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Firearms charges and huge fines for NRL players after breaking COVID-19 restrictions

Police charge Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr with firearms offences after a weekend getaway as the NRL fines the pair and two other players for "putting the game and community at risk".




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NSW is fast-tracking major projects, so why the threat to halt this civic precinct?

Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock labels Coffs Harbour's Cultural and Civic Space plan "foolish and rash", threatening to change laws to stop it.




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From breaking news to breaking hearts: Regional communities mourn the loss of local papers

Communities in western New South Wales are mourning the suspension of their local newspapers with some saying the publications are the "heart" of the communities.




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'Heartbreaking decisions': Labor MP Mike Kelly resigns due to health issues

Long-serving Federal Labor MP Mike Kelly ends months of speculation by making the "gut wrenching" decision to resign from Parliament.




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'It did very much smack of prison': But Elizabeth Lane is asking how coronavirus has surged through Newmarch House

Elizabeth Lane says her mother, a Newmarch House resident, is a 'sitting duck' as the new COVID-19 cases continue to rise at the Western Sydney aged care home.




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China looking for eels after mud crab trade hit by coronavirus impact

While the lucrative mud crab trade was all but halted by the impact of coronavirus, eels enable one commercial fisher to claw back some lost trade.




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Last sighting of missing woman Amber Christie walking past Hotel Illawong on Sunday

49-year-old Amber Christie walking past Hotel Illawong on Oak Street, Evans Head around 4:00pm on Sunday May 3, 2020.




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Search intensifies for Evans Head woman who went walking and didn't return home

Amber Christie, 49, has been reported missing by her family and friends after failing to return to her Evans Head home from a Sunday afternoon walk.




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'I don't want to be randomly licking things': The neurological disorder heightened by coronavirus fears

People with Tourette syndrome appeal for compassion as pandemic panic exacerbates their neurological condition, causing their anxieties and tics to worsen.




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NSW authorities respond to Aspen Medical clinicians working on both the Ruby Princess and Newmarch House

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Dr Kerry Chant provided an updated on coronavirus for May 6. NSW has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 overnight.




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Tracking the coronavirus spread: The two clusters fuelling the new case tally

Outbreaks at two locations — one in Sydney and one in Melbourne — are behind many of the new COVID-19 cases identified in the past week.




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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

The supernatural romance saga comes to a conclusion and features the worst climax twist ever!




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Gripping and provoking: Frankenstein comes to Wollongong

Ensemble Theatre's nationally touring production of 'Frankenstein' has opened in Wollongong to remind us of a timeless gothic masterpiece.




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Deckchair Review: A Hijacking (Kapringen)

Deckchair Reviewer, Denise, gives her review of 'A Hijacking', currently showing at Perth International Film Festival's Joondalup Pines.




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The Lion King musical a roaring success

Disney's stage adaptation of its 1994 animated classic 'The Lion King' has returned to Australia, and what a breathtaking production it is.




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Irrigators deny breaking official New South Wales pumping embargo after weekend rainfall

The water watchdog says it is investigating claims that irrigators in the Namoi Valley pumped water out of the river system during a recent embargo.





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Suburbs with the worst smoking rates in Australia revealed

Smoking rates have dropped massively since the 70s down from 40 per cent to only 14 per cent but some areas of the country are not getting the message.




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We bought a farm to have more family time. We're risking it all to join a natural farming revolution

About a year ago, my partner and I learned of a revolution in Australia's paddocks. We want to farm in a more natural way, but the stakes are high making the shift could send us broke.




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Four children drive from Gracemere to Grafton after taking fishing rods and leaving a note

Police find four children under the age of 14 who took a Nissan Patrol from Gracemere in central Queensland and embarked on a joyride to Grafton in northern New South Wales.




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After years without decent rain, Tenterfield community is given the gift of drinking water

After more than two years without any decent rain, a community in the far north of New South Wales is been given a reprieve.




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They should be on the front line, but instead they're looking after their kids

Emergency workers across Australia who use government-subsidised nannies are scrambling to find child care options after their In Home Care was cancelled as a side effect of the Federal Government's new policy to make child care free.




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Ewe must be joking! Prickles fleeced of seven years of wool in minutes

Prickles the sheep disappeared when she was just a lamb when bushfires destroyed the boundary fences at her farm in 2013. Following her surprise return two weeks ago, she has finally been shorn for the first time in seven years.




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Working from home sees loungewear get a facelift

People working from home during COVID-19 restrictions have ditched the slacks for the humble track pants.




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Young entrepreneurs making their regional towns fashionable

Country kids often hear they need to move to the city after school, but these young entrepreneurs are staying local and marketing their home town to the world.




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What's with reverse angle parking in so many country towns?

The modern motoring experience is one of self-parking vehicles, multi-storey car parking complexes and stacking systems, but in many Australian country towns, reverse angle parking remains.





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As more fish kills loom this summer, NSW Government plans $10 million rescue and restocking program

The NSW Government has announced a $10 million initiative to combat what the Agriculture Minister has described as a looming "fish Armageddon".




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Will the hulking forwards decide the Rugby World Cup final?

Years of accepted wisdom has been thrown out the window at this Rugby World Cup, with this year's final between England and South Africa set to remain a battle of the big boppers.




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'It takes a toll': Heather Garriock admits hit to self-worth after Canberra United sacking

Outgoing Canberra United coach Heather Garriock admits coaching has taken a toll on her, as the trailblazer also opens up about the challenges for women and mothers in professional sport.




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From the start, the sale of Perth Glory to a buyer working out of a shed in Wales just didn't add up

After two weeks of grand schemes and "fake news" claims, a plan to sell Perth Glory to the London Football Exchange is over — but something did not seem right to begin with, writes Clint Thomas.




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Jon Faine's former producer reflects on what it was like working with the ABC Radio Melbourne broadcaster

"The core of Jon Faine, and why his audience and staff love him, is his kindness," writes Daniel Ziffer, who produced Faine's radio program for seven years.



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The 7.30 Report presents a story on Australia's Talking Clock in 1990




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Talking Clock continues to tick online after Telstra's September shutdown silenced 'George'

A musician with a penchant for nostalgia and 1990s web design has recreated 'George' the Talking Clock, a service recently unplugged by Telstra after 66 years.




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Aged care worker who force-fed, slapped patients allowed to keep working, royal commission hears

A worker who mistreated six elderly residents at a Melbourne home was suspended three times but allowed to continue working after he passed an elder abuse questionnaire, the aged care royal commission hears.




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Two workers linked to Melbourne's safe injecting room accused of trafficking heroin

An outreach worker linked to a medically supervised safe injecting room in Melbourne's inner east is among a group of people now charged with trafficking the drug heroin.




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Health centre CEO stood down after outreach workers arrested for drug trafficking near safe injecting room

The head of a community centre which houses Melbourne's controversial safe injecting centre is stood down after several staff linked to other services at the centre have been charged with trafficking heroin.





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Victoria Police denounces 'inappropriate' memes posted to social account by officer accused of making white power gesture

For the second time in two days, Victoria Police expresses "extreme disappointment" in one of its officers, this time after alt-right material shared on social media was connected to an officer accused of using a hand gesture associated with white power.




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Costa crowned king of the kids at Tin Can Bay garden birthday

It was a bright crisp Queensland winter's day when Costa Georgiadis, host of ABC's Gardening Australia program, visited Tin Can Bay to celebrate 12 months of hard work by the local school in building, maintaining, and expanding their very own veggie plot.





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Wondai photographer shares exhibition three years in the making

Photographer Jenny Ball's years of waiting have paid off, as her photos finally hang on the walls of the Wondai Regional Art Gallery.




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Butter-making gives kids a taste of past at Loxton Historical Village

Riverland youngsters stepped back in time this week to make butter, fly kites and learn about the past when the Loxton Historical Village opened its doors for its annual Kids Day Out.




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CSIRO rejects claims its working with Chinese lab at centre of COVID-19 probe

News Corp Australia claimed CSIRO's Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness in Geelong Victoria has been collaborating with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.



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