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

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

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%

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NSW records 25 COVID deaths as TGA approves new oral treatment

George Christensen has been reprimanded by Scott Morrison over his anti-vaccine views. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Christensen to resign from lucrative role after backlash to 'dangerous' anti-vaccine comments

Dan Jervis-Bardy

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NSW records 32 deaths, 32,297 new COVID-19 cases

Kim Chappell

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered

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WATCHCOVID emergency declared in Victorian hospitals

Callum Godde and Kim Chappell

DETERRENT: Howard Kotton believes slow over rates could be avoided if offending captains received suspensions. Australia's Pat Cummins and England's Joe Root are pictured during the first Test. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Suspend Test skippers for poor over rates

Howard Kotton

World No.1 male tennis player Novak Djokovic is expected to be deported from Australia after the federal court dismissed his visa cancellation appeal. Picture: Getty Images

Game, set, match, out: Djokovic 'extremely disappointed' after visa appeal loss

Sarah Basford Canales
Karen Barlow

RULES: Howard Kotton says that Djokovic and his team knew what was required for him to mount a challenge for a 10th Australian Open singles crown. Picture: TPN/Getty Images

OPINIONAustralia's global reputation tarnished by Djokovic saga

Howard Kotton

DETERRENT: Howard Kotton believes slow over rates could be avoided if offending captains received suspensions. Australia's Pat Cummins and England's Joe Root are pictured during the first Test. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Suspend Test skippers for poor over rates

Victorian fast bowler Scott Boland made his Test debut for Australia on Boxing Day at the MCG and finished with outstanding figures of 6-7 in the second innings of the match.

OPINIONBoland's debut hard feat to repeat

Howard Kotton

CHASING: Joe Root raises his bat after scoring a half century during day one of the third Test match in the Ashes series at the MCG. Picture: Getty

Root deserves Australian century

Howard Kotton

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

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

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

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

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

Carbon neutral: Ecosa believe every business should be accountable for its own carbon footprint.

Australia's leading sustainable sleep solution

Linda Lambrechts

FREE FROM TOXINS: Absolutely perfect for baby's skin.

Protect the skin on your precious baby with Bunjie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXTRAVAGANT: Cintra, at 34 Regent Street, is selling for the first time in 104 years.

WATCHIconic 30-room manor for sale

Hamish Geale

The block at 160 Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan. Picture: Supplied

They expected $5 million, they got more than double that

Jack Needham

US singer Meat Loaf, whose hits included Bat Out of Hell, has died aged 74.

WATCHSinger Meat Loaf dead, aged 74

ON THE MARKET: The Australian government has purchased 500,000 courses of Pfizer's Paxlovid pill and 300,000 courses of Merck's Molnupiravir pill.

WATCHEverything you need to know about the Paxlovid COVID pill

BEST IN BLOOPERS: We don't know what's going on in NSW and Queensland, but they've had their fair share of bloopers these past couple of months.

WATCHSpiders, evacuations, wheelies: See the best COVID conference bloopers

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

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Photo: Dion Georgopolous

OPINIONFederal government slashes COVID payment when people need it most

Cassandra Goldie

Children play among debris at Ha'atafu Beach Resort on Tonga's main island of Tongatapu as locals clean up on Monday, January 17. Picture: Ha'atafu Beach Resort, Facebook

WATCHKids play in the debris of Tongan disaster

Shivé Prema

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

PM slams 'false claims' over RAT supplies, rules out kids in forklifts

Sarah Basford Canales
Dan Jervis-Bardy

BACK IN SERVICE: Melanie Swieconek made an emotional appeal to the Victorian government to reverse its decision to ban new IVF treatments.

WATCHVictoria backflips on IVF ban

Emma Horn

China has turned to lockdowns in an effort to stymie the spread of Omicron in Beijing. Picture: Getty Images

AGE OF THE DRAGONChina's risks pile up as Omicron arrives

Bradley Perrett

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media on Thursday, the day after he floated the possibility of lowering the age required to drive a forklift. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONForklifts and failures: PM's Wednesday presser was a doozy

Jenna Price

Independents Zali Steggall, right, and Helen Haines. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONMore independents in parliament are not the answer

Amanda Vanstone

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

A firefighter died when a tree fell on a truck at the firefront in South Australia's southeast.

Firefighter dead, one injured in SA blaze

CreditorWatch now expects trade activity to slide throughout the first half of 2022.

PM spruiks 'Australian' economy recovery

Premier Mark McGowan has backed down on his promise to reopen WA's border on February 5.

International arrivals to use RATs

Adele has postponed a three-month Las Vegas residency due to her crew getting sick with COVID-19.

Adele postpones Vegas shows due to COVID

WA Premier Mark McGowan says the state's hard borders will remain in place indefinitely.

WA border closure 'failure of vaccination'

Michael Ramsey

Tony Panagiotou, 59, has been jailed for at least six years for the manslaughter of Duane Hutchings.

Gumtree killing 'tragic stupidity': judge

Gus McCubbing

Three NT prison escapees have been captured after escaping from an outback work camp.

NT prison escapees captured after car bogs

Aaron Bunch

The spectre of climate change is having a very big impact on children, says a psychologist.

Kids anxious about climate change threat

Tracey Ferrier

FEATURE LINE: Kevin and Libby Heggen, Hedley Range Red Angus, Binginwarri, sold 114 Red Angus steers, nine to 11 months, to a top price of $2640 a head.

Leongatha Red Angus steer calves hit $2640 at fortnightly sale

Bryce Eishold

SMALL SALE: Pam and Lynn Vearing, Glen Goulburn, Epping, sold 58 head of pregnacy-tested-in-calf heifers on his own behalf and that of his business partner, Ian Davies.

Yea cows and calves to $4100

Andrew Miller

REBUILD: Far west Wimmera farmers Mary and Ken Frost, Poolaijelo, lost 600 first-cross ewes in the New Year's Eve fires.

Wimmera farmers continue clean up after Poolaijelo fire

Bryce Eishold

Questionable new safety feature in autonomous vehicles

Questionable new safety feature in autonomous vehicles

Mathew Dickerson

How do magnifying glasses work?

How do magnifying glasses work?

Ellen Phiddian

How to maintain garden plants that grow like weeds

How to maintain garden plants that grow like weeds

John Gabriele