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Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

One new local COVID-19 case in NSW confirmed as a close contact

One new local COVID-19 case in NSW confirmed as a close contact

As if being hit by COVID's first wave wasn't enough ...

Reinfection is a rare phenomenon, maybe

The Cupping Room's manager, Connor Crampton Smith, shows how QR codes are now used to check-in and view the menu. Picture: Matt Loxton

An almost antiquated phone technology has become an unlikely hero in 2020

Onetime politician turned Crown Resorts chair, Helen Coonan (left) and Brett Sutton, Victoria's chief health officer.

Inquiring minds ask more of Brett Sutton, Helen Coonan

Janine Graham

One is a hair metal star, the other an Australian politician-businessman. They're going head-to-head in Federal Court.

Clive Palmer v Twisted Sister: ding, ding

Janine Graham

Zero community transmission in NSW: new limits on outdoor gatherings, bookings

Zero community transmission in NSW: new limits on outdoor gatherings, bookings

A vaccine won't suddenly return us to what we once thought was normality. Picture: Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXPLAINERWhy a coronavirus vaccine won't be the magic bullet

Steve Evans

TEMPORARY HOME: Queensland became the centre of the AFL universe in 2020 due to a second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. Photo: Jono Searle/AFL Photos/Getty Images

OPINIONNorthern hubs, comebacks, second waves: AFL's season 2020 was anything but usual

Howard Kotton

Zeb Watts on his way to winning both the junior and open men's divisions at Boomerang Beach Boardriders' October competition. Photo: Raw Edge Photography/Kian Bates.

Club championship tight across a number of divisions at Boomerang Boardriders

Nicholas Brooks

In skipper Cameron Smith, the Storm have arguably the most influential player ever. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Image

OPINIONExperience will see Melbourne weather grand final storm, says Laurie Daley

Laurie Daley

TEMPORARY HOME: Queensland became the centre of the AFL universe in 2020 due to a second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. Photo: Jono Searle/AFL Photos/Getty Images

OPINIONNorthern hubs, comebacks, second waves: AFL's season 2020 was anything but usual

LAST ONE STANDING: Who will take home the premiership cup - Geelong or Richmond? Picture: Getty Images

AFL's 153-game journey complete, now for the finale

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Karin (Kaz) Tappouras stands between four of the runners in the Triple Bucketts Marathon Series Challenge on day three. Photo supplied

Kaz holds her first marathon event in Gloucester

Anne Keen

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Surfers favourite, Lighthouse Beach near Port Macquarie.

Down-to-earth art meets the sparkling sea at Port Macquarie

Jac Taylor

7 nights in Coffs for $435 a person

7 nights in Coffs for $435 a person

This landscape is called a 'lunette' for a reason - it feels a bit like walking on the surface of the moon. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Alien landscape reveals our past

Michael Turtle

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Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note. Picture: UPI

Movie Review

Jane Freebury

In Conversation with Peter Cosgrove

WHAT'S ONIn Conversation with Peter Cosgrove

Take the bucket challenge this Water Week.

WHAT'S ON"Water Night" challenge - no taps, no showers, no running water for 12 hours

Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note. Picture: UPI

Movie Review

Pacific Palms AGM

WHAT'S ONPacific Palms AGM

Nominate your favourite business to win a happiness hamper

Nominate your favourite business to win a happiness hamper

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Dandenong McGrath Breast Care Nurse and patient Elle May.

McGrath Breast Care Nurses go COVID-safe

A perfect hot plan for you

A perfect hot plan for you

Emma Brown

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

BE PREPARED: Auctions are a great way to buy, provided you've done your research. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

How to bid with confidence on auction day

Kirsty Horton

Confidence: The extension of the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme gives buyers the confidence to proceed with a purchase. Photo - Shutterstock.

Budget extends a helping hand to first time buyers

Ruth Lewis

POPULAR: The Mornington Peninsula is one of the sought-after locations.

Beach beats bush hands down for capital growth

Smoky eyes: AWL Great Lakes Manning branch has gorgeous Javier available to adopt. Photo: supplied

Playful Javier will purr for you as he smooches in for cuddle

AWL Great Lakes Manning

Ray and Grant Saunders in a still from the documentary Teach a Man to Fish. Photo courtesy Grant Saunders.

Fundraiser for women's shelter

WATCH OUT: Some scammers will even impersonate real estate agents and organise fake inspections, victims will then arrive to discover the property doesn't exist or is currently occupied.

Scamwatch: New scam targets renters during COVID-19 pandemic

Smoky eyes: AWL Great Lakes Manning branch has gorgeous Javier available to adopt. Photo: supplied

Playful Javier will purr for you as he smooches in for cuddle

Meet Koa: This youngster is a bit shy until he gets to know you, but is full of affection and handsome to boot. Photo: supplied.

Handsome Koa needs a family

AWL Great Lakes Manning

Meet Koa: This youngster is a bit shy until he gets to know you, but is full of affection and handsome to boot. Photo: supplied.

Handsome Koa needs a family to love

AWL Great Lakes Manning

WE HEAR YOU: Parkes MP and Federal Regional Communications Minister Mark Coulton says the government is doing all it can to help regional media. Photo: Jessica Worboys

Save Our Voices: we hear you, says regional minister

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner at the Curricabark Wildlife Refuge he hopes Aussie Ark can purchase. Photo: Aussie Ark

Aussie Ark seeks help acquiring wildlife refuge

HECTIC: Ball Park Music are performing a 13-show residency at Brisbane's The Triffid starting on Friday to launch their self-titled sixth album. The shows will feature a unique set list each night.

Ball Park Music sweat out the big stuff for new record

NEW GROWTH: Terra Lightfoot's fourth album Consider The Speed followed a period of severe writer's block. Picture: Mat Dunlap

Terra Lightfoot makes speedy recovery after saving wild horses

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Raechel Saunders

Local artists feature at new council chambers

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

Sarah Legge, Chris Dickman, Jaana Dielenberg, John Read, John Woinarski, Pat Taggart, Tida Nou

SPEAKING UP: Workers from Hunter industrial companies opened up about their mental health struggles for the video campaign.

'Big, boofy blokes' open up about mental health in video campaign

Sage Swinton

In Mount Isa on Day 1 of the election campaign are (L-R): ALP Traeger candidate James Bambrick, treasurer Cameron Dick, Incitec Pivot's Peter Ware, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Glencore' Matt O'Neill.

REAL AUSTRALIANorth by Northwest: a thriller fit for Queensland

Derek Barry

The thrill of trying something for the first time

OPINIONThe thrill of trying something for the first time

John Malouff

SERVICE PLEASE: NASA contracts Nokia to build a 4G mobile network on the moon.

Out of this world mobile phone coverage planned for the moon

Mathew Dickerson

Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Police have scuffled with anti-lockdown protesters at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.

Arrests at Shrine anti-lockdown rally

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More than 1700 wind turbines will be located 26 km from WA's Eighty Mile Beach.

Major wind and solar hub on track for WA

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison with acting chief health officer, Paul Kelly. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

National Cabinet to explore alternate quarantine arrangements

COVID-19 testing continues across Victoria, with the state reporting one new case in the past day.

Victoria's COVID-19 crisis by the numbers

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Troy McCosker has been found guilty of murder over the burning death of a man near Newcastle.

Man guilty over NSW petrol fire death

29m ago

LNP leader Deb Frecklington says she's offended by claims of racism over her planned youth curfew.

LNP leader denies youth curfew is 'racist'

Marty Silk
35m ago

Much of NSW can expect rain over the weekend.

Flash floods, wild winds for NSW weekend

Greta Stonehouse
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Peter Dutton says Facebook is putting children at risk by refusing to tackle child exploitation.

Facebook putting children at risk: Dutton

Aaron Bunch
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A happy Jason Collett brings Its Me back to scale after winning The Kosciuszko (with handler Rowena Dillon) at Randwick last Saturday. Photo Virginia Harvey

Kosciuszko: It's the one and only Me

Virginia Harvey

Some of Gulgong's Centennial Hotel punters who made their way to Randwick to see their pick Fender run in the Kosciuszko.

Gulgong punters go oh so close in Kosi punt

John Ellicott

The Eastern Young Cattle climbed to a record 801 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Karen Bailey

Cattle market hits record prices, again

Karen Bailey

ROBUST: Taking a love of coffee to the next level. Picture: Shutterstock.

Bean thinking about growing coffee in your garden?

John Gabriele

GETTING READY: Your GP is a great source of help for prenatal planning when the time comes. Picture: Shutterstock.

Planning for a baby after 35

Dr Sean Holland

LITTLE GEM: An architectural jewellery box in the form of an updated Sydney cottage that unfolds from a modest heritage facade to a generously spaced home. Pictures: Katherine Lu.

A jewellery box of architectural design