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Nambucca UHA committee members Patty Barns, Maureen Novis, Michelle OKeefe and Judi Belbin with Nurse Unit Manager Kathryn Black, Senior Medical Officer, Dr Karly Field, Deputy Director of Nursing Donna Kennedy and Emergency Nurse Unit Manager Jane Higgins

Macksville District Hospital receives game changing equipment from community group

As the pandemic continues to rage on, the NSW Teachers Federation has demanded that more preparation needs to be done.

Questions raised on COVID safe plans of local schools

Culture In The Park to celebrate Dunghutti knowledge

Culture In The Park to celebrate Dunghutti knowledge

From top left, Jo Kelly, Taylah Moffit, Anika Vidler, Bob Donato, Moira Hodgekiss, Reuben Jones, Gary Munday and Lisa Domeny. Photos: Supplied

Meet your 2022 Australia Day Award nominees

Red Hot Summer Tour - February 5 at Westport Park, Port Macquarie. The show features an all-star line-up of Jimmy Barnes, Hoodoo Gurus, Jon Stevens, Diesel, Vika & Linda and Chris Cheney.

WHAT'S ONWhat's On: Your events guide for the Mid North Coast

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Green turtles revived on Raine Island, QLD (left), a skater miraculously walks away unscathed (top right) and good doggos on parade in Warrnambool, VIC (bottom right).

WATCHBest videos of the week: Dog shows, beached turtles, unscathed skaters

At 87, Maggie Blinco has landed her first starring role on the big screen

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Latest snapshot of coronavirus impact

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SUBSCRIBERI miss Mum: the pain of aged care isolation

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SA's west braces for severe thunderstorms

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Macksville District Hospital receives game changing equipment from community group

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What makes our four-legged friends so special

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A third dose of an mRNA vaccine such as Pfizer's gives 90 pct protection against hospitalisation.

Pfizer CEO wants annual vax, not boosters

INSPIRING: Actor Maggie Blinco talks about her leading role in a new Australian film.

At 87, Maggie Blinco has landed her first starring role on the big screen

Australia reported almost 49,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

Latest snapshot of coronavirus impact

Running out of time: Anne Gleeson's mother Connie Jennings, 96, is a resident at Maroba at Waratah. The village went into lockdown this week after a COVID outbreak. Picture: Marina Neil

SUBSCRIBERI miss Mum: the pain of aged care isolation

The tail end of Tropical Cyclone Tiffany could cause severe storms and flash flooding in SA.

SA's west braces for severe thunderstorms

Marty Silk

BEST FRIENDS: RSPCA chief executive Jan Davis with her pet pooch Loki. Picture: Phillip Biggs

What makes our four-legged friends so special

Andrew Chounding

The NSW and Victorian governments outlined similar COVID-19 plans for the start of the school year.

School COVID plans revealed, 58 deaths

Colin Brinsden

KEY-PING ON: Former child piano prodigy Ruth Slenczynska has signed a new record deal at the age of 97.

The living legend signing record deals at 97

Therese Murray

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INSET: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Free rapid tests twice weekly for students as Victoria prepares for school to return

INSERT: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.

WATCHMasks, twice-weekly rapid antigen tests as NSW schools set to return

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Thirty-four lives lost as NSW records 20,324 new COVID cases

Photo: File.

WATCHNSW records 20,148 new COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths

Photo: File

NSW passes grim milestone as 46 COVID-19 deaths are recorded

Kim Chappell

Health Minister Greg Hunt says companies who claim home test supplies are being redirected to the national stockpile are lying. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'They are lying': Greg Hunt to report retailers to ACCC over RAT claims

Dan Jervis-Bardy

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Novavax for use in Australia. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Novavax approval sparks hope vaccination rate can hit 98%

Dan Jervis-Bardy

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NSW records 25 COVID deaths as TGA approves new oral treatment

Kim Chappell

Bryce Latham. Photo: Sergey Konstantinov

GOOD NEWSHard work continues for Bryce Latham after acceptance into Australian Ballet

Lachlan Harper

The drone over the pitch that forced the 20-minute suspension of the Brentford-Wolves EPL match.

'Drone Stops Play' in Premier League match

Comoros, who've written the best stories at the African Cup of Nations, have been hit by COVID-19.

COVID-hit Comoros have no goalie at AfCoN

Bryce Latham. Photo: Sergey Konstantinov

GOOD NEWSHard work continues for Bryce Latham after acceptance into Australian Ballet

Hilton Barnett. Photo: File

Good mates Peter Thompson and Hilton Barnett return to golfing form

Greg Mayhew

Andrew Kirkman. Photo: File

Kirkman and Barnett a solid pairing with major win

Graeme Dyet

Red Hot Summer Tour - February 5 at Westport Park, Port Macquarie. The show features an all-star line-up of Jimmy Barnes, Hoodoo Gurus, Jon Stevens, Diesel, Vika & Linda and Chris Cheney.

WHAT'S ONWhat's On: Your events guide for the Mid North Coast

Juzzie Smith and Karen Lee Andrews will headline the Frederickton
Festival of Small Halls concert on February 11

Community Life: Tickets on sale now for Frederickton Festival of Small Halls

Community Life

Last year the Shire's Australia Day Awards were announced at Lions Park, Urunga. Photo: File

Dorrigo Lions Club and Bellingen Shire Council unite for Australia Day event at Dangar Falls

Red Hot Summer Tour - February 5 at Westport Park, Port Macquarie. The show features an all-star line-up of Jimmy Barnes, Hoodoo Gurus, Jon Stevens, Diesel, Vika & Linda and Chris Cheney.

WHAT'S ONWhat's On: Your events guide for the Mid North Coast

LAST YEAR: The Unkya Reserve Committee and Nambucca Shire Council hope to build on the success of the 2021 event. Photo: File

Nambucca Valley Australia Day Celebration returning to Unkya Reserve for 2022

Stephen Katte

Double-barred Finches, Bellbrook Photographer Peter van Haeff.

WHAT'S ONMacleay wildlife exhibition showcases our native wonders

Shane Nicholson has gained a strong reputation as an emotive singer-songwriter and talented music producer.

LISTENDifficult reality sparks Nicholson's latest work

Shane Nicholson has gained a strong reputation as an emotive singer-songwriter and talented music producer.

LISTENDifficult reality sparks Nicholson's latest work

Sally-Anne Whitten has performed all over the world but will always call Tamworth home. Photo courtesy Di Stacey

LISTENHome-town girl lives and breathes country

Sally-Anne Whitten has performed all over the world but will always call Tamworth home. Photo courtesy Di Stacey

LISTENHome-town girl lives and breathes country

Jayne Denham wrote her album Wanted here in Australia, when her trip to the US was cancelled due to COVID.

LISTENDenham a Wanted woman in many countries

Jayne Denham wrote her album Wanted here in Australia, when her trip to the US was cancelled due to COVID.

LISTENDenham a Wanted woman in many countries

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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KEEPING IT REAL: Real cossies for real women is exactly what Active Truth deliver so that you can enjoy summer in comfort.

Swimmers for every size and shape

Linda Lambrechts

Interior information: A first time guide to home decor

Interior information: A first time guide to home decor

Understand thy business, understand thyself: A guide to business analytics

Understand thy business, understand thyself: A guide to business analytics

KEEPING IT REAL: Real cossies for real women is exactly what Active Truth deliver so that you can enjoy summer in comfort.

Swimmers for every size and shape

NO PRAM REQUIRED: Your little one will love a daily outing if they are learning how to conquer skateboarding.

World's first kids learner skateboard

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard?

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard?

Linda Lambrechts

Country haven close to the beach

Country haven close to the beach

Country haven close to the beach

Country haven close to the beach

Imagine all the possibilities here

Imagine all the possibilities here

Imagine all the possibilities here

Imagine all the possibilities here

How a couple turned a South Coast home into a luxury retreat

How a couple turned a South Coast home into a luxury retreat

Brendan Crabb

Cronulla's 'spaceship house' sells for record $14M

Cronulla's 'spaceship house' sells for record $14M

Murray Trembath

House prices in Gerringong, in NSW, rose at the fastest rate in the regional Australia and the second-fastest in the country. Picture: Sylvia Liber

2021's best regional property markets revealed, demand 'surge' predicted

Jack Needham

Nambucca UHA committee members Patty Barns, Maureen Novis, Michelle OKeefe and Judi Belbin with Nurse Unit Manager Kathryn Black, Senior Medical Officer, Dr Karly Field, Deputy Director of Nursing Donna Kennedy and Emergency Nurse Unit Manager Jane Higgins

Macksville District Hospital receives game changing equipment from community group

An unexpected bonus of the upgrade has meant local garbage trucks can now access the road and provide the collection service.

Community Life: Point Plomer Road upgrade delivers a bonus

Community Life

Mayor Leo Hauville

Message from the mayor: A new council for a new year

Leo Hauville, Mayor

Nambucca UHA committee members Patty Barns, Maureen Novis, Michelle OKeefe and Judi Belbin with Nurse Unit Manager Kathryn Black, Senior Medical Officer, Dr Karly Field, Deputy Director of Nursing Donna Kennedy and Emergency Nurse Unit Manager Jane Higgins

Macksville District Hospital receives game changing equipment from community group

Double-barred Finches, Bellbrook Photographer Peter van Haeff.

WHAT'S ONMacleay wildlife exhibition showcases our native wonders

AMPHIBIAN OASIS: One of the best things you can do is create a frog pond or a frog hotel where our croaky friends can live and thrive. Picture: Dr Laura Grogan

Hop to it ... Aussie frogs are in trouble and need your help

Josie Humphries, Steve Molan and Dr Laura Grogan, Griffith University

INSET: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Free rapid tests twice weekly for students as Victoria prepares for school to return

INSERT: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.

WATCHMasks, twice-weekly rapid antigen tests as NSW schools set to return

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Green turtles revived on Raine Island, QLD (left), a skater miraculously walks away unscathed (top right) and good doggos on parade in Warrnambool, VIC (bottom right).

WATCHBest videos of the week: Dog shows, beached turtles, unscathed skaters

Photo: File

Thirty-four lives lost as NSW records 20,324 new COVID cases

Bagga's Pharmacy proprietor Manish Bagga said much of the detail of how state and federal governments' plan to roll out plans to deliver free tests to concessional card holders remains unclear, leaving pharmacists without answers amid high demand for rapid tests among customers.

Pharmacists fear being left in the dark over free rapid COVID test roll out

Simon McCarthy

Ornithologist Michael Lenz back with the birds on Lake George. Picture: Keegan Carroll

The birds are back on mystical Lake George

Steve Evans

Bradley Cooper in Nightmare Alley. Picture: 20th Century Studios

REVIEWDelving deep into the dark side

Ron Cerabona

DOUBLE UP: Western NSW Football product Ellie Carpenter scored a double in the Matildas' 18-0 win over Indonesia.

SUBSCRIBERKerr makes history as Carpenter bags a brilliant double for Matildas

Anya Whitelaw

I readily forgive Serbians for finding Novak Djokovic of such god-like importance to them that this religiosity sometimes a little disturbs the balance of the Serbian national mind. Picture: EPA

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWhen our gods play tennis and cricket

Ian Warden

The end of undergraduate studies. Picture: Shutterstock

The odd experience of graduating during a pandemic

Olivia Ireland

Do our dogs love us? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONIs this the one true, great question of our time?

Ian Warden

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? Advocates concerned labour shortages will impact access to home care packages.

Worker shortage as home care list drops

Eileen Wood

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

Frank Finger, Clermont, with his muster dog. Photo: Melissa Spencer (Stock Chick Films)

Working dogs invaluable to Queensland grazier's beef success

Ben Harden

Weemelah grower Sam Hegarty, South Bunarba, in his cotton crop holding Walter, with Sybil and Charlie.

Cotton stands tall despite floods and storms

John Ellicott

Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Women Zone 5 winners Samantha Cormie, Coonabarabran, and Hayley Johns, Maitland, with ASC of NSW president Tim Capp (middle).

History made with first Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Women Zone winners

Billy Jupp

How self-driving cars 'see' where they're going

How self-driving cars 'see' where they're going

Jake Port

PUSSABILITY: Let your imagination go wild and create a feline funhouse. Picture: Shutterstock

No place like home ... Give your cat a fun, fabulous inner life

RSPCA

Hannah Moloney loves the magic of composting. Picture: Good Life Permaculture.

ADVICETurning food waste into garden gold

Hannah Moloney