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Learning: Kempsey's Indigenous rugby talent received coaching from a Higher Performance team from Rugby Australia. Photo: Callum McGregor

Rugby Australia's scouts test Kempsey's Indigenous talent

Callum McGregor

Representative honours: Ella Saul and Marney Duval were selected into the Mid North Coast Kanga Cup side to compete at Canberra in July. Photo: Supplied

Gladstone's football hub pays dividends in first year as locals picked in Kanga Cup squad

Callum McGregor

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Newcomer to local golf earns victory

Greg Mayhew

Learning: Kempsey's Indigenous rugby talent received coaching from a Higher Performance team from Rugby Australia. Photo: Callum McGregor

Rugby Australia's scouts test Kempsey's Indigenous talent

Group Three Rugby League week six results and pointscores

Group Three Rugby League week six results and pointscores

Soft touch: Kyle McCafferty controls the ball for Saints against the Tigers on Saturday: Photo: Tracy Baker

Saints forced to settle for draw

Callum McGregor

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Give Me Five for Kids fundraiser donating to Kempsey District Hospital

Give Me Five for Kids fundraiser donating to Kempsey District Hospital

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Alison Mavin, Helen packwood and Kay Irvine. Photo: Ruby Pascoe

Kempsey Cancerians to reach milestone with Million Dollar Night

Ruby Pascoe

Give Me Five for Kids fundraiser donating to Kempsey District Hospital

Give Me Five for Kids fundraiser donating to Kempsey District Hospital

Greg Gill from the Kemspey SES unit is encouraging locals to get involved in WOW Day

Say thank you to local SES volunteers and wear orange for WOW Day

Ruby Pascoe

Songs and stories to enchant at School of Arts

Songs and stories to enchant at School of Arts

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Competition: Hundreds of students will compete throughout the week with led and unled sections showcasing the best beef cattle around.

Rounding up for Beef Week 2019

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Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

Opportunities: Whether you are interested in the environment, history or animals there's a volunteer position for you.

Give a little time, help a lot

Maeve McKenna

Trinity was found badly injured on the road. Photo: Supplied

Kempsey community rallies to save lost dog

Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

Eye in the sky: The backbone of RAAF maritime surveilence in 1965 was the Lockheed Neptune aircraft. Photo supplied by Mick Birtles, DSC.

Valley veterans fight on

Mick Birtles DSC

Koalas generally like to live in tall open eucalyptus forests, rather than residential areas. Photo: Supplied

South West Rocks resident receives a very unusual visitor | Photos

Stephen Katte

1st place Kempsey Bridge by Cheridyn Bennett

Winners of the 'I Love the Macleay Valley Coast' photography competition | Photos

Kaitlan Squires and Akhiri Parsons

Locals flocked to the Kempsey Show | Photos

AJ Hogarth and Flynn and Jacqui Williams

Easter miracles at South West Rocks | video, photos

Cars shine at annual Hat Head Rally | Photos

Cars shine at annual Hat Head Rally | Photos

Clybucca Flats by Wendy Edwards

'I love the Macleay Valley Coast' photography entries | Photos

Ruby Pascoe

Best shot: Rob Oakeshott and his supporters reflect on their Cowper election defeat. Photo: Tracey Fairhurst.

Oakeshott urges voter reflection over "fear, smear and beer" campaign

Tracey Fairhurst

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

Hastings Public School's P and C is raising money to build a COLA over the school's netball courts. They need $140,000 - maybe the newly elected Cowper MP could give them a federal helping hand?

On the hustings: Cowper election in photos

Tracey Fairhurst

Picture: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

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The polls were wrong, and it's a good thing

Father Brendan Lee

'Miracle': Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the party faithful at the Coalition campaign launch. Picture: AAP/Mick Tsikas.

One man's 'miracle' can also be a warning

Joanne McCarthy

Change makes kilogram worth the weight

OPINION
Change makes kilogram worth the weight

Dr Mary McMillan

FOCUSED: Debra Byrne juggles her successful musical theatre and recording career with her role as full-time carer to her two grandsons. She is set to star in Sweeney Todd in Sydney and Melbourne.

Why kids are Debra Byrne's 'top priority'

Geraldine Cardozo

TOO COCKY BY HALF: People tend to be overconfident of their financial knowledge and skills, according to the report.

Lack of financial knowledge soaring

Older participants needed for new immune boosting drug trial

Older participants needed for new immune boosting drug trial

Eileen Wood

A second envelope with unidentified powder was sent to Green senator Sarah Hanson-Young in Adelaide.

Alarming envelopes sent to Hanson-Young

A coroner has found police couldn't be criticised for their actions during a fatal car pursuit.

Fatal crash 62 seconds after pursuit began

Relief for lower income earners may not be available by tax time, but it may happen retrospectively.

New tax cuts priority but timing unclear

An anaesthetist who examined a patient's rectum without consent says he did so reluctantly.

No consent for rectal exam by anaesthetist

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is facing demands for more regional MPs in her cabinet.

Qld cabinet needs regional shake up: MPs

Sonia Kohlbacher

Two men and a woman are being hunted by police after a violent crash on a NSW highway.

Murder warrants after fatal NSW crash

Perry Duffin

Trevor Tolputt died at Lake St Clair in Tasmania while walking the Overland Track alone.

Dead Tas bushwalker made 'poor decisions'

Ethan James

Vic police legal team denies withholding material from the Royal Commission into use of informers.

Cops deny withholding info from commission

Amber Wilson

Paul Alchin, Christie and Hood, Dubbo knocks down the pen of crossbred lambs sold on behalf of the Shanks family, Shanks Farms, Dubbo. The tops of the Shanks family lambs made $270/hd for a run of 223 lambs and the second cut made $253.60/hd for a run of 93 lambs.

Lamb price keep climbing

Mark Griggs

Researchers have found mice are not fans of lentils, meaning mice bait will be more effective in cereal crops, like wheat and barley.

What mice want on the menu

Olivia Calver

Jason Hartin of Hartin Schute Bell, selling at a Narromine store sale.

Total selloff to $141 for Merinos

Mark Griggs

GOTTA DO IT?: Australian travellers surveyed by Hotels.com were more willing to pay out big ($1000 per night) to stay in five-star luxury in Anaheim, California in 2018.

Getting more bang for your five-star buck

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

John Rozentals

Looking for a bucket list item? Try paddling the Murray

Looking for a bucket list item? Try paddling the Murray

Juanita Greville

Dogs love their walks, and provided they are physically able to, should have at least one good walk a day.

How to make walkies wonderful for both of you

RSPCA

You might notice your pets getting extra cuddly as the cool weather sets in.

Caring for your pet in cold weather

RSPCA

Parents usually face the decision over religious, family or cultural tradition reasons. There is a significant emotive element - people feel strongly in favour or against.

Reasons you might consider circumcision

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