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The testing clinic at Wollongong Hospital.

Where you can get tested for COVID-19 in the Illawarra and surrounds

Member for Lyon, David Gillespie.

FREEEnjoy a staycation over Easter

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Superintendent Shane Cribb, MidCoast Council general manager, Adrian Panuccio and Myall Lakes MP Stephen Bromhead address the press. Photo: Julia Driscoll

FREENot a local? Pack up and go home now

VISITORS RESTRICTED: Junee Multipurpose Services centre will be among the MLHD's restricted premised under tough new measures to control the COVID-19 spread.

Aged care, hospitals to tighten visitor restrictions in NSW Riverina

Fun family time can also produce educational discoveries.

Make it fun, the learning will follow

Joanne Crawford

Spend Easter at home these holidays

FREESpend Easter at home these holidays

Individuals in the 20-39 year age bracket account for approximately 29 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England Local Health District.

FREECOVID-19 trends in region in line with rest of Australia

Nicholas Brooks

Downing Street spokesman say UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in a stable condition.

UK PM Boris Johnson stable, still in intensive care

Paul Sandle

US President Donald Trump has held a phone hook up with leaders of the country's pro sports leagues.

Trump in talks with US pro sports leaders

Tim Reynolds

As many as 13 of Germany's top soccer clubs are facing financial meltdown as coronavirus stops play.

Top German soccer clubs face bankruptcy

Nash Wilkes at the NSW Country Swimming Championships in February.

Coronavirus setback could work in Nash's favour

Nicholas Brooks

US President Donald Trump has held a phone hook up with leaders of the country's pro sports leagues.

Trump in talks with US pro sports leaders

Blackhead Tennis Club is set for an upgrade.

SUBSCRIBERBlackhead Tennis Club receives grant for court upgrades

Patty Mills visited the south coast earlier this year to visit fire-affected regions. Picture: Luke Currie-Richardson

'I felt helpless': Patty Mills on bushfires, Olympics and coronavirus isolation

Chris Dutton

Inhabitants of the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane are keeping viewers entertained. Pictures: Supplied

A whole world at your fingertips

Michael Turtle

The sprawling Q-Station occupies a prominent position on Sydney's North Head. Pictures: Supplied

Q-Station reinvents itself for total self-isolation

Tim the Yowie Man

The target: Youngsters of Kenyas Masai Mara.

Lessons in luxury and responsible tourism

John Rozentals

Get the digital version of Today's Paper

Get the digital version of Today's PaperRead Now

Extraordinary council meeting today

Extraordinary council meeting today

Event adapts due to restrictions: Lisa Richards and Stroodle at last year's Million Paws Walk at Taree. Photo: Scott Calvin.

WHAT'S ONMillions Paws Walk adapts format and will still walk this May

What's on this weekend

FREEWhat's on this weekend

Extraordinary council meeting today

Extraordinary council meeting today

Original yardsman, Mark Davey, Gooch Agencies principal, James Gooch, auctioneer, Billy Dwyer, scribe, Carol Dwyer, yardsman, Cricket Godbolt and Wallamba show committee member, Dave Reeves.

GOOD NEWSTwenty five years and still going strong

Jeanene Duncan

Local cinemas ordered to close

FREELocal cinemas ordered to close

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Put Barrington Towns on your bucket list

Special Publication

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, NT.

Connectivity central to helping NT tourism

Kym Morgan

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Put Barrington Towns on your bucket list

PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

Gemma Purves

One of the couples that feature in the Love is Not Enough video.

Love is not enough for end-of-life decisions

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

The best alfresco dining spot in town

The best alfresco dining spot in town

Showcase property

OPTIONS: Contact your real estate agent or landlord to discuss your options if you are struggling to pay your rent. Photo: Shutterstock.

Industry to put tenants first: REIA president

Fun family time can also produce educational discoveries.

Make it fun, the learning will follow

Joanne Crawford

Don't despair: we have some ideas to beat the self-isolation boredom.

Surviving self-isolation: help is at hand

Joanne Crawford

Hard to resist: That face would melt any heart and once you meet Sansah you will love her personality too. Photo: Animal Welfare League Great Lakes Manning.

Sweet Sansah is cute kitten

AWL Great Lakes Manning

Fun family time can also produce educational discoveries.

Make it fun, the learning will follow

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

Gary Bentley

Keep children safe from scams during COVID-19

Keep children safe from scams during COVID-19

RAISED: The first container lifted out from the sea. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERFirst shipping containers lost from YM Efficiency pulled from seafloor

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Shaz Judzaitis and Kerry Howard

PHOTOSLoads of trash and treasure at Black Head Bazaar

WORKHORSE: The Pride, described as the "most complex commercial vessel ever made in North America", arriving on Friday. Picture: Simone De Peak

Cargo recovery work to begin this weekend after arrival of specialist ship

Introverts rise: this is your time to shine

Introverts rise: this is your time to shine

Kala Rava Community Choir - recorded on their phones in isolation and then brought together in rehearsal. Music by Gregory Norbet/ Sufi Chant. Arranged Anders Nyberg. Permission granted by both composer and arranger.

Beautiful sounds of isolation as community choir unite online in song

Tracey Fairhurst

Darth Vader finds your lack of social distancing disturbing.

Need a laugh? We've got you Covid

James Joyce

No toilet paper? No worries.

Out of toilet paper? How about this unique form of home-delivery

Tucker time: Invariably the highlight of many a day in zoos across the world. Photo: Shutterstock

WATCHThe zoos that are live streaming to keep your kids educated

Janine Graham

Wait. Move aside and let Danger speak

OPINIONWait. Move aside and let Danger speak

Janine Graham

BELIEF: As their lives soon proved, the disciples of Jesus had little to gain from preaching a false resurrection.

OPINIONThe truth about Easter: getting to the heart of the matter

Father Brendan Lee

The flooded saltpans of the Gulf of Carpentaria coast near Burketown.

REAL AUSTRALIAAlice through the looking glass

Derek Barry

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

A scaled back parliament is meeting to approve legislation for $130 billion in wage subsidies.

Parliament meets to pass $130b wage scheme

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Elderly Australians will soon receive welfare checks by phone to avoid the risk of coronavirus.

Phone welfare checks for older Australians

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Federal parliament is sitting with a scaled-down number of members and senators.

Wage subsidy plan for millions of workers

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Gary Jubelin was found guilty of unlawful conduct while leading the William Tyrrell investigation.

Tyrrell family backs Jubelin at sentencing

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The High Court has unanimously overturned a jury verdict three times in in six months.

Cardinal's acquittal third in six months

Karen Sweeney
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WA residents have been warned beaches will close unless people maintain coronavirus distancing.

Virus rules warning for WA beaches

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Milos Radovic claimed a muscle spasm when tasered was to blame for slashing the officer's head.

More jail time for WA police sword attack

Angie Raphael
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Patients unhappy using new technologies such as video conferencing are being urged to use the phone.

Patients urged to phone GPs during crisis

Daniel McCulloch
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590 on the spot fines have been issued in relation to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

What people are being fined for during COVID-19

Gayle Tomlinson
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Brett Harrison, Good Hope, sold 565kg Angus-cross heifers for 369.2c/kg ($2085.95 a head) at South Eastern Livestock Exchange, Yass, last Thursday. Photo: SELX

Restocker cash splash

KAREN BAILEY

How high will the bar be set when it comes to entry level, and how rigorous the accreditation will be to claim status as a biodiversity steward will require careful balance.

What will new land package look like?

Jamie Brown

Five DIY jobs you can actually start and finish this Easter

Five DIY jobs you can actually start and finish this Easter

What to consider when you're building a home for the future

What to consider when you're building a home for the future

EXPERIENCE: Webcams can bring you up close and personal with animals.

Venture into the world of the wildlife voyeur with webcams

Lyndell Whyte