.

Plan, prepare then plant

FIONA OGILVIE

Scott Reid, VC Reid and Sons, Forbes, with Brendan ODwyer and Amie LEstrange of Belswick Merinos and Glen-Echo Pastoral Company, Condobolin, and their pen of 11 Shorthorn first-calver heifers and 12 calves five to eight months, which sold for a Forbes Central West Livestock Exchange record of $4100 a unit on Friday, April 16 to Sandy Moss and Sam Lawson, Forbes. The heifers are of Yamburgan blood and PTIC to a Nero sire.

Shorthorns set Forbes yards record at $4100

Mark Griggs

Angus Girle and Jeff Peters of Urah, Condobolin, with agent Brendon White, Kevin Miller Whitty Lennon, Condobolin, and the saleyard record $610 pen of Australian White ewes, September 2020 drop out of Tattykeel-blood ewes and sired by Urah stud rams. These sold to an undisclosed Central Victoria buyer.

Shedding sheep ewes fetch big money at Condobolin

Mark Griggs

CONTEMPORARY AND NATURAL: The design of the East Street home in Albury, frames and captures the stunning views south to Mt Huon. At left: The library is a rich environment nestled in timber. The kitchen is accented by timber joinery which complements the concrete and cement sheet interior and the grey brickwork.

Modest rural home inspired by nature and environmentally sound

Vickii Byram

HAPPY HENS: Chickens have engaging and unique personalities. Picture: Shutterstock

For contented cluckers, here's eggsactly what you need to do

RSPCA

Stylish: Give the kitchen a face lift with new door handles. Pictures: Supplied.

Make some time to improve your home this weekend