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Talented Muswellbrook swimmers Zahli Woolnough and Porscha Jimmieson.

Muswellbrook duo's impressive results in the pool

Caitlin Reid

'Crippling' mouse plague dominates NSW Farmers by-election forum

'Crippling' mouse plague dominates NSW Farmers by-election forum

Caitlin Reid

Candidate profiles: Upper Hunter by-election

Candidate profiles: Upper Hunter by-election

Caitlin Reid

A scrum during the Heelers round 1 win over the Pokolbin Reds. Photo: Supplied

Heelers back on home soil

Caitlin Reid

Meet the candidates: Dale McNamara

Meet the candidates: Dale McNamara

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Meet the candidates: Kate Fraser

Meet the candidates: Kate Fraser

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Meet the candidates: Sue Gilroy

Meet the candidates: Sue Gilroy

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Talented Muswellbrook swimmers Zahli Woolnough and Porscha Jimmieson.

Muswellbrook duo's impressive results in the pool

Caitlin Reid

'Crippling' mouse plague dominates NSW Farmers by-election forum

'Crippling' mouse plague dominates NSW Farmers by-election forum

Caitlin Reid

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

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

The latest federal budget contains a $17.7 billion plan to improve Australia's aged-care system.

Record $17.7b to improve aged-care system

Tradesmen will be among those to benefit from the extension of business investment incentives.

Business gives big budget spend thumbs up

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

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

Carlton's Ed Curnow reacts after Sunday's loss to the Dogs. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONRohan Connolly | Why a frustrated Carlton must stay the course

Rohan Connolly

TRIO: Three out of four former Macquarie Scorpions Matt Hay, Lochlan Preston and Adam Swadling after Saturdays game. Kyle Smith, the fourth Scorpion missed the match with a leg injury. Photo: Supplied

Youthful Aberdeen to face Scone in thriller

Caitlin Reid

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Talented Muswellbrook swimmers Zahli Woolnough and Porscha Jimmieson.

Muswellbrook duo's impressive results in the pool

Caitlin Reid

A scrum during the Heelers round 1 win over the Pokolbin Reds. Photo: Supplied

Heelers back on home soil

Caitlin Reid

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

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

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

Josh Leeson

STOIC: Elizabeth Moss is again amazing in season four of The Handmaid's Tale, but the lack of forward momentum is tiring.

Bleak Handmaid's Tale becoming a pain drain

Josh Leeson

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

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

HONEST: Amy Shark opened up to explore her relationship with her husband, father and the music industry on her second album Cry Forever.

MUSICReality bites Amy Shark in fame game of second album

Josh Leeson

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

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

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

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

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

TIME TO RELAX: Matthew and Eloise Collins in the lounge area with the fireplace that helped inspire them.

A grand design - on a budget

Chloe Hope

Quiet hour at Woolworths aims to take stress out of shopping

Quiet hour at Woolworths aims to take stress out of shopping

Photos: Supplied

Glencore sends in 'working bee' to revamp Muswellbrook Community Garden

Caitlin Reid

Scamwatch: Are you a male aged between 35 and 44? You may be a target for this scam

Scamwatch: Are you a male aged between 35 and 44? You may be a target for this scam

Quiet hour at Woolworths aims to take stress out of shopping

Quiet hour at Woolworths aims to take stress out of shopping

Where you can pick up a copy of the Hunter Valley News

Where you can pick up a copy of the Hunter Valley News

WE'RE BACK: Hunter Valley News is back in print and back in circulation.

How you can help by supporting the Hunter Valley News

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

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

Above it all: Musician and producer Billy Otto.

The boy who gave Netflix and Byron Baes the flick

FUN: You Am I provide a mix of old and new on 11th album The Lives Of Others.

REVIEWYou Am I still living large and keeping relevant

FAKE LEG, REAL CHARGES: A man was stopped with a mannequin's leg hanging out his boot.

See the moment a leg hanging out of a car boot draws police attention

Matt McLennan

AI avatar recruited to improve dementia care

Geraldine Cardozo

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

Photo: Naomi Clarke Photography.

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

Tracey Fairhurst

NO VISION: The Morrison government's budget looks to keep the good numbers through the election. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONHewson's View | This was an election budget on steroids

John Hewson

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

Engineer Christ Barfoot says the only way to ensure the valley's future is for new industry to fill the void left by the power plants' closure. Picture: Tom Melville

REAL AUSTRALIAChange hurts in the fading coal industry

Tom Melville

NO VISION: The Morrison government's budget looks to keep the good numbers through the election. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONHewson's View | This was an election budget on steroids

Who says that we can't change the world?

OPINIONWho says that we can't change the world?

Denis Moriarty

FAILURE: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's latest budget represents another year of missed opportunities. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONAustralian women needed bold budget thinking - we didn't get it

Georgie Dent

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

Public confidence in the federal government has plummeted, an ANU study shows.

Confidence in federal government plunges

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A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman in Brisbane's northern suburbs.

Man charged over Brisbane woman's death

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has made social housing the centrepiece of his budget reply speech.

Albanese makes $10b social housing pitch

Labor leader Anthony Albanese pledged a $10 billion housing future fund in his budget reply speech.

Labor reveals new policies in budget reply

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

BUDGET 2021Albanese pledges $10 billion housing rescue plan in Labor's budget reply

Karen Barlow

Police are investigating NSW MP Gareth Ward over allegations of sexual violence-related offences.

NSW MP Ward facing sexual violence probe

Tiffanie Turnbull

There have been just under three million doses administered in the national vaccination rollout.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

The Quandamooka people will jointly manage parts of Moreton Island with the state government.

Traditional owners reclaim Moreton Island

Tracey Ferrier

Police are investigating NSW MP Gareth Ward over allegations of sexual violence-related offences.

NSW MP facing sexual violence probe

Tiffanie Turnbull

Rohan Wiley from the North Coast Community College working with Myles Young, farm manager at the Myrtle Trading Company at Wyrallah via Lismore this week.

Farm support for essential oil

Jamie Brown

Rob and Anna Mulligan, Salway, Walcha have returned to full stock numbers in the wake of the drought.

Pasture 'priority' proves vital in drought recovery

Billy Jupp

Rally driving takes one look at understeer and then sprays gravel in its face. Photo: Shutterstock.

Getting the car slowed and turned on various surfaces

Sam Hollier

SHIVERS: Keeping warm and comfortable at home during winter is easier than your think. Photo: Shutterstock.

Smart ways to keep warm during winter

Main photo: Mitsubishi Motors Australia

Your motoring future is electric - well, at least partially

Sam Hollier