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FRIENDSHIPS: Community Centre co-ordinator Peta Dummett and Centacare's Joanne Fitzpatrick are keen for the community to join in on the celebrations next week. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

WHAT'S ONCommunity centre a place to forge friendships

HYPER-BRIGHT: Melbourne artist George Rose will be turning this Banna Lane wall into a botanical masterpiece. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

WHAT'S ONThe artists transforming Banna Lane

HEARTBREAKING: Harlee Travers and her mother Vanessa after diagnosis. PHOTO: Contributed

The tragic story behind Murray woman's fight for assisted dying

LAST-GASP: The Griffith Blacks celebrate a last-minute try from Nawi Rokocika to down the Albury Steamers. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

Last-gasp Rokocika try gets Blacks off the mark

LOOKING AHEAD: An artist impression of the new Griffith Base Hospital. IMAGE: Contributed

Base hospital hits milestone in redevelopment

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

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WHAT'S ONCommunity centre a place to forge friendships

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Yenda Inner Wheel run Mothers Day fundraiser to support cord blood research

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Sikh Games fund will go towards training future stars

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Blues keen to rebuild the fortress at home

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Student wins NYSF prize for designing remote medical facility

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DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Gladys Berejiklian

DIGESTRace to trace positive COVID case in NSW

Joyjit (left) and Jashan Sanghera with the son they last held on February 29, 2020. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreak of Australians trapped in India

A new study has offered insight into Australians' feeling towards COVID-19 vaccines. Picture: Karleen Minney

Side-effect concerns fuelling vaccine jitters: survey

Sally Whyte

Australians in India need gov't help: AMA

DIGESTAustralians in India need gov't help: AMA

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Come clean': Labor calls for the cost of coronavirus

Karen Barlow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government is keeping Australia safe. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISHas COVID-19 pushed us too far?

Karen Barlow

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

Laurie Daley

BACK HOME: Jesse Spencer comes back in for Coleambally, who are keen to restore pride in their home ground performances. He's pictured in their big upset of Marrar at Coleambally in the 2019 season.

Blues keen to rebuild the fortress at home

Peter Doherty

Michael Agnew takes possession during the Swans win over the Crows

Tough run rolls on for Swans

Liam Warren

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

TOUGH START: Ryan Pratt was one of the standouts for the Blueheelers in their clash with West Wyalong. PHOTO: Liam Warren

Yenda facing a tough test as they host Leeton

Liam Warren

ON THE CHARGE: Mitieli Ratumaitavuki looks to push through the Albury defence during their clash on Saturday. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

Blacks looking to keep momentum

Liam Warren

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

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?

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FRIENDSHIPS: Community Centre co-ordinator Peta Dummett and Centacare's Joanne Fitzpatrick are keen for the community to join in on the celebrations next week. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

WHAT'S ONCommunity centre a place to forge friendships

Monty Jacka

TRANSFORMED: George Rose's mural is an explosion of colour in the previously dreary Banna Lane. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

PHOTOSLots of love for laneway murals

Monty Jacka

GOOD ATMOSPHERE: Rina Mercuri, Rhonda Jobbitt and Michele O'Keefe helping serve the food at the fifth-annual Curry and Jam. PHOTO: Supplied

WHAT'S ONCurry and Jam a red hot success once again

Monty Jacka

FRIENDSHIPS: Community Centre co-ordinator Peta Dummett and Centacare's Joanne Fitzpatrick are keen for the community to join in on the celebrations next week. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

WHAT'S ONCommunity centre a place to forge friendships

FUNNY BUSINESS: The banner for the upcoming Griffith Comedy Showcase. IMAGE: Contributed

WHAT'S ONComedy showcase ready to bring the laughs to city

Cai Holroyd

COMMUNITY: The CEF's Craig O'Keefe (left) and Sherene Blumer (right) alongside Gursahib Singh, Kulwant Singh, and Hardeep Singh. PHOTO: Monty Jacka

WHAT'S ONAnticipation builds ahead of spiciest night of the year

Monty Jacka

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Della Vreeland

Multimin Evolution meets the trace mineral demands of modern cattle

Multimin Evolution meets the trace mineral demands of modern cattle

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Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

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

A grand design - on a budget

Chloe Hope

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

BIG PRIZE: Inner Wheel Yenda members Jan Condon (left) and Sylvia Allen (right) fundraising this week in Yenda. PHOTO: Contributed

Yenda Inner Wheel run Mothers Day fundraiser to support cord blood research

Elizabeth Gracie

WATCH OUT: Scamwatch is warning that scammers are pretending to be defence personnel in order to con people into parting with their money.

Scamwatch: Scammers now pretending to be defence personnel

Margaret King.

Flu vaccine important again for residents in 2021

Margaret King

BIG PRIZE: Inner Wheel Yenda members Jan Condon (left) and Sylvia Allen (right) fundraising this week in Yenda. PHOTO: Contributed

Yenda Inner Wheel run Mothers Day fundraiser to support cord blood research

Tea and Talk: Are we just leaving it to someone else?

Tea and Talk: Are we just leaving it to someone else?

Jenna Woodland

BOXED IN: Cats are pedantic about their ablutions and the location and cleanliness of their tray.

Illness or stress? Solving the mystery of your peeing puss

Dr Anne Quain

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Photo: Naomi Clarke Photography.

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

Caitlyn Johns with workers Jimmy Black and Jess Eagle, who were on duty when the detached car wheel crashed through. Photo: BRENDAN McCARTHY

'You wouldn't believe it': Watch as tyre careens through cafe

TUNNEL VISION: Deputy Premier John Barilaro, Regional Roads Minister Paul Toole and Transport for NSW western region director Alistair Lunn at Monday's announcement. Photo: SUPPLIED

Plan for Australia's longest road tunnel could be a game changer

At top from left to right: New warning icons - Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency.

New look, same message as national warning symbols released

Jennie Curtin

'No bloody way': reluctant first patient delighted with $2m robot surgery

'No bloody way': reluctant first patient delighted with $2m robot surgery

Vanessa Arundale

HAPPY: Felicity Urquhart and The Waifs' Josh Cunningham have found love and a new musical partnership.

MUSICWaifs star's year to remember for growing love

Josh Leeson

Robin Wright stars as "Edee" in her feature directorial debut Land. Picture: Daniel Power / Focus Features

Wilderness story is repetitive and opaque

Jane Freebury

FRUSTRATING: Endless political point-scoring and blame-shifting is wasting precious time. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONHewson's View | Australia remains in a climate transition muddle

John Hewson

Mice plague makes for a smelly, unending tidal wave of vermin

OPINIONMice plague makes for a smelly, unending tidal wave of vermin

Marie Low

WORTH: Research has found that gender stereotypes indeed exist within the process of self-advocacy. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe keys to being your own best advocate

Zoë Wundenberg

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

RESTRICTIONS: New COVID restrictions are back in for Greater Sydney from 5pm on Thursday. Picture: Shutterstock

New COVID restrictions back in for greater Sydney

Scott Morrison is expected to announce the restart of Australian repatriation flights from India.

PM set to unveil India flight restart plan

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Sydneysiders are again wearing masks on public transport, in supermarkets and Uber rides.

Sydneysiders mask up as virus link sought

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A judge rejected Jarryd Hayne's version of events before jailing him for raping a young woman.

Hayne jury believed victim, so did judge

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A meteor shower made of bits of rock and ice from Halley's Comet will light up the night sky.

Shooting stars to streak through night sky

Hannah Ryan
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Leopard seals evolved larger front flippers to help catch fast-swimming prey like penguins.

Need for speed led to seal swim evolution

Callum Godde
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Five people have been hospitalised following a truck crash in Melbourne.

Driver arrested after Vic truck hit-run

Callum Godde
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Kanishka Raffel with Scott and Jenny Morrison at the Sydney service to honour Prince Philip.

Kanishka Raffel new Archbishop of Sydney

Hazeldean's Ed Bradley and Bea Bradley Litchfield with top price buyers Charles and Concepta O'Brien, Crookwell, Nutrien auctioneer Hamish McGeoch and the top priced bull, Hazeldean Q951, who sold for $25,000.

Hazeldean bulls top at $25,000

Olivia Calver

There are calls for downstream targets to be included in floodplain harvesting regulations to ensure floodwaters reach downstream communities and the environment. Photo: NSW SES

UPDATEDFloodplain harvesting regulations disallowed

Olivia Calver

In the latest cull, 21 feral donkeys were shot across eight properties covering 380,728 hectares in the Packsaddle and White Cliffs area. Photo: NSW DPI

'Judas' donkeys lead to aerial cull

Samantha Townsend

Many countries are exploring 3D-printing to build small homes. Picture: Ranglen/Shutterstock.

Could 3D-printed homes solve affordable-housing problem?

Mathew Dickerson

Ear seeds are part of an acupressure technique that uses pressure points to tap into your body's meridians and are even available as gold-plated jewellery accessories. Picture: Shutterstock.

Gold-plated jewels making ear-seed acupressure fashionable

Amy Cooper

The easy no-dig soil prep for your vegie garden

The easy no-dig soil prep for your vegie garden

Hannah Moloney