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As if being hit by COVID's first wave wasn't enough ...

Reinfection is a rare phenomenon, maybe

21m ago

The Cupping Room's manager, Connor Crampton Smith, shows how QR codes are now used to check-in and view the menu. Picture: Matt Loxton

An almost antiquated phone technology has become an unlikely hero in 2020

Onetime politician turned Crown Resorts chair, Helen Coonan (left) and Brett Sutton, Victoria's chief health officer.

Inquiring minds ask more of Brett Sutton, Helen Coonan

One is a hair metal star, the other an Australian politician-businessman. They're going head-to-head in Federal Court.

Clive Palmer v Twisted Sister: ding, ding

A vaccine won't suddenly return us to what we once thought was normality. Picture: Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXPLAINERWhy a coronavirus vaccine won't be the magic bullet

Steve Evans

Bubble-busting bombshells keep coming

Bubble-busting bombshells keep coming

Janine Graham

Look up, look up - put your phone away. Photo: Canberra Metro Operations

From rogue roos to a one-derful result in Victoria

Jasper Lindell

Cheers: the sun sets on another hectic day in what passes as the year 2020.

Cop that: Stay classy, Australia

Something to Crow about: Keith defeat Kybybolite to win 2020 flag | PHOTOS

Something to Crow about: Keith defeat Kybybolite to win 2020 flag | PHOTOS

Taylor Harvey

Lui Coronel defends the ball from Thyrone Coronel, backed up by William Maney.

Another strong showing in junior basketball

Another Richmond premiership on Saturday would see the Tigers claim three premierships in four years. Photo: Matt Roberts/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

OPINIONWhy AFL's grand final is a match-up made in marketing heaven

Rohan Connolly

Something to Crow about: Keith defeat Kybybolite to win 2020 flag | PHOTOS

Something to Crow about: Keith defeat Kybybolite to win 2020 flag | PHOTOS

FOOTBALLING TALENT: Mundulla's Mitchell Hinge (left), Lucindale's Darcy Fogarty and Kybybolite's Lachie Neale.

Small towns punching above their weight when it comes to producing AFL talent

Taylor Harvey

Brisbane Lion Lachie Neale polled 31 votes to claim the 2020 Brownlow. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONBrownlow Medal cold shoulders AFL's best defenders

Howard Kotton

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Surfers favourite, Lighthouse Beach near Port Macquarie.

Down-to-earth art meets the sparkling sea at Port Macquarie

Jac Taylor

7 nights in Coffs for $435 a person

7 nights in Coffs for $435 a person

This landscape is called a 'lunette' for a reason - it feels a bit like walking on the surface of the moon. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Alien landscape reveals our past

Michael Turtle

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

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Aussie invention saving time and money during seeding

Aussie invention saving time and money during seeding

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Excellence of any kind always starts with character

Excellence of any kind always starts with character

Sponsored Content

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

BE PREPARED: Auctions are a great way to buy, provided you've done your research. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

How to bid with confidence on auction day

Kirsty Horton

Confidence: The extension of the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme gives buyers the confidence to proceed with a purchase. Photo - Shutterstock.

Budget extends a helping hand to first time buyers

Ruth Lewis

POPULAR: The Mornington Peninsula is one of the sought-after locations.

Beach beats bush hands down for capital growth

Your chance to win a 'staycation' weekend

Your chance to win a 'staycation' weekend

WATCH OUT: Some scammers will even impersonate real estate agents and organise fake inspections, victims will then arrive to discover the property doesn't exist or is currently occupied.

Scamwatch: New scam targets renters during COVID-19 pandemic

Australian Taxation Office

Scamwatch: ATO warns tax debt text, call is a scam

Your chance to win a 'staycation' weekend

Your chance to win a 'staycation' weekend

The email the Commonwealth Bank is warning customers is a hoax.

Scamwatch: Bank warns 'verify account' email is a hoax

Let's Join In: Naracoorte/Lucindale

Let's Join In: Naracoorte/Lucindale

TOP BUYERS: Stock agents Greg Downing from Elders and Jordy Heinrich from Nutrien Ag with Michael and Sarah Stanton of Stokes Bay Genetics, volume buyers Zach, Courtney and Hudson and top buyer Tim Buck.

Stokes Bay Genetics holds ram sale on path to recovery

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

SPEAKING UP: Workers from Hunter industrial companies opened up about their mental health struggles for the video campaign.

'Big, boofy blokes' open up about mental health in video campaign

TALENTED FRIENDS: The Jaded Hearts Club are, from left, Matt Bellamy (Muse), Jamie Davis, Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), Graham Coxon (Blur), Nic Cester (Jet) and Sean Payne (The Zutons).

Jaded Hearts Club supergroup renews passion in Nic Cester

CHANGE UP: Ball Park Music's sixth and self-titled album was originally called Mostly Sunny.

REVIEWBall Park Music hit model of consistency on self-titled album

Josh Leeson

Hugh Jackman bares all to show his support for RM Williams boots. Picture: RM Williams, Youtube

Hugh Jackman's cheeky RM Williams' promo turns heads

Andrew Marshall

BLOWN AWAY: Gordi's second album Our Two Skins has been met with critical acclaim since its release in June. Picture: Jess Gleeson

MUSICGordi returns to music after helping battle COVID-19

Josh Leeson

A FIGHTING CHANCE: New England MP Barnaby Joyce believes making internet giants pay licencing fees may help save regional media outlets. Photo: Gareth Gardner

WATCHLicence fees on internet giants key to saving our voices: Joyce

Billy Jupp

COFFEE BREAK: Mirinda Thorpe and Annie Hobby take advantage of outdoor dining in Roberts Ave, Horsham. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen hard-won gains need to be remembered

Juanita Greville

PRECARIOUS: The loss of local media outlets would hit regional communities especially hard. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONLoss of voices will echo through regional communities

Father Brendan Lee

The Victoria River in the Northern Territory - where quiet dignity came in handy. Photo: file

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen a quiet dignity is way beyond expectation

Janine Graham

Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Dan Andrews believes Victoria is well placed to bring forward further easing of COVID restrictions.

Vic appears to have rare virus reinfection

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As if being hit by COVID's first wave wasn't enough ...

Reinfection is a rare phenomenon, maybe

21m ago

Daryl Maguire admits making representations to immigration officials as well as federal politicians.

Records reveal Maguire approached Morrison

2hrs ago

An inquest is continuing into the self-inflicted death of special operations soldier Ian Turner.

Inquest hears from soldier's commander

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Boots and All: Daniel Joyce's latest artwork on a giant pair of ugg boots at Thornton.

Forget the Big Banana, we have giant ugg boots

Damon Cronshaw
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No coronavirus deaths were reported in Victoria - keeping the state toll at 817.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

Callum Godde
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Christian Porter will release a draft anti-corruption commission bill soon, the government says.

Morrison defends corruption watchdog delay

Matt Coughlan
1hr ago

Two men have been arrested over the death of Victorian Jarrad Lovison.

Two men charged over Vic body in bush

Karen Sweeney
1hr ago

WoolQ is AWI's online platform where wool growers, classers, brokers and buyers can access digital tools to support all stages of the wool growing and selling cycle. Photo: AWI

WoolQ fails to meet important registration, transaction targets

Joely Mitchell
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Members of the cross border community have welcomed the rules being relaxed for travel within the border bubble but also want the state government to make it easier for them to travel further into SA.

Cross border communities given more freedom as rules relaxed

Catherine Miller
1hr ago

Cleve Men's Shed was one of the recipients of the 20th round of funding. Here, president Darryl Petherick is talking to some of the members.

New funding available for Men's Sheds

You'd notice the gorilla in front of you, right? Actually, probably not. Photo: Shutterstock.

The world immediately around you is not as you perceive

Sam Hollier

FLAWLESS: Wide boards (pictured in Spotted Gum) are ideal for uniting open spaces.

Five questions you should ask when choosing timber flooring

There are three main areas where problems may occur when you go down the granny flat route. Picture: Shutterstock.

Important things to consider before building a granny flat

Noel Whittaker