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ANY VACANCIES: Residents are calling for a range of different shops and food outlets to set up in Muswellbrook.

COMMENTWhat shops do locals want?

Cody Tsaousis

CHPP technician and Glendonbrook NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer Gary Thomas and Mt Arthur Coal GM Adam Lancey celebrate the Muswellbrook mine being named a Supportive Employer by the NSW RFS.

Going above and beyond

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Rod Thompson

Two major milestones acknowledged

Two major milestones acknowledged

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

John Hanscombe

Beetle mania returns to Muswellbrook

Beetle mania returns to Muswellbrook

Rod Thompson

ANY VACANCIES: Residents are calling for a range of different shops and food outlets to set up in Muswellbrook.

COMMENTWhat shops do locals want?

Cody Tsaousis

CHPP technician and Glendonbrook NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer Gary Thomas and Mt Arthur Coal GM Adam Lancey celebrate the Muswellbrook mine being named a Supportive Employer by the NSW RFS.

Going above and beyond

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Tigers fail to roar on the road

Tigers fail to roar on the road

Geoff Newling

Aberdeen Little Athletics representatives Bella-Rose Partridge, Ruby Brochtrup, Jackson Birch and Grace Partridge (front).

Club has plenty to celebrate

Rod Thompson

Pic: KATRINA PARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY

Heading to greener pastures

Rod Thompson

Tigers fail to roar on the road

Tigers fail to roar on the road

Howlett eyes off big prize

Howlett eyes off big prize

Mandy Cottell

Tough day at the office | PHOTOS

Tough day at the office | PHOTOS

Mark Bode

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

Major Kangaroo Island attractions such as Seal Bay Conservation Park, Raptor Domain and Little Sahara survived the bushfires unscathed.

'We're still here': Kangaroo Island rising from the ashes

Mark Chipperfield

Longboats wait to take people around the island from the main beach of
Perhentian Kecil. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Sounds like my idea of paradise

Michael Turtle

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Beetle mania returns to Muswellbrook

Beetle mania returns to Muswellbrook

Rod Thompson

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Upper Hunter event rocking out in 2020

Upper Hunter Show Society president Keith Googe and events coordinator Amber Weir

Show still a goer in 2020

Rod Thompson

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Delicious nutrition: The Wholesome Collective's Michael Paterson demonstrates some healthy recipes at one of the popular cooking workshops.

Plenty to learn: New program to add an extra dose of wellness to people's lives

Delicious nutrition: The Wholesome Collective's Michael Paterson demonstrates some healthy recipes at one of the popular cooking workshops.

Plenty to learn: New program to add an extra dose of wellness to people's lives

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

All the hard work has been done

All the hard work has been done

Practical and presentable first home

Practical and presentable first home

An idyllic property perfect for kids

An idyllic property perfect for kids

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Michelle Haines Thomas

Barbie for the Brave organisers Alix Smith and Brady Cavanagh with Kayuga NSW RFS members Jayden Hollis, Riley Hollis, Campbell Hollis, Jim Lonergan and Brad Orlowsky at the Railway Hotel in Muswellbrook.

Musical acts strike a chord

Rod Thompson

PINK POSITIVE: Kristy Newton is happy her workplace at Bengalla is supporting the McGrath Foundation, which is a group close to her heart.

Bengalla goes pink for McGrath Foundation

Cody Tsaousis

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Brewing support to fight driver fatigue

Brewing support to fight driver fatigue

GET GOING: Muswellbrook Shire Council's Mick Brady with Act-Belong-Commit's Carly Hughes and Mylene Melliza.

Muswellbrook and Denman's Healthy Town Challenge

Cody Tsaousis

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Talking about your generation | PHOTOS

Tough day at the office | PHOTOS

Tough day at the office | PHOTOS

Road rule: What to do when passing a parked emergency vehicle with flashing lights is still causing confusion for some motorists.

The changed 'flashing light' NSW road rule still confuses some

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

John Hanscombe

Racing family feels need for speed | PHOTOS

Racing family feels need for speed | PHOTOS

Rod Thompson

St Mary's, Aberdeen claim Steve Simpson honours | PHOTOS

St Mary's, Aberdeen claim Steve Simpson honours | PHOTOS

Alex Tigani

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

Ben Langford

SADDENING: Father Brendan says it's not the first time a man has murdered his family and some people have sympathised with him.

OPINIONIt's the victims who deserve total sympathy

Father Brendan Lee
53m ago

Taking a look at the science of sneezing

OPINIONTaking a look at the science of sneezing

Dr Mary McMillan

SIGNIFICANT: As a new employee, it can be seriously difficult to break into an established clique in a workplace.

OPINIONFinding your place at work is important

Zoë Wundenberg

SADDENING: Father Brendan says it's not the first time a man has murdered his family and some people have sympathised with him.

OPINIONIt's the victims who deserve total sympathy

53m ago

Climate policymakers must protect renters

OPINIONClimate policymakers must protect renters

Jacob Moir

MASSIVE: The High Court decision created a new category of "non-citizen non-alien" who enjoys special protections.

OPINIONWhat the indigenous ancestry case means for citizenship

Peter Kurti

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner has not guaranteed he'll lead Labor at the August election.

Gunner no certainty to go to NT election

7m ago

Three baboons are back in custody after a breakout from the RPA hospital in Sydney's inner west.

Baboons contained after hospital escape

20m ago

An advocate says people with cognitive disability have been treated poorly in the health system .

Disability health care labelled a disgrace

21m ago

A company that provided captioned phone services for deaf people may come under further scrutiny.

Calls for charity watchdog in phone furore

36m ago

An XPT train that derailed in Victoria, killing two crew, is being removed from the crash site.

Derailed train to be removed from Vic site

53m ago

Adrian Argent was found guilty of murdering the mother of his two children in Kalgoorlie.

Man jailed for killing partner with brick

1hr ago

Tiffany Taylor disappeared in July 2015 after allegedly meeting Rodney Williams via a website.

Teen's blood in accused Qld murderer's car

Aaron Bunch
1hr ago

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon is urging bipartisanship on climate, saying the 'climate wars' must stop.

Labor wants end to climate 'weaponising'

Rebecca Gredley
1hr ago

Boer does sold up to $215 a head, averaging $110/hd gaining plenty of buyer attention.

Red goats make to $250 at Dubbo sale

Rebecca Sharpe
53m ago

Pasture rebound on the North Coast has been remarkable, like here near Buccarumbi on the Clarence, but regenerating growth has brought with it new challenges.

Producers on look out for three day sickness

Jamie Brown
1hr ago

Cooma cattle lifted on the recent rain.

Feeder steers sold to $1510 at Cooma

GOING DOWN: Retirees face many money questions on the advisability of downsizing.

No easy answers to downsizing for retirees

The house that clay bricks built

The house that clay bricks built

CALMING INFLUENCE: Pheromones can help pets deal with stress and anxiety.

Using the call of nature to help fur kids cope with modern life

Lyndell Whyte