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Gloucester region residents Rod Williams, James Hooke and Katheryn Smith meet with Mick Veitch at the Mograni Lookout off the Bucketts Way. Photo Anne Keen

Roads transfer State election promise questioned ahead of Upper Hunter by-election

Anne Keen
1hr ago

Some regular players return to the golf course

Some regular players return to the golf course

Kay Holstein

Vera's triples team takes the win on the bowling green

Vera's triples team takes the win on the bowling green

Di Pritchard

Gladys Berejiklian says a man who lives in Sydney's east has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Mystery COVID case pops up in east Sydney

Angelo Risso

First round of pairs; last round of pennants

First round of pairs; last round of pennants

George Wisemantel

Everyone wins at Gloucester golf

Everyone wins at Gloucester golf

Peter Wildblood

Gloucester Veterans Golf Clubs sponsor Mark Howland sponsor with winner Bill Murray. Photo supplied

Golf course wins

Peter Wildblood

Gloucester region residents Rod Williams, James Hooke and Katheryn Smith meet with Mick Veitch at the Mograni Lookout off the Bucketts Way. Photo Anne Keen

Roads transfer State election promise questioned ahead of Upper Hunter by-election

Anne Keen
1hr ago

Some regular players return to the golf course

Some regular players return to the golf course

Kay Holstein

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Morrison facing increased pressure to reopen borders

Vaccine rollout to disability sector an 'abject failure'

DIGESTVaccine rollout to disability sector an 'abject failure'

Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Victoria Lee

Some regular players return to the golf course

Some regular players return to the golf course

Kay Holstein

Vera's triples team takes the win on the bowling green

Vera's triples team takes the win on the bowling green

Di Pritchard

First round of pairs; last round of pennants

First round of pairs; last round of pennants

George Wisemantel

Some regular players return to the golf course

Some regular players return to the golf course

Everyone wins at Gloucester golf

Everyone wins at Gloucester golf

Peter Wildblood

It's clear that the AFL will have to work hard to win back the game's disenfranchised supporters. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONHoward Kotton: AFL faces hard sell to win back disenchanted fans

Howard Kotton

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

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

Photo by Julie Slavin, from Packed Lost Found.

Book documents exhibition and stories of the 2019 bushfires

Yvette Hugill and Christine Long, pictured at the 2019 Taree Open Art Exhibition. Entries are now open for this year.

Entries called for Taree Open Art Exhibition

Have a coffee on us

WHAT'S ONHave a coffee on us

Photo by Julie Slavin, from Packed Lost Found.

Book documents exhibition and stories of the 2019 bushfires

The ladies from the Gloucester VIEW Club held a special Anzac brunch. Photo supplied

WHAT'S ONAll the ladies are invited to VIEW

Judy Earle

Gloucester students stood up for climate on September 25 last year at the meeting place.

WHAT'S ONEducational school strike for climate

Anne Keen

To read the latest edition, please click on the cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

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

To read the latest edition, please click on the cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

To read the latest edition, please click on the cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

Emma Brown

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

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

Alex Morris

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

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

The ladies from the Gloucester VIEW Club held a special Anzac brunch. Photo supplied

WHAT'S ONAll the ladies are invited to VIEW

Judy Earle

Walk around the dairy

WHAT'S ONWalk around the dairy

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

Kylee Fitzgerald drops a few bags off at the Share the Dignity collection point that the Commonwealth Bank Gloucester branch.

It's so easy to help others

Anne Keen

Food with Friends is set to start up again next week.

WHAT'S ONFood with Friends returns after COVID shutdown

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Marisol Nicholls and Chris Rock in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Picture: Lionsgate

REVIEWChris Rock takes on Saw franchise

Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Parliament to decide if Facebook banning MPs is contempt

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

Angelina Jolie as Hannah and Jon Bernthal as Ethan in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Picture: Warner Bros.Pictures

REVIEWThose Who Wish Me Dead a western in contemporary clothing

Cris Kennedy

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

DARK DAYS: Bad//Dreems guitarist and songwriter Alex Cameron, top right, admits it was difficult spending the majority of 2020 dislocated from the music industry. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICBad//Dreems guitarist reflects on nightmarish tour

Josh Leeson

Rhiannan Iffland diving from a hot air balloon in the Hunter.

Watch the incredible moment a diver jumps from a hot air balloon into a dam

Damon Cronshaw

Queensland LNP MPs Fiona Simpson, Maroochydore, and Ann Leahy, Roma, were among many congratulating Dexter Kruger on his milestone on Monday. Photo supplied.

REAL AUSTRALIAAussie living legend inspires at 111

Kim Chappell
2hrs ago

Why collaborations with big business can be a path to start-up success

OPINIONWhy collaborations with big business can be a path to start-up success

Carl Runde

Protesters calling for climate action in Seoul in 2020. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONAustralia and Korea can become renewable energy superpowers together

Hyung-bae Min

SUPERCENTENARIAN: Dexter Kruger is now Australia's oldest living man on record. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher.

GOOD NEWSMeet Dexter Kruger, 111, Australia's oldest man on record

Samara Ross

SHINGLES SHOTS: Free shingles vaccinations for 71-79-yr-olds to end this year.

Clock ticking for over-70s shingles shot

Eileen Wood

Self and part-funded retirees welcome budget measures. Image Shutterstock

Fully and part-funded retirees get some wins from federal budget

Eileen Wood

Photo: File

Man dies following suspected shark attack

2hrs ago

Natasha Darcy is on trial for the murder of Mathew Dunbar on his Northern Tablelands property.

Woman's NSW grazier murder trial nears end

13m ago

The Fair Work Commission has found that a person who delivers meals for Deliveroo is an employee.

Deliveroo appeals Fair Work employee case

17m ago

All knives, including ceremonial daggers, are being banned from New South Wales public schools.

Knives to be banned in NSW schools

17m ago

A man has died after being attacked by a shark while surfing at Tuncurry Beach on the NSW coast.

Surfer dies in shark attack on NSW coast

Tiffanie Turnbull
21m ago

It is expected to cost more than $100 million to clean up the contaminated land at Camellia.

NSW Transport land purchase condemned

Tiffanie Turnbull
31m ago

NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds has told a Senate inquiry the government still plans to make changes.

NDIS changes still set for later this year

Rebecca Gredley
32m ago

Former Tasmanian MP Adam Brooks has faced a Queensland court charged with weapon and other charges.

Tas MP faces Qld court on weapon charges

Robyn Wuth
43m ago

Lois Dunyer, Reavesdale Wiltipoll stud, Murringo, judge Jeff Sutton, Wattle Farm Border Leicester stud, Temora and Loris Dunyer, Westmoreland Wiltipoll stud, Wiseman's Creek, with the reserve and champion ewe. Photo: Billy Jupp

Wiltipoll showing too hard to divide as 'good vibes' flow in Dubbo

Billy Jupp

Bongongo Angus stud principal Bill Graham, Coolac, and daughter Georgia Graham, far right, with buyers Mark Edwards (manager), Tony and Grant Fenn, Eurobin, Gocup.

Bongongo set $22,000 record

Brett Tindal

The grand champion White Dorper ram, Iron Jack tag 56, with owner Jan Myburgh, Iron Rock Dorpers, Murringo and his son-in-law Bully, and judge Nick Pagett, Winrae Dorpers, Bundarra.

Iron Rock winners of White Dorper ring

Hannah Powe

STATEMENT FACADE: Sitting between traditional colonial style homes which are a feature in parts of St Kilda, this client's home makes a bold statement with its black and timber facade.

Modern, minimalist and stylish, this home suits a growing family

Vickii Byram

SWEET DREAMS: Dulux's Nourish palette includes colours that are perfect for a bedroom. Stylist: Julia Green. Photographer: Armelle Habib.

Bedroom updates to try today

Linley Wilkie

Natural textures inject warmth from the outside world, through the use of sustainable or recycled timber, cane and rattan. Not only are these materials on trend but they create textured patterns on the walls as the light shines through.

Light up your home as the days get darker