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Scone trainer John Ramsey. Pic: KATRINA PARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY

Miss becomes Ramsey's latest Pinup horse

Mandy Cottell

Women's league the winner | PHOTOS, VIDEO

Women's league the winner | PHOTOS, VIDEO

Rod Thompson

Pirates lend a hand

Pirates lend a hand

Paul Jobber

Scone trainer John Ramsey. Pic: KATRINA PARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY

Miss becomes Ramsey's latest Pinup horse

TOURNAMENT READY: Scone Brumbies players with Australian 7's Olympic Gold Medalist Charlotte Caslick at the 2018 Women's Sevens Rugby Tournament. Photo: Supplied

Women's rugby taking centre stage

Caitlin Reid

SQUAD: Five girls were selected from the NSW team, six from Queensland and one from ACT for the 12 girl Australian merit team. Photos: Supplied

Tyla scoops touch award in Canberra

Caitlin Reid

Self portrait: Ben Quilty after Afghanistan 2012. Private collection, Sydney.

Documentary captures Ben Quilty confronting injustice head-on

Jim Kellar

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Australian comedian Merrick Watts will feature at a free event for the farming community at The Belmore Hotel.

Comedy and Connect event postponed

Self portrait: Ben Quilty after Afghanistan 2012. Private collection, Sydney.

Documentary captures Ben Quilty confronting injustice head-on

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

POPULAR: Dave Matthews Band is returning to Australia in April for Byron Bay Bluesfest and will play sideshows at Sydney and Melbourne.

MUSICTalking (Australian) turkey with Dave Matthews

Lisa Rockman

One of the greatest benefits of the digital health industry will be unprecedented equity in the services and level of patient care available.

Closing the gap

One of the greatest benefits of the digital health industry will be unprecedented equity in the services and level of patient care available.

Closing the gap

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Gemma Purves

Who will it be for 2020?: 2019 Australian of the Year award winners. Photo: Salty Dingo

32 great Aussies vying for national honours

CHRSITMAS CHEER: Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre manager Lee Watts (left) is hoping to ease the burden for struggling families this Christmas. Photo: File Photo

Resource Centre hoping to spread Christmas cheer

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

NSW Local Land Services chief executive David Witherdin with Individual Landcarer Award finalist Don Durrant, of the Kyogle Landcare Group, winner Nerida Croker, of Upper Lachlan Landcare and Lindy Davis, representing finalist Jane Ireland, of Coffs Harbour Jetty Dunecare. Picture by Pennie Hall

Awards recognise Landcare champions

Joanne Crawford

VITAL SUPPORT: Dennis Wilson (Chairperson RSL Board) with Scone Support Group members Margaret Cooper, Pat Dann, Beryl Bates, Errol Bates, Ann Martin and Barry Martin. Photo: Supplied

Rescue Helicopter lands $20k

Caitlin Reid

Women's league the winner | PHOTOS, VIDEO

Women's league the winner | PHOTOS, VIDEO

The long form TV style gives time for the exploration of landscape, stories, culture and history. Picture: Supplied.

The outback uses 'slow TV' to share stories, culture

A tale to tell: North Haven residents Jodie and Nathan Gardner present day (left) and the Port News photo after Nathan's birth in 2009 (right).

Were you involved in a highway delivery 10 years ago?

Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

REGULAR DONOR: Paul McLean donates plasma fortnightly at the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service in Warrnambool.

South-west Victorians urged to give blood as fires rage

Kimberley Price

Ex-cop rescues koala as northern NSW burns

Ex-cop rescues koala as northern NSW burns

Ben Smyth

Stitching together the fabric of localism

REAL AUSTRALIAStitching together the fabric of localism

CALM REFUGE: Gail Sheehan and Carol Booth, playing the harp, to soothe Oscar who is almost blind. Photo: Letitia Fitzpatrick.

Watch Carol play the harp to soothe blind horse after fleeing fires

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Bushfire survivors stand in solidarity

OPINIONBushfire survivors stand in solidarity

Janet Reynolds

Buy from the bush: Senator Hollie Hughes has launched the website gocountryforchristmas.com.au.

OPINIONHelp heal wounds with power of purchase

James Pearson

Preparing teens for jobs that don't exist yet

OPINIONPreparing teens for jobs that don't exist yet

Brent Lehmann

RAINBOW RIBBON: Queensland AIDS Council CEO Rebecca Reynolds, Arcare CEO Colin Singh, Local Liberal state member for Bonney, Sam OConnor at the opening of Arcare Parkwood.

Queensland's first LGBTI aged care opens

OUCH: Corticosteroid injections versus orthotics.

Heel pain: to jab or not to jab?

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Polio survivors at Polio Australia's 2017 health and wellness retreat on the Sunshine Coast.

Demanding action for polio survivors

Rowan Cowley

Parkville youth justice centre is still in lockdown.

Lockdown ongoing at Vic youth justice site

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Israel Folau says the bushfires are but a taste of what is to come unless Australia repents.

Folau bushfire comments 'insensitive': PM

40m ago

Amita Gupta delivered food for Uber Eats for as many as 96 hours per week, according to a union.

Woman's Uber Eats sacking 'dystopian': TWU

49m ago

Joshua Norman has apologised to the family of a pedestrian his car hit and killed.

Drink driver apologises to victim's family

50m ago

Former PM Malcom Turnbull is certain the coalition would have won the election with him as leader.

I 'absolutely' would have won: Turnbull

Matt Coughlan
55m ago

A decision on a submarine maintenance contract is "not one to be made rashly", Scott Morrison says.

No guarantee from PM on SA submarine jobs

Daniel McCulloch
57m ago

Ranulfo Torrefranca has been jailed after pleading guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault.

Melbourne carer jailed for sexual assaults

Benita Kolovos
1hr ago

More than 200 evacuated tourist spent the night at a resort on Queensland's Moreton Island.

Resort takes in campers after island fire

Tracey Ferrier
1hr ago

'Climate change doesn't cause fires'

'Climate change doesn't cause fires'

Tom Marland
1hr ago

Widespread severe danger is expected across NSW again next week.

Severe NSW fire danger in the week ahead

2hrs ago

EXTENDED: 'Chinese Bellamy's deal not against national interest'

EXTENDED: 'Chinese Bellamy's deal not against national interest'

Sean Ford

Our team took blood samples, four DNA samples and imbedded two GPS tracking devices while myself and eight others worked hard to keep the animal upright. Photos: Scott McRae

Combining conservation with wanderlust

Scott McRae

Working out how to switch off all the lights in a hotel room shouldn't be that difficult ... should it? Picture: Supplied

Room for improvement: What hotels could be doing better

Michael Turtle

Wineglass Bay: Guests will learn about the unique animals that live there and the peninsula's history, including the pink granite peaks of the Hazards Mountains.

Have wanderlust? Here are travel news bites

Christmas hams are likely to hurt the hip pocket this year, after swine fever decimated pig stocks.

Christmas ham prices may soar in Australia

Christine McGinn
2hrs ago

It may sound like contrary advice for a technology column, but as much as googling is a term that we use so often in our daily lives, my advice is not to google everything.

Google isn't the answer to everything

Mathew Dickerson

COLOUR POP: Next year's hottest colours reflect everything from our current faves to environmental concerns. All furniture available at essentialhome.eu.

Take a seat and check out the colour trends for 2020