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AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan warned that flexibility would be required to get through season 2020. Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

OPINIONCOVID-19 makes the impossible possible in season 2020

Rohan Connolly

Magpie Josh Daicos controls the ball during the round 10 AFL clash between Collingwood and the Sydney Swans. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

OPINIONCollingwood's son of a gun is kicking goals this season

Howard Kotton

Col Jeffs with Stuart Nelson of Lynwood, the 2020 Cowra Open A Grade Champion. Photo: Robin Dale

No rain on Nelson's parade following 2020 Cowra Open win

Kelsey Sutor

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan warned that flexibility would be required to get through season 2020. Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

OPINIONCOVID-19 makes the impossible possible in season 2020

The Blues are looking forward to their rematch against Orange this coming weekend.

Score doesn't reflect contest quality

Matthew Chown

Cowra's Caley Mok was again on the scoring sheet.

Tight contest brings Blues men to mid point of season

Matthew Chown

Head to the Kimberley for the Ord Valley Muster. Picture: Sarah Duguid Photography

Kimberley's northern muster to celebrate 20th anniversary

Explore Travel

Sunset over Glasshouse Restaurant. Picture: Destination NSW

Take me home, country roads... to Tamworth's epic food scene

Explore Travel

CLOSED: The NSW border with Victoria remains shut down to all be permit holders. Picture: Border Mail

Latest travel restrictions: what you need to know

Explore Travel

Veterans, sub-Branch and community members at last year's Vietnam Veterans' Day commemoration service. File photo.

Cowra RSL sub-Branch to commemorate Vietnam Veterans' Day

Kelsey Sutor

Cowra Civic Centre artist in residence, renowned Australia composer Nicholas Gentile.

Cowra Civic Centre to host artist in residence

Jon Goulder 2017. Photo: Angus Lee Forbes

The art of making on display at gallery

Veterans, sub-Branch and community members at last year's Vietnam Veterans' Day commemoration service. File photo.

Cowra RSL sub-Branch to commemorate Vietnam Veterans' Day

The Barry Molloy-trained Caszar will start in the Forbes Cup on Monday.

Locals hold strong hand in Monday's Forbes Cup

Col Hodges

The St John's Spring Fete won't be held this September but may be held early next year if the pandemic goes away. File photo.

Spring Fete cancelled

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

Photo: Rick Stevens.

The Great Central West

Andrew Lotherington

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

The path back to a new normal

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

New middle school boarding for boys and girls -space close to home in Bathurst

New middle school boarding for boys and girls -space close to home in Bathurst

OPTIMISM: Median prices for both houses and units in Alice Springs have shown an uplift in the recently completed quarter, giving cause for some level of optimism in the local market. Photo - Shutterstock.

Regions showing resilience

Ruth Lewis

Housing figures on a COVID rollercoaster

Housing figures on a COVID rollercoaster

Ruth Lewis

OVER THE RIVER: Investors are looking further afield for locations where there is good
rental demand and potential for capital gains. Photo - Shutterstock.

A rise in remote investing as regions gain appeal

Ruth Lewis

Jon Goulder 2017. Photo: Angus Lee Forbes

The art of making on display at gallery

Chairman Ian Brown and committee member Margaret Britton ring the bell.

Peace Bell Chapter marks 75 years of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Remember, there's no one quite like you ...

Gary Bentley

Jon Goulder 2017. Photo: Angus Lee Forbes

The art of making on display at gallery

WATCH OUT: If the scam is sent by email, it is likely to include an attachment or link to a fake website where you will be asked to download proof of the 'bill', 'fine' or 'delivery details'. Opening the attachment or downloading the file could infect your computer with malware.

Scamwatch: Has someone asking for money threatened you with arrest?

The St John's Spring Fete won't be held this September but may be held early next year if the pandemic goes away. File photo.

Spring Fete cancelled

Get in that car and rive. Photo: file

DIGESTForget jail, go straight to the ACT

"I want to see a greater uptake in all those categories. If we don't, we will consider further measures in which we can increase that uptake."

NSW Premier foreshadows stricter measures, as state records 18 new cases

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: Getty Images

ANALYSISExplainer: How did this border chaos kick off?

Ross and Helen Muir are ACT residents and are stuck in Wodonga at the Wellington Motel. Picture: Mark Jesser/The Border Mail

Calls for federal intervention on NSW-Victoria border crisis

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Federal minister intervened at Newmarch House amid COVID-19 chaos

Sally Whyte

SAFETY FIRST: There are adequate supplies of PPE for staff in the Western NSW Local Health District, authorities say. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

We're OK for PPE, says regional health service

Nadine Morton

Picture: Shutterstock

Attendance records examined as Batemans Bay students test positive to coronavirus

Kathryn Lewis

The fine print - and the big bold message it sends - was discussed by an anaesthetics registrar on Twitter today. Photo: Katarina Arandjelovic

DIGEST'That Statistic' explained by a frontline worker

Janine Graham

New Guinea, July 1945: Troops of the New Guinea Infantry Battalion wade through a stream on their way to attack a Japanese position.

A Digger's harrowing one in a million story from the New Guinea front 75 years ago

NEW LIFE: Bathurst's Chezzi and Grant Denyer have announced that they're expecting a baby. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

SUBSCRIBERWatch as Grant and Chezzi Denyer announce their baby news

Col Jeffs with Stuart Nelson of Lynwood, the 2020 Cowra Open A Grade Champion. Photo: Robin Dale

No rain on Nelson's parade following 2020 Cowra Open win

Darcy Howard attempts to evade Zach Pollard in the Cowra Magpies match against the Canowindra Tigers in Forbes on Sunday.

Match "a bit like a home town derby" for Magpies

Doing the right thing. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERWhat is the best and latest advice on masks?

Steve Evans

ROAD TRIP: Melbourne band Private Function drive down High Street Wodonga in their film clip for the song titled 'Albury Wodonga'. Picture: SCREENSHOT

Band releases 'rock 'n' roll love letter' to Albury-Wodonga

Vivienne Jones

Success: Critical care paramedic Matt Gane had a dramatic water rescue on his first day working with the Wollongong ambulance helicopter crew. Picture: Anna Warr

How a helicopter paramedic rescued a fisherman on his first day on the job

Ashleigh Tullis

Paul Hancock lays a wreath in honour of his grandfather Thomas Hancock, the fifth Australian killed during the Cowra Breakout.

PHOTOSScaled down ceremonies mark Cowra Breakout anniversary

Kelsey Sutor

IMPACT: Relative to other countries, Australia has avoided a catastrophic health situation to date. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

OPINIONThe end of the beginning - paradox of a pandemic | OPINION

Professor John Fischetti

There is danger lurking in the NT - even underfoot.

REAL AUSTRALIAEven the mud's dangerous in the NT

Chris McLennan

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: Getty Images

ANALYSISExplainer: How did this border chaos kick off?

Steve Evans

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

An SA judge has urged the media to get the message out that drug dealers will likely be jailed.

Judge urges media to warn drug dealers

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The NDIS Commission has banned the disability agency which was caring for Ann-Marie Smith.

Care agency banned after SA woman's death

2hrs ago

Braidwood FM's Bill McGinnis, Rod McClure, Gordon Waters and Gavin Pillage. The community radio station was a vital source of information during the Black Summer bushfires. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Broadcasters hit out at radio silence during fire crisis

A royal commission is examining coronavirus response and preparedness in aged care.

Aged home residents 'second class people'

Victoria recorded 410 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, Australia's deadliest day of the pandemic.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

Callum Godde

A court has ruled a man can't be kept in a Melbourne detention centre because of coronavirus risk.

COVID-19 stoush keeps detainee in limbo

Georgie Moore

Michael Gunner has been criticised by the tourism sector over comments about NT border controls.

Call for clarity over NT border controls

Aaron Bunch

The Armidale 'supercow' from Arthur and Joan Gates. Photo: Joan Gates

The supercow that just keeps coming up with the goods

Lucy Kinbacher

Jason Singe, Yeramba Pastoral Company has been told he would have to return home to Henty via Sydney Airport if he drove over the NSW/Victorian border to check on his cows at Tallangatta, Vic. Pictured at the Wodonga saleyards in June.

Tighter Victorian border restrictions frustrate

Olivia Calver
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Luke Mashford with children, George, 10, Jess, 12 and Nicola, 8 after their flood country finally got a drink earlier this year. Photo: Supplied

Outback Dohne graziers catch a break

Olivia Calver

Breeders banned from bull sales outside the "border bubble" are frustrated that purchasing of sires is not being recognised as an essential service, and have little chance of a special permit being granted. File photo from 2019.

What Qld border closure means for agriculture

Lucy Kinbacher and Jamie Brown

Keep checking the simple things regularly, especially on vehicles that get used less often.

You should still check things even if it's mostly parked up

Sam Hollier

Warm your home (and your heart) with a spot of timber

Warm your home (and your heart) with a spot of timber

Happy, healthy and so cute despite the unexpected way she arrived. Picture: Supplied

OPINIONThrow out the birth plan and go with the flow

Christy Kidner