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PICTURED: Jiordan Wallace Chapman, Samantha Taylor, Charlie Wallace Chapman, Patrick Taylor, Lachlan Cirillo, Luke Busby, Annie Jones, Mackenzie Trotter, Nicole Taylor, Piper Stewart, and Cadence Busby. PHOTO: Supplied.

Butterfly record smashed at SISA Winter Meet, Wodonga

SARAH BENTVELZEN

PICTURED: Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last year promised $35 million in funding for Griffith Base Hospital.

State budget overlooks Griffith's needs

SARAH BENTVELZEN

MIA enjoys bumper year for cotton harvest, wary of water

JESSICA COATES

Region’s touch rugby league girls represent at state level

JESSICA COATES

PICTURED: Luca Macedona.

Rhyme Time babies shake it up with new instruments | Gallery

SARAH BENTVELZEN

PICTURED: Rhyme Time baby of the week is Reegan Bottcher.

Rhyme Time baby of the week is dancer-drummer enthusiast Reegan Bottcher

SARAH BENTVELZEN

PHOTO: Fairfax.

Police warn of fake notes still cropping up across the MIA

JACINTA DICKINS

PICTURED: Jiordan Wallace Chapman, Samantha Taylor, Charlie Wallace Chapman, Patrick Taylor, Lachlan Cirillo, Luke Busby, Annie Jones, Mackenzie Trotter, Nicole Taylor, Piper Stewart, and Cadence Busby. PHOTO: Supplied.

Butterfly record smashed at SISA Winter Meet, Wodonga

SARAH BENTVELZEN

PICTURED: Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last year promised $35 million in funding for Griffith Base Hospital.

State budget overlooks Griffith's needs

SARAH BENTVELZEN

PICTURED: Brian Simpson gives his "hero stance". PHOTO: Sarah Bentvelzen

Brian Simpson: Councillor by day, thespian by night

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Region’s touch rugby league girls represent at state level

JESSICA COATES

TIGHT BATTLE: Players from Wagga and District and South West hunt the ball in the under 12 representative game at Robertson Oval on Saturday. Picture: AFL Riverina

Wagga and District too good for South West

Matt Malone

Ross claims division one victory

Dulcie Knight

Region’s touch rugby league girls represent at state level

SWING STYLE: Alan Le Broque sends one down the fairway last weekend at the golf club. Picture: Anthony Stipo

Welcome rain impacts golf event numbers

John Bortolazzo

ATTACK: 3cs' Bree Woodhouse shows what she's got. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo.

Netballer’s results dampened with Griffith’s wet weather woes

Sally Brown

Curtain call for students

Tahli O'Connor

BIG FAN: Kaden Olivero 14 years-old will debut as Uncle Fester in the Marian Catholic College product of The Adams Family. PHOTOS: Anthony Stipo.

Craziness brought to the stage at Marian Catholic College

PICTURED: Sam Trimboli mentally prepares for the games to come.

Socceroos take on France on the big screen

SARAH BENTVELZEN

Curtain call for students

Rhyme time at the Griffith City Library | Photos | Video

Anthony Stipo

COLOURFUL: Glenda Bagatella and Steven Scarfone.

Zumba marathon a no-brainer: the breast way to fundraise

JACINTA DICKINS

Orange pops and shades of blue | Trending

Linley Wilkie

Your first home essentials | Trending

Linley Wilkie

WINTER WARMERS: A mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows never disappoints. Photo: Villeroy & Boch

What’s hot this winter | Trending

Linley Wilkie

Orange pops and shades of blue | Trending

Half the starring cast of Friends, the hit television show that epitomised 1990s style. Photo: Shutterstock

90s style, reborn | Trending

Linley Wilkie

Princess for a day | Trending

Linley Wilkie

12 Dobney Avenue: The showroom has suspended ceilings throughout and there is an office space within it.

Price reduction for ‘grand residence’

Herringbone: This configuration takes the geometric pizazz from the 1920s and blends the simplicity of shape - key to the Scandinavian look.

Is that really a tiled floor?

Growth: Melbourne is Australia’s second most expensive city, but its population is growing strongly and most of those people want to own a property as part of putting down roots in their new city.

State shifters support growth

Curtain call for students

Tahli O'Connor

CORNERSTONE: Bhavnoor Kaur and Japleen Kaur, students and teacher’s aides say the children show a thirst to learn Punjabi. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins.

Sikh community's push to have Punjabi taught in Griffith schools

JACINTA DICKINS

PROUD: Matt Storrier, Emily McKinnon and Irene Brown are some of the directors excited for the club to reach 80 years. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins

Celebrating 80 years of Yenda Diggers Club

JACINTA DICKINS

Curtain call for students

VIEWING OPTIONS: Dominic Pirrottina, Sophia Catanzariti and Mayor John Dal Broi at the council chambers looking at the printouts of option six, the preferred plan for hospital development. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins.

Preferred option for Hospital Master Plan viewing available

JACINTA DICKINS

INSTRUCTORS: Nikita Gatti, Sunta Marando, Glenda Bagatella, Ar’e Abera and Steven Scarfone led the 100-strong group through Zumba routines with Siosiana Liu (absent), managing to raise around $1800. PHOTO: Supplied.

Boobs 4 Brains “Zumbathon” raises whopping amount in two hours

JACINTA DICKINS

Professor John Giesy was allegedly covertly doing 3M’s bidding in a widespread campaign to suppress academic research on the dangers of PFAS. Photo: Supplied

Professor ‘bragged about burying bad science’ on 3M chemicals

Australia's Mile Jedinak (left) and Mark Milligan (2nd from left) following their close loss.

‘It hurt so much’: Socceroos shattered by narrow France defeat

BIG MARK: Griffith's Heath Northey flies high into a pack to mark against MCUE at Mangoplah Sportsground on Saturday. Picture: Matt Malone

Seven on the trot as Griffith ends drought | Photos

Deceased Tartan High School students: Katie Jurek, Aaron Fowler, Nikki Schaut and Alex Crowley.

Cancer is killing these kids, and Australia should take note

Deceased Tartan High School students: Katie Jurek, Aaron Fowler, Nikki Schaut and Alex Crowley.

Cancer is killing these kids, and Australia should take note

Carrie Fellner

(L-R) Australian Socceroos Fanatics supporters Peter Theodosi, Brad Dwyer and Scott Barlow watch the opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Socceroos gear up for World Cup opener

Australia's Tim Cahill (centre) during a training session at the Socceroos training base, Stadium Trudovye Rezerv.

Socceroos get comfy in Kazan

Police divers searched Larrimah's dam but failed to find any signs of missing Paddy Moriarty (inset).

Sinister suspicions aired at outback inquest

CHRIS MCLENNAN

Why you should not share that ‘name and shame’ post on social media

Joanne McCarthy

Stitched together over time

Michelle Haines Thomas

Education cuts ring alarm bells in regions

Professor John Dewar

Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to rate their health as poor or fair.

Higher risk of death for indigenous babies

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Kate Jenkins will lead an inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace.

Workplace sex harassment inquiry launched

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Four in 10 Australians see Donald Trump's presidency as a critical threat.

Trump erodes Aussie trust in US: poll

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GUILTY: Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson outside Newcastle courthouse ahead of his sentence hearing for failing to report child sexual abuse to police. Magistrate Stone will sentence Wilson on July 3. Picture: Darren Pateman

‘Time to send a message’: magistrate urged to jail Adelaide Archbishop

28th time unlucky: Jail for disqualified driver who just didn’t learn

Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson was fatally stabbed during a siege.

No risk assessment before 2012 NSW siege

Jamie McKinnell

Reward for Perth woman missing since 1988

Sophie Moore

Navy postpones scuttling of ship in Qld

Grilled wild-caught Alaskan salmon at Fish & Co.

Sydney’s Anason and Fish & Co serve it up hot

John Rozentals

Peppers Silo Hotel … cleverly transformed accommodation in Launceston.

Six highlights in your travel week | 15 June

John Rozentals

A bright start to the day … a couple of excellent poached eggs at Penny Whistlers, in Kiama.

A buena vista and a perfect poachy in sparkling Kiama

John Rozentals

Nappies, books and a sleeping bag? Well, ummm, no thanks. Photo: Shutterstock

A 'baby bundle' from the government or maybe something a little more practical?

Polly Dunning

The school system remains stubbornly resistant to even the contemplation of change. Photo: Fairfax Media

Antiquated school day is failing everyone

Dave Sharma

Desexing: It is good for the animal and its owner, but this responsible pet ownership may have far-reaching benefits for the whole community.

The time to desex is meow

RSPCA

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