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Kempsey Cannonballs withdrew from the 2020 competition in early June. Photo: File

The show's over: Upper Mid North Coast Rugby Union 2020 competition cancelled

Macleay Valley Mustangs supporters swarm the field after last years win. Photo: File

Get em' onside: Crowd limits placed on sporting clubs

Lachlan Harper

Mid North Coast Rugby Union will be without a Development Officer for the foreseeable future. Photo: File

"Sad day for Rugby Union": Development Officers gone as NSW Rugby cuts costs

Lachlan Harper

Kempsey Cannonballs withdrew from the 2020 competition in early June. Photo: File

The show's over: Upper Mid North Coast Rugby Union 2020 competition cancelled

Photo: File

Hilary is due for another win

Greg Mayhew

Rangers and Saints players fight for possession. Photo: File

CPL begins: Rangers and Saints keen to kick off

Lachlan Harper

No exucses: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is ready and waiting.

Northern Territory escape turns dreaming into reality

John Rozentals

The strip between the Gold Coast Highway and the Esplanade is the heart of Surfers Paradise. Picture: Supplied

Queensland's golden strip has glitz and glamour

Lydia Roberts

ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

People coming from virus hotspots forced into quarantine in ACT

Daniella White

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Sculpture in the Gaol presses ahead for exhibition

Sculpture in the Gaol presses ahead for exhibition

CWA of NSW president Stephanie Stanhope

CWA to weigh in on safety of firefighting vehicles

Christian Knight

A whale gives onlookers a wave off Port Macquarie. Photo: JODIE LOWE

WATCHHat Head, Trial Bay, Nambucca prime spots to witness giants of the sea

Tracey Fairhurst

Sculpture in the Gaol presses ahead for exhibition

Sculpture in the Gaol presses ahead for exhibition

Nessie Brown Henry holding a wedding photo of her parents and helping identify the bridal party. The Kempsey Museum desperately needs "the memory" of the older members of the Macleay Valley community to "put names to the faces". Photo supplied.

Kempsey museum photo project may help elderly during isolation

Phil Lee, Kempsey Museum

BOOKS ON WHEELS: Kempsey Shire Library staff members Ruth and Khatia setting off to deliver books.

Library upgrades for lockdown life

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

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Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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Ruth Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Mid Coast Communities

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Find the good life at Gladstone

Find the good life at Gladstone

House of the Week

Beautifully crafted home wins architecture award

Beautifully crafted home wins architecture award

Ruth Lewis

Picture perfect and move in ready

Picture perfect and move in ready

House of the Week

Back in business in the Macleay

Back in business in the Macleay

Elizabeth Armer and Leah Hudson. Photo: Lachlan Harper

GOOD NEWSSalad gold: Connecting farmers to the community

Lachlan Harper

GAMBLE: Often the information used in computer prediction software programs can be obtained from the betting pages of your local newspaper at very little cost.

Scamwatch: Fancy a punt? Don't fall for a betting or sports investment scam

Back in business in the Macleay

Back in business in the Macleay

Government funding has been allocated to establish a Country Universities Centre in the heart of Kempsey

From the mayor's desk: Getting a higher education at home

Mayor Liz Campbell

Councils health inspectors are seeking to help food retailers prepare a COVID-19 Safety Plan

Health inspectors help food retailers

Laverty Pathology's Ann Deniz testing for coronavirus in Canberra. As of Sunday, almost a million tests for the virus had taken place in Victoria. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERTesting times: How coronavirus is unfolding in Victoria and what it means for you

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is locking down more areas after "unacceptably high numbers" on Saturday. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTVictoria takes drastic action after triple-figure rise

SEEK Business reported an increase in enquiries to purchase a business during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Business sale inquiries rise despite lockdown uncertainty

Five things you need to know now

DIGESTFive things you need to know now

Lines outside of Centrelink in Braddon. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'A long shadow ahead': The people who could feel virus fallout for a decade

Kathryn Lewis

Economist Saul Eslake. Picture: Brodie Weeding

Pain on the way post-September, economists warn

Kirsten Lawson

Paris Hilton, diamanté masks and Groundhog Day

DIGESTParis Hilton, diamanté masks and Groundhog Day

Janine Graham

Australians are being advised to think twice before taking their superannuation out early. Picture: Shutterstock

Almost half a million Australians have emptied their super accounts

Sally Whyte

State minister Kevin Anderson, Taree Greyhound Club president Des McGeachie (front) with NSW Greyhound Breeders and Owners Association chief executive Steve Noyce, Taree Greyhound Club vice president Sharon Grey, Greyhounds NSW board member Kevin Gordon and Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead at the announcement conducted at Taree Greyhound Club's Kanangra Drive complex.

New code of practice announced for NSW greyhound industry

Fred Dickson.

PHOTOSDickon and Slater have a field day | Photos

Junior representative Macleay netballers abiding by COVID-19 training guidelines. Photo: Lachlan Harper

PHOTOSMacleay netballers dodge contact to start training | Photos

Mountford fuels his need for speed | Photos

PHOTOSMountford fuels his need for speed | Photos

Jarrett Commane.

PHOTOSBorger and Commane in a field of dreams at Frederickton Golf Club | Photos

Lachlan Harper

Latarni Kennedy leaps high.

PHOTOSEagles fly high in return to training as season dates announced | Photos

Lachlan Harper

Anytime Fitness Manager, Simone James.

The Macleay gets active as gyms re-open | Photos

Lachlan Harper

Livermore swings away happy at Kempsey Golf Club | Photos

Livermore swings away happy at Kempsey Golf Club | Photos

Lachlan Harper

The tricky talks parents have to have

The tricky talks parents have to have

Jessie Mitchell

BOOKISH GUY: 95 per cent of stock photos of 'man reading book' show a guy with a beard. I'm not sure what this means but I think it somehow feeds into what I'm saying.

OPINIONActually, you can judge a lot of books by their covers, but people aren't novels

Michelle Haines Thomas

Is it the job of government to shield its people from economic reality? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe dos and don'ts of managing an economic recovery

Simon Cowan

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

GOOD HEALTH: Dr Michael Mosley has written a new book about coronavirus that includes an entire section dedicated to boosting the immune system.

Michael Mosley: How to boost the immune system

Samara Ross

STEP TO IT: As restrictions ease, more walking groups are opening up again. (Photo taken before social distancing restrictions).

Walk this way: It's time to put your best feet forward

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann with his wife Hayley and daughters Charlotte and Isabelle.

'I've left nothing on the field': Cormann

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Lockdowns have been imposed on public housing towers in Melbourne to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Victoria gets national backing on lockdown

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NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner is backing tough measures when the territory border reopens.

Tough border controls when NT reopens

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Hundreds of police officers are implementing a lockdown of public housing towers in Melbourne.

Victoria records 74 new coronavirus cases

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CLAN's Leonie Sheedy says there are unnecessary delays in the redress process for abuse survivors.

Abuse survivors want redress scheme fixed

Megan Neil
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Labor candidate Kristy McBain has claimed win in Eden-Monaro after Saturday's by-election.

Eden-Monaro a 'fantastic victory':Albanese

Colin Brinsden
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Queensland is sending nurses to help Victoria out with its spike in coronavirus cases.

Qld nurses to help Victoria's COVID crisis

Darren Cartwright
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The family of a teen who had his legs swept from under him by police still want answers.

Family await answers after teen's arrest

Ashlea Witoslawski
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Vote for your favorite in Sire Shootout

Vote for your favorite in Sire Shootout

Lucy Kinbacher
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Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole, looks across the new Silver City Highway sealing from the property of graziers are Jim O'Connor senior and his son, also Jim. Photos and story supplied.

No bulldust - Silver City Highway's final stretch to be sealed

Andrew Norris
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Frank Currenti, Hidden Valley Farm, Goulburn with kelpie pup Banjo. Banjo manged to find his first truffle at just 10 weeks old.

Aussie truffles on their way to the top

Olivia Calver

THE ENTERTAINER: Cooinda House has been designed with plenty of space for when the entire family comes together. Photos: Matthew Gianoulis.

Fit for a king, queen or the entire palace

There's plenty to keep you busy in the garden over winter

There's plenty to keep you busy in the garden over winter

John Gabriele

copy Why replacing stamp duty with a land tax is a bad idea

copy Why replacing stamp duty with a land tax is a bad idea