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Forget about the weirdness and absorb some good news

GOOD NEWSForget about the weirdness and absorb some good news

Gayle Tomlinson

TAKING THE BIDS: The team from Elders Wagga are pictured at the Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre. Picture: Nikki Reynolds

Message clear is clear, saleyards in NSW can continue to trade

Nikki Reynolds

What you need to know after a day of social distancing this Saturday

DIGESTWhat you need to know after a day of social distancing this Saturday

Shana Morgan

Washing your hands properly remains the best available defence when it comes to avoiding the coronavirus. Picture: Shutterstock

The coronavirus explained: Everything you need to know

Peter Brewer

How COVID-19 is unfolding around Australia

IN DEPTHHow COVID-19 is unfolding around Australia

Gayle Tomlinson

DEMAND: Mt Roland Free Range Eggs' Angela and Phil Glover have seen a massive rise in chicken sales during the COVID-19 crisis. Photo: Scott Gelston

Why people are panic buying live chickens

Kate Benson

Want to risk being spotted? Photo: Shutterstock

Think you won't be fined for breaking isolation rules? Yeah, nah

Janine Graham

Forget about the weirdness and absorb some good news

GOOD NEWSForget about the weirdness and absorb some good news

Gayle Tomlinson

TAKING THE BIDS: The team from Elders Wagga are pictured at the Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre. Picture: Nikki Reynolds

Message clear is clear, saleyards in NSW can continue to trade

Nikki Reynolds

ADVICE: Working from home is different for many but not impossible if a few basic guidelines are followed.

WATCHWorking from Home: ACM Video Guide

Photo: Leigh Strange.

Life during COVID-19 - without a grocery store

All you need to know about coronavirus in one place

All you need to know about coronavirus in one place

Treatments for COVID-19 are progressing. Picture: Shutterstock

COVID-19 treatments may be ready to go in three months

Social distancing in a remote world - what we can learn from young people

OPINIONSocial distancing in a remote world - what we can learn from young people

Long queues formed outside of Woden Centrelink this week. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERHave you lost work? Here's what you need to know

Julia Kanapathippillai

Cheers - in a time of COVID-19: Social distancing but celebrating the end of a big week - at home, of course. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTWhat you need to know today. Now go have a drink. You deserve it

Janine Graham

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday with a version of the coronavirus quarantine declaration that all international arrivals must sign. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Defence to enforce hotel quarantine for all arrivals

Kirsten Lawson

Want to risk being spotted? Photo: Shutterstock

Think you won't be fined for breaking isolation rules? Yeah, nah

Janine Graham

Payne Haas of the Broncos takes on the defence during the round 2 NRL match between the Brisbane Broncos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium on March 20, 2020 in Brisbane before the season was suspended due to COVID-19. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

How the NRL season might have gone

Laurie Daley

IOC president Thomas Bach says the 2021 Olympic Games may not necessarily happen in northern summer.

'All options on table' for Tokyo Oly dates

War veteran and Essendon ambassador Jack Jones (middle left) passed away on March 24 after being diagnosed with cancer in December. He is pictured here with (from left) John Worsfold, Senior Coach of the Bombers, Pete Smith OAM and Dyson Heppell of the Bombers at an ANZAC ceremony in 2018 in Melbourne. Picture by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images.

Essendon legend Jack Jones dies at 95

Rohan Connolly

Payne Haas of the Broncos takes on the defence during the round 2 NRL match between the Brisbane Broncos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium on March 20, 2020 in Brisbane before the season was suspended due to COVID-19. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

How the NRL season might have gone

Penrith was the standout team of round one, showing that they are capable of making the finals. Picture: NRL Imagery

Let's all enjoy the footy while we can

Laurie Daley

TOP RESULT: Adele Edwards on Mojo Risin wins the Lisa Coates Memorial Classic at Tarcutta. Picture: Amy McIlrick

Riders compete in Lisa Coates Memorial Classic barrel race at Tarcutta

Nikki Reynolds

Hallgrmskirkja, is a Lutheran church in Reykjavk, is the largest church and the tallest structure in Iceland. Picture: Shutterstock

Could cruise ships become floating hospitals?

Daisy Huntly

Stone walls criss cross through farmland on the largest of the Aran Islands, Inis Mor. Photo: Kathy Sharpe

Ancient relics and wild landscapes enchant on the Aran Islands

Kathy Sharpe

Hawaii is a winner. Picture: Shutterstock

Polynesian paradise awaiting at the end of the road

Mark Chipperfield

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Is Shrek the Musical worth a trip to the big smoke? Yup.

REVIEWIs Shrek the Musical worth a trip to the big smoke? Yup.

Gayle Tomlinson

ON TOUR: David Suchet as his most famous character, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Suchet is bringing his Poirot and More: A Retrospective tour to Australia in 2020.

Actor David Suchet is a man of many talents

Lisa Rockman

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Out now: Blood Moon, by Cold Chisel, released on December 6.

MUSICCold Chisel rolls out new rock with Blood Moon

Jim Kellar

Thirsty Merc: Band members Matt Smith, Phil Stack and Rai Thistlethwayte have an extensive tour through March 2020.

Thirsty Merc national tour fuels summertime desires

Jim Kellar

HARDY EWES: Highlander mixed aged stud ewes with Karrawarra owner Leo Herbert, stud manager Hannah Anderson and commercial livestock overseer Kyle Field.

Karrawarra Highlander remains productive through the big dry

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A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, NT.

Connectivity central to helping NT tourism

Kym Morgan

HARDY EWES: Highlander mixed aged stud ewes with Karrawarra owner Leo Herbert, stud manager Hannah Anderson and commercial livestock overseer Kyle Field.

Karrawarra Highlander remains productive through the big dry

PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

Gemma Purves

One of the couples that feature in the Love is Not Enough video.

Love is not enough for end-of-life decisions

A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Two of the aggregation's properties feature homes, with "Yarranya" a three-bedroom residence.

Aggregation ready to keep producing

STUNNING: "Cooeeyana" enjoys views of the Downside district in the Wagga City Council area and comprises 192 hectares (474 acres) both sides of the Malebo range.

A farming asset that provides top lifestyle

A lovely lifestyle option

A lovely lifestyle option

2018 Henty Field Days – Live Coverage Day Two | Photos Videos

2018 Henty Field Days – Live Coverage Day Two | Photos Videos

Keep your anxiety in check

Keep your anxiety in check

Gary Bentley, Rural Aid

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

2018 Henty Field Days – Live Coverage Day Two | Photos Videos

2018 Henty Field Days – Live Coverage Day Two | Photos Videos

Friendship and commitment: Club president Mrs Reeves (centre) with members of VIEW in the 1960s.

Power of women: VIEW celebrates 60 years of friendship, strength and support

Rosie Ryan

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Michelle Haines Thomas

ADVICE: Working from home is different for many but not impossible if a few basic guidelines are followed.

WATCHWorking from Home: ACM Video Guide

FILE IMAGE: The team from WRL take the bids at Wagga sheep and lamb sale.

Extra-heavy lambs sell from $200 to $286.20/head

Publisher ACM's newspapers around the country will carry the community safety message on their front pages.

WATCHWe've lent our trusted voice to virus safety message

ON SHOW: Helen De Costa pictured in the paraders section of the young breeders competition at the World Hereford Conference.

Whiteface cattle success

SALE: Tim Woodham, of Nutrien, Dave Kosa of H Francis and Co and Stephen Dunne from Myanga.

Multi-vendor sale at Wagga

AT THE RAIL: A file image from the store cattle pens at Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre.

Uncertainty fuels numbers at Wagga sale

AT BROOKDALE: Russell and Nicole Smith. Picture Maryanne Chant

Having a ball in the name of charity

Nikki Reynolds

A New York state of mind: coronavirus empties the Big Apple's steets

A New York state of mind: coronavirus empties the Big Apple's steets

Anita Beaumont

Sorting the virus facts from the fake news

OPINIONSorting the virus facts from the fake news

Dr Kathryn Shine

Which COVID-19er are you?

OPINIONWhich COVID-19er are you?

Michelle Haines Thomas

Social distancing in a remote world - what we can learn from young people

OPINIONSocial distancing in a remote world - what we can learn from young people

Karen Walsh

Sorting the virus facts from the fake news

OPINIONSorting the virus facts from the fake news

Oh, the old days ... Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIACould all this distance be bringing us closer?

Looking at the upside of the downside of life

OPINIONLooking at the upside of the downside of life

John Malouff

Australians are facing tighter restrictions on where they can go as the coronavirus takes hold.

Thousands to be forcibly quarantined

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Paul Gill says the closure of gyms will cost jobs and hurt mental and physical health.

Gym closures hurt physical, mental health

48m ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants people to stay home, but has held off on tighter restrictions.

NSW watching community spread closely

48m ago

Labor candidate Lance McCallum looks set to win the Bundamba by-election in Queensland.

Vote counting continues in Qld polls

48m ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged an extra $1.1 billion of funding for a range of services.

GP phone calls, mental health help expands

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer
48m ago

About half a dozen Victorian councils shut their beaches after people defied warnings to avoid them.

Vic health officer slams 'crap' beachgoers

Benita Kolovos
48m ago

Grant Stevens says fines for people who don't self-isolate or quarantine will send a strong message.

SA's new fines for breaking virus rules

49m ago

Airline passengers arriving in Brisbane will be held in quarantine in a city hotel for 14 days.

Mandatory quarantine in effect in Qld

Michael Doyle
49m ago

The three-year average labour cost for rangeland goats is $11.34 per dry sheep equivalent.

Labour saving strategies pay off

MLA Goat Committee

JAD Speckle Park females sold to $20,000 twice and all 20 head averaged a healthy $13,050 at the second sale which wqs transferred to Greenvale, Yeoval on Friday.

Bidding raged for JAD Speckle Park lots

Mark Griggs

GEARING UP: Agronomists believe this winter cropping season could be the best for canola since 2016 when this photo was taken.

Eyes to the sky as soil profiles look to rebound

Billy Jupp

LOPS OF LOVE: Rabbits are social, curious animals who need bunny companions.

What's up doc? Five fun facts about bunnies, that's what

RSPCA

Don't delay that household issue, or it'll just become worse

Don't delay that household issue, or it'll just become worse

FOREST AND SKY: The timber columns and large windows of Green Velvet House at Barwon Heads allow for a vista of tea trees all around.

Timber and glass afloat in sea of green