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GREAT HONOUR: Max Milligan has been honoured as Lifeguard of the Year for 2019-2020. Photo: ALS Lifeguards.

Lifeguard of the Year values team unity above individual efforts

Robert Dougherty

Waiting: Hastings River Greyhound Racing Club president Rex Nairn is still awaiting confirmation the Wauchope track will be upgraded to TAB status. Photo: Peter Daniels

Dogs boss awaits official confirmation on track's TAB status

Paul Jobber

Back on track: Racing continues at Port Macquarie on Saturday, July 4.

Martinique poised for first-up success at Port Macquarie

Rod Fuller

Lifeguard of the Year values team unity above individual efforts

It ain't easy being Steele Sidebottom right now

Nick Ansell

A dejected Broncos coach Anthony Seibold faces the media after last Saturday's loss to the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

OPINIONEnough of the NRL player contract circus, says Laurie Daley

Laurie Daley

The strip between the Gold Coast Highway and the Esplanade is the heart of Surfers Paradise. Picture: Supplied

Queensland's golden strip has glitz and glamour

Lydia Roberts

ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

People coming from virus hotspots forced into quarantine in ACT

Daniella White

Katrina Sparke with a Highland cow at her Redleaf Farm property. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Eat, stay, love in picturesque Southern Highlands

Michael Turtle

Campaign to shine spotlight on homelessness impact

Liz Langdale

WEARABLE EXHIBITion: Contemporary jewellery on show at the Glasshouse. Photo: Supplied/Australian Design Centre.

Glasshouse gallery re-opens with stunning jewellery showcase

Robert Dougherty

LAURIETON THEATRE REOPENS: Film industry needs China and US to flatten the curve. Photo: Liz Langdale.

Judy and The Gentlemen headline theatre reopening

Robert Dougherty

Campaign to shine spotlight on homelessness impact

WHAT'S ONKeen eyes sought for annual whale count

Nicholas Brooks

Fresh fruit, veg and local produce at The Local market on the first, second and third Sunday of the month.

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2020: markets, sport, arts and culture - it's back!

Tracey Fairhurst

BEACH PROBLEMS: Flynns Beach in 1970, when an editorial raised questions about the state of beaches.

Clean, safe beaches call and Captain Cook celebrations

Port Macquarie Museum

ANZAC MEMORIES: RSL Sub branch President, Edgar Bernasconi places a wreath of remembrance on the War Memorial, 1970

Flashback: Anzacs remembered and a day on the river -1970

Port Macquarie Museum

New location: Anzac Day service on the Town Green, 1970.

Flashback: Change of venue for Anzac commemoration

Port Macquarie Museum

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

Looking for a local, fair go banking alternative?

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

The path back to a new normal

Same faces, new name: Local taxis in Taree, Laurieton and Foster-Tuncurry have not only had a rebrand but it's now easier to book them than ever before. For more just visit www.13cabs.com.au.

Riding on with the locals

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Location, views and stylish interiors

House of the Week

Beautifully crafted home wins architecture award

Ruth Lewis

Final touches to HomeBuilder scheme

Ruth Lewis

Kendall Kettles craft club ready to get creative

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Handsome: Zeke is is FIV positive and so must go to a home where he will be kept indoors. Photo supplied by RSPCA Port Macquarie

Fur friend needs new home

RSPCA Port Macquarie Shelter

GAMBLE: Often the information used in computer prediction software programs can be obtained from the betting pages of your local newspaper at very little cost.

Scamwatch: Fancy a punt? Don't fall for a betting or sports investment scam

Kendall Kettles craft club ready to get creative

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Future of housing and driver licences

Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams

NEW LECTERN: President Noel Hiffernan with Roger McCosker and the new lectern. Photo: Supplied.

Hiffernan at the Rotary helm in Laurieton

Barbara Jackson

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is locking down more areas after "unacceptably high numbers" on Saturday. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTVictoria takes drastic action after triple-figure rise

SEEK Business reported an increase in enquiries to purchase a business during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Business sale inquiries rise despite lockdown uncertainty

DIGESTFive things you need to know now

Lines outside of Centrelink in Braddon. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'A long shadow ahead': The people who could feel virus fallout for a decade

Economist Saul Eslake. Picture: Brodie Weeding

Pain on the way post-September, economists warn

Kirsten Lawson

DIGESTParis Hilton, diamanté masks and Groundhog Day

Janine Graham

Australians are being advised to think twice before taking their superannuation out early. Picture: Shutterstock

Almost half a million Australians have emptied their super accounts

Sally Whyte

Supermarket stores are again being emptied of toilet paper. Picture: Karleen Minney

ANALYSISWhat drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Peter O'Connor, Jeromy Anglim, Luke Smillie

Satellite footage shows how fire scars are healing

PHOTOSOur Camden Haven: where else would you be?

It has the basic functions of a ventilator you would find in a hospital.

He saw a need for ventilators, so this doctor made one

Donna McWilliam, left, with Donna Smith and Will Smith. Picture: National Australia Day Council

FREEDo you know a community champion?

Rare Holden HT Monaro falls short of $1m, but sets a record

Emma D'Agostino

A still image of the infrared drone footage over Kangaroo Island forests with koalas showing up as white dots.

Video footage of infrared koala survey on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

Catch your attention? Want to try our quiz? Photo: Shutterstock

News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

WATCHWA dolphins teach other foraging skills

The tricky talks parents have to have

Jessie Mitchell

BOOKISH GUY: 95 per cent of stock photos of 'man reading book' show a guy with a beard. I'm not sure what this means but I think it somehow feeds into what I'm saying.

OPINIONActually, you can judge a lot of books by their covers, but people aren't novels

Michelle Haines Thomas

Is it the job of government to shield its people from economic reality? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe dos and don'ts of managing an economic recovery

Simon Cowan

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

GOOD HEALTH: Dr Michael Mosley has written a new book about coronavirus that includes an entire section dedicated to boosting the immune system.

Michael Mosley: How to boost the immune system

Samara Ross

STEP TO IT: As restrictions ease, more walking groups are opening up again. (Photo taken before social distancing restrictions).

Walk this way: It's time to put your best feet forward

Police are enforcing a lockdown at public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington.

Vic father of five in lockdown stress

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Hundreds of police officers are implementing a lockdown of public housing towers in Melbourne.

Wider Vic lockdowns to curb virus outbreak

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Lockdowns have been imposed on public housing towers in Melbourne to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Emergency health meeting on Vic outbreak

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The Eden-Monaro by-election will hinge on preference flows from the enormous number of early voters.

Eden-Monaro down to pre-poll preferences

Votes are being counted in the by-election for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro.

Eden-Monaro by-election votes so far

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

Lockdowns of Melbourne public housing towers have raised concerns about vulnerable residents.

Lockdown concern for at-risk Vic residents

Andi Yu

A spearfisherman has been killed in a shark attack off Queensland's Fraser Island.

Shark kills spearfisherman off Qld island

Anyone who visited a Woolworths store in Balmain on June 27 and 28 has been urged to get tested.

NSW teen confirmed among new virus cases

Heather McNab and Rebecca Le May

WATER: Jon Elder has put his faith in the government to ensure the water supply outlasts future droughts. Photos: WILLIAM OWEN, HENRY McGILCHRIST

How groundwater helped one Narromine farmer through the drought

Madeleine Achenza

Local expedition: Tony Healy on the Hawkesbury River during his recent trip to the Hawkesbury and Brooklyn areas to find out whether there is truth to 'river monster' sightings. Picture: Tony Healy

Is the 'river monster' an eel, or something more sinister?

Sarah Falson

Andrew Whitehead and Jess with his statue of the late Tim Fischer AC.

Tim lives in statue

Stephen Burns

THE ENTERTAINER: Cooinda House has been designed with plenty of space for when the entire family comes together. Photos: Matthew Gianoulis.

Fit for a king, queen or the entire palace

There's plenty to keep you busy in the garden over winter

John Gabriele