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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Jessica Willard

Gladys Berejiklian

DIGESTRace to trace positive COVID case in NSW

Joyjit (left) and Jashan Sanghera with the son they last held on February 29, 2020. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreak of Australians trapped in India

Steve Evans

A new study has offered insight into Australians' feeling towards COVID-19 vaccines. Picture: Karleen Minney

Side-effect concerns fuelling vaccine jitters: survey

Sally Whyte

Patrick Bamford scoring against Spurs in Leeds' 3-1 Premier League victory at Elland Road.

Leeds' Bamford sinks Tottenham's ECL hopes

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

Laurie Daley

RULE OF THUMB: The "Round 7 Rule" says that if a team isn't in the top eight at this point of the season, it's more than likely it won't be when the finals start. Melbourne currently holds top spot. Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

AFL's "round seven rule" stands test of time

Rohan Connolly

Patrick Bamford scoring against Spurs in Leeds' 3-1 Premier League victory at Elland Road.

Leeds' Bamford sinks Tottenham's ECL hopes

POOR CALL: Geelong's Jeremy Cameron fell victim to a poor umpiring decision in his team's clash against the Sydney Swans on Saturday. Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

AFL admits umpires got it wrong in close encounter

Howard Kotton

Olympic and Paralympic athletes continue to be an inspiration for other Australians.

Elite athletes continue to inspire: study

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

CAN'T MISS: Grammy-nominated musician Cedric Burnside will perform in Castlemaine on Friday.

WHAT'S ONHuge week of live music

Darren Lowe

WITTY: SuperGirly and her personal man-slave Bradley Cooper will present a wild night of comedy.

WHAT'S ONCaustic take on celebrity

Darren Lowe

The Marion Cranes

WHAT'S ONChillOut Festival guests The Marion Cranes set to wow

Darren Lowe

CAN'T MISS: Grammy-nominated musician Cedric Burnside will perform in Castlemaine on Friday.

WHAT'S ONHuge week of live music

ROCKING: Having recently returned from a tour with no less than Suzi Q, Nat Alison will hit the stage at this year's Cream, part of the 2020 ChillOut Festival.

WHAT'S ONGet ready to rock and roll

Darren Lowe

WINNER: Lloyd Spiegel recently scored three Australia Blues Chain Awards for new album Cut and Run.

WHAT'S ONHuge week of live music

Darren Lowe

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Della Vreeland

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

Emma Brown

See Floriade in all its glory in Canberra on this Travelrite/The Senior escorted tour with Maureen and Paul Lucas. Photo: Paul Lucas

Join a September tour of some of Australia's best gardens in NSW and the ACT

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

TIME TO RELAX: Matthew and Eloise Collins in the lounge area with the fireplace that helped inspire them.

A grand design - on a budget

Chloe Hope

WATCH OUT: Scamwatch is warning that scammers are pretending to be defence personnel in order to con people into parting with their money.

Scamwatch: Scammers now pretending to be defence personnel

BOXED IN: Cats are pedantic about their ablutions and the location and cleanliness of their tray.

Illness or stress? Solving the mystery of your peeing puss

Dr Anne Quain

GIVING BACK: Paul Tuckerman says his work in the community is an integral part of his life. Picture: Adam McLean

'We have a responsibility to act': Thirroul resident reflects on decades of contribution

Natalie Croxon

WATCH OUT: Scamwatch is warning that scammers are pretending to be defence personnel in order to con people into parting with their money.

Scamwatch: Scammers now pretending to be defence personnel

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Photo: Naomi Clarke Photography.

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

HAPPY: Felicity Urquhart and The Waifs' Josh Cunningham have found love and a new musical partnership.

MUSICWaifs star's year to remember for growing love

Robin Wright stars as "Edee" in her feature directorial debut Land. Picture: Daniel Power / Focus Features

Wilderness story is repetitive and opaque

John Magaro in First Cow. Picture: Madman

A slow-paced but superb story

Cris Kennedy

Kate Bosworth and Haley Joel Osment deliver strong performances in The Devil Has a Name. Picture: Studiocanal

REVIEWFine cast in uneven comedy-drama

Cris Kennedy

Anna Kendrick in Stowaway. Picture: Netflix

REVIEWSmart story of survival in space

Jane Freebury

Greater gliders are known as an indicator species, pointing to the health and diversity of the forest. Photo: David Gallan

Greater glider pushed closer to extinction after bushfires, ongoing threat to habitat

Leah Szanto

Time to kill NSW's 'zombie' permits once and for all

OPINIONTime to kill NSW's 'zombie' permits once and for all

Dr Madeline Taylor
2hrs ago

A small-target strategy can only get you so far. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONThe ALP is going to need bold new policy if it wants to win government

Klaas Woldring

Passengers onboard a Sydney train. Most restrictions across Sydney will be extended for another week despite no new local cases of the virus. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONIt shouldn't be this hard to suppress COVID-19

Nicholas Stuart

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo
51m ago

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross
1hr ago

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross
1hr ago

Bert Newton has reportedly had his leg amputated due to a life-threatening infection.

TV legend Bert Newton has leg amputated

51m ago

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly drink-driving when she crashed into a parked car in Sydney.

Syd driver charged with DUI after car roll

58m ago

Ex-Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate has a new job at Toll Global Express.

Holgate takes a new job at deliveries firm

1hr ago

A man is expected to face court charged with multiple offences after allegedly ramming police cars.

Man arrested after two police cars rammed

1hr ago

A 36-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping his former partner and her baby in Sydney.

Man charged with kidnapping ex and child

1hr ago

The federal budget will give older Australians more flexibility to top up their superannuation.

Super changes to benefit older Australians

2hrs ago

Michael Sukkar did not respond to requests for comment. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERNew charity laws that could deregister groups must be scrapped: churches

Sally Whyte

A small-target strategy can only get you so far. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONThe ALP is going to need bold new policy if it wants to win government

Klaas Woldring

BIG MOVE: A farmer innocently moving a stone in the quiet European landscape was actually shifting a border markr than had marked the boundary of France and Belgium for 200 years.

Stone picking farmer inadvertently moves border

Gregor Heard
1hr ago

BOSS: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's agribusiness head Mark Bennett.

Make the most of ag's good times, but prepare for the worst

Andrew Marshall
2hrs ago

GARLIC MARKET: Seymour's Chloe Fox gained skills and knowledge for her current market garden operation by growing garlic.

From one crop: Fox's market garden journey

Andrew Miller

CHAOS TO CALM: Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering. Photo: Supplied.

Organise your kitchen with tips from a decluttering expert

AFFORDABLE LUXURY: The design elements of this Australian Hamptons home meld interior with exterior for an elegant yet eminently livable family dwelling.

A grand scale luxury farmhouse with country charm and Hamptons style

Vickii Byram

The uroliths bladder of Dr Anne Quain's cat, Hero. Picture: Supplied

Signs your cat has a urinary tract obstruction

Dr Anne Quain