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SADDLE UP: Merriwa Interschool Horse Sports Association President Clare Martin (front) with competitors Annie Irwin, Emily Ninness, Nicole Martin, April Lawler and Tori Cater on Friday.

Riders converge on Merriwa for Interschool day

Caitlin Reid

AFL tickets have been pulled from sale amid an investigation into possible price gouging.

AFL tickets pulled in price gouging probe

A great day of league | PHOTOS

A great day of league | PHOTOS

Alex Tigani

SADDLE UP: Merriwa Interschool Horse Sports Association President Clare Martin (front) with competitors Annie Irwin, Emily Ninness, Nicole Martin, April Lawler and Tori Cater on Friday.

Riders converge on Merriwa for Interschool day

Oscar Swan (centre) with his Merriwa under-7 team-mates. Pic: AMANDA TUDOR

Young Magpie hoping to swoop on $2000 prize | VIDEO

Rod Thompson

Darryl McLellan

The sky's the limit

Craig Kerry

AIRPORT UPGRADES: Interested persons are invited to a community information session about the upgrade of Scone Regional Airport.

Information session at Scone Airport

LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION: Catherine Boulton with Passengers graphic designer Fahimah Badrulhisham and producer and writer David Curzon at the 2018 Scone FilmFest.

WHAT'S ON
Lights, camera, action at Scone Films

READY TO ROLL: On the move to Cressfield Stud for the 2018 Bike Week ride.

Discover the Upper Hunter on two-wheels

AIRPORT UPGRADES: Interested persons are invited to a community information session about the upgrade of Scone Regional Airport.

Information session at Scone Airport

What's in the Hunter

What's in the Hunter

DAFFODIL DAY READY: Scone and District Cancer Support Group members Cath Coady, Shirley Reichel, June Day and Sally Deegan.

Daffodil Day to bloom in Scone

Caitlin Reid

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS: Elissa Emerson and Carly Hughes have come together to help launch ABC PhotoVoice.

Community given voice for Mental Health month

Cody Tsaousis

Glamorous event to raise funds for local school | PHOTOS

Glamorous event to raise funds for local school | PHOTOS

Belltrees Year 5 student Darcy Taylor

Easy access to government services

Roving service centre rolling into the Upper Hunter

COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS: Elissa Emerson and Carly Hughes have come together to help launch ABC PhotoVoice.

Community given voice for Mental Health month

MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

DRESSED UP: Upper Hunter Community Service's Bec Eveleigh and Jessica Dallah are imploring people to donate their formal wear.

Community Services' formal call for donations

Cody Tsaousis

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

NOTHING HERE: A kangaroo looking for food on farm land at drought-stricken Lightning Ridge. Picture: Rural Aid

Drought, dead cattle and a bleak forecast

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

The power of words cannot be under-estimated.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My word, mind your language

GLOVES UP: Bec Sandridge fought through a relationship breakdown, social anxiety and self-doubt to record her debut album Try + Save Me out on October 4.

MUSIC
Bec Sandridge pulls no punches on her debut album

Josh Leeson

HOPE: Ballarat police Inspector Trevor Cornwill lights a candle in the annual Out of Shadows walk in Ballarat last year.

Confronting suicide: how asking straight up can help

Melanie Whelan

Triple-0 operator 'spoken to' after asking if caller was an idiot

Triple-0 operator 'spoken to' after asking if caller was an idiot

Emily Jarvie

Heading toward the light: But staying on track at the same time. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
When laughing is the real punchline

Jacob McArthur

Regional policies the seed to drive growth

OPINION
Regional policies the seed to drive growth

James Pearson

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

Carla Hildebrandt

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

A new treatment is helping more young cancer patients keep their fertility hopes alive.

Treatment saves cancer patient fertility

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Firefighters undertook back-burning around NSW, with warm and windy conditions expected to return.

NSW fire threat eases, but set to return

Tony Abbott has told an anti-abortion rally in Sydney that abortion was "infanticide on demand".

Abbott: NSW bill 'infanticide on demand'

NSW rivers and dams are running dry, threatening drinking water supplies, according to projections.

'Critical' water situation across NSW

The WA government is hoping a university sets up a campus in Perth's CBD.

Plans for Perth CBD uni campus ramp up

Gabriel Polychronis

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will be officially welcomed to Australia in Canberra.

Fiji PM welcomed as Labor hounds Liu

Colin Brinsden

Hot and windy conditions are expected to return to Queensland, raising the risk of more bushfires.

Binna Burra fire may be deliberate: Police

Sonia Kohlbacher

Melbourne Airport has launched an Australia-first program to help people with "hidden disabilities".

Vic airport help for 'hidden' disabilities

Marnie Banger

One of two top-priced rams, which fetched $4500, at Darriwell Merinos is pictured with Darriwell principal Russell Jones, buyer and volume buyers Gus Shannon and Peter Morley, Boomey, Molong and auctioneer Jason Hartin, of Hartin Schute Bell.

Darriwell Merinos sells to $4500 twice

Daniel Pedersen

James Morris, Bonanza stud, Walgett, bought two rams including the $6500 sale-topper. Pictured are Paul Jameson, Elders, Dubbo; George Falkiner, Haddon Rig principal; buyer James Morris hold the $6500 ram, HR stud manager Andy Maclean holds the $5000 ram with Andy McLeod, classer, Dubbo, and John Settree, Landmark, Dubbo.

See who was at Haddon Rig Merino ram sale

Mark Griggs

The Queensland state government is considering removing tag-free movements for the goat industry.

Queensland government looks at removing tag-free movements

Katie Davies

Master reef guide Pablo Cogollos takes passenger on Sunlover Reef Cruises on a snorkelling tour. Picture: Calypso Reef Imagery

Discover the reef with a master guide

POPULAR: Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city

Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok

The Capricorn Coast: great snorkelling territory.

Best travel deals this week

John Rozentals

IMPACT: Ageism, the stigma associated with dementia, and an inability to report incidents are ways people experience discrimination at work or in the community.

Remove stigma and show support for dementia

DESIGNATED SPACE: Nominate a place to set up your home office that ideally has a lot of natural light and is a little out of the way.

Five tips for creating an effective home office

While the 'functional elements' of the house aligned to the subdivision grid, the main spaces were cranked off grid to better orient to the views and sun. Photos by Tom Blachford

Angling for the most sun and views