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Hack class competitors at the 2019 Taree Show. The 2021 event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taree Show cancelled for the second year running

Mick McDonald
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Well done: Mr. W. de la Rue presents a Book Week prize to a happy young recipient, 1971.

Flashback: It was a winter's tale for Book Week in 1971

Port Macquarie Museum
14m ago

NSW health official Jeremy McAnulty says more than 25,000 coronavirus tests were needed each day.

FREE'We can do better': NSW records 239 COVID cases in Sunday numbers

Matt Carr
1hr ago

Emma McKeon is on the cusp of creating Australian Olympic history.

McKeon on the cusp of record medal haul

John Salvado and Steve Larkin
2hrs ago

Four teens arrested after stolen vehicle police pursuit through Port Macquarie

Four teens arrested after stolen vehicle police pursuit through Port Macquarie

As part of its pandemic response, NSW Health says it is taking an important temporary measure to also provide the state the best chance of containing the current outbreak in Greater Sydney as quickly as possible.

FREEFirst dose Pfizer jabs rescheduled as vaccines head to Sydney

Hadley's hats: Mawson expeditioners proudly wearing their beanies. Photo: Dan Broun/Australian Antarctic Division

Mid Coast fibre artist's bespoke beanies travel from the Antarctic to the Arctic

Julia Driscoll

CHARGING THROUGH: Jared Wooster powering through the line for Old Bar.

PHOTOSPirates charge forward with victory over Breakers

Robert Dougherty

The Aussies to watch at the Olympics on Sunday

PHOTOSVikings overpower Snappers to begin finals run

PHOTOSCoffs Breakers too good for rebuilding Magpies

Order up: Miss Nellie's Cafe prepares for down-sized return

Hack class competitors at the 2019 Taree Show. The 2021 event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taree Show cancelled for the second year running

14m ago

Well done: Mr. W. de la Rue presents a Book Week prize to a happy young recipient, 1971.

Flashback: It was a winter's tale for Book Week in 1971

14m ago

As part of its pandemic response, NSW Health says it is taking an important temporary measure to also provide the state the best chance of containing the current outbreak in Greater Sydney as quickly as possible.

FREEFirst dose Pfizer jabs rescheduled as vaccines head to Sydney

Hadley's hats: Mawson expeditioners proudly wearing their beanies. Photo: Dan Broun/Australian Antarctic Division

Mid Coast fibre artist's bespoke beanies travel from the Antarctic to the Arctic

What's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

Logan Martin of Australia competes in the men's BMX Freestyle seeding at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

The Aussies to watch at the Olympics on Sunday

Taree Show cancelled for the second year running

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Flashback: It was a winter's tale for Book Week in 1971

14m ago

Four teens arrested after stolen vehicle police pursuit through Port Macquarie

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FREEFirst dose Pfizer jabs rescheduled as vaccines head to Sydney

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Mid Coast fibre artist's bespoke beanies travel from the Antarctic to the Arctic

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SUBSCRIBERQuarantine debt bills hit Australians

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The RBA on Tuesday will consider a much changed economic outlook since its last meeting.

RBA faced with vastly different situation

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NSW health official Jeremy McAnulty says more than 25,000 coronavirus tests were needed each day.

FREE'We can do better': NSW records 239 COVID cases in Sunday numbers

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Health Minister Greg Hunt has listed three new drugs for government subsidy.

Hunt adds several new treatments to PBS

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NOT HAPPY: Orange MP Phil Donato is calling for residents to sign a petition against the redirection of Pfizer vaccines to Sydney. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

MP launches protest petition against Pfizer vaccine 'pilfering'

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CREATIVE: Joss Woodyard with his creation, Dagon, which is scheduled to be exhibited at LEGO House in Denmark, along with other brick builds he has designed and are on display in his study. Pictures: Jonathan Carroll

Brick master invited to LEGO House

Scott Bevan
1hr ago

Snack well: Eating primarily plant-based foods is good for the environment and gut health, said nutritionist and Ambassador for Fancy Plants, Leanne Ward. Picture: Shutterstock

Snack it good: Locked down Aussies looking for eco treats

Sarah Falson
1hr ago

Stina Constantine at the Australia Day Awards Ceremony 2021.

Former Miss Wagga faces hurdle in fight against deportation

Annie Lewis
1hr ago

DOG POISONING: Horses from the Northern Territory are firming as the prime suspect in a dog poisoning outbreak in Victoria. Picture: Queensland government.

Outback horses now the prime suspect in dog poison deaths

Chris McLennan
1hr ago

Melbourne will face Gold Coast in the AFL at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

AFL flees Qld lockdown, NRL pushes on

Ed Jackson and Anna Harrington

CHARGING THROUGH: Jared Wooster powering through the line for Old Bar.

PHOTOSPirates charge forward with victory over Breakers

Robert Dougherty

ON A FINALS RUN: Hastings Valley Vikings faced Coffs Harbour Snappers on July 31.

PHOTOSVikings overpower Snappers to begin finals run

Robert Dougherty

Melbourne will face Gold Coast in the AFL at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

AFL flees Qld lockdown, NRL pushes on

REBUILDING: Coffs Harbour Breakers defeat Port Macquarie Magpies at Wayne Richards Park.

PHOTOSCoffs Breakers too good for rebuilding Magpies

Robert Dougherty

Smoke that red: Amy Powell recently caught this whopping salmon in the Hastings estuary on light spinning gear.

What's biting: Flatties at Blackmans Point and Pelican Island

Jason Isaac

Emma McKeon has won 50m freestyle gold, setting a record for most Olympic medals by an Australian.

Swimmer McKeon wins historic gold medal

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Emma McKeon has won 50m freestyle gold, setting a record for most Olympic medals by an Australian.

Swimmer McKeon wins historic gold medal

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Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo Olympics gold medal in the 50-metres freestyle.

Dressel wins fourth Tokyo Games swim gold

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Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo Olympics gold medal in the 50-metres freestyle.

Dressel wins fourth Tokyo Games swim gold

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Cate Campbell and Emma McKeon look to continue a stellar campaign. Picture: Getty

LIVETokyo Olympics day nine: McKeon becomes Australia's most successful Olympian

Cate Campbell and Emma McKeon look to continue a stellar campaign. Picture: Getty

LIVETokyo Olympics day nine: McKeon becomes Australia's most successful Olympian

The 2021 Coastline Credit Union Greater Port Macquarie Business Awards has been postponed until November while the region rides out the wave of reintroduced COVID restrictions.

Celebration of best in local business pushed back to November

The 2021 Coastline Credit Union Greater Port Macquarie Business Awards has been postponed until November while the region rides out the wave of reintroduced COVID restrictions.

Celebration of best in local business pushed back to November

Get your votes in and say thanks to a top local business

Get your votes in and say thanks to a top local business

Get your votes in and say thanks to a top local business

Get your votes in and say thanks to a top local business

Record entries for 2021 Port Macquarie business awards as we celebrate resilience

Record entries for 2021 Port Macquarie business awards as we celebrate resilience

Record entries for 2021 Port Macquarie business awards as we celebrate resilience

Record entries for 2021 Port Macquarie business awards as we celebrate resilience

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Anna Winter, team leader, run the court-mandated drug diversion program in Tasmania's North-West. Picture: Brodie Weeding

LISTENWhy is everyone in this courtroom so happy?

Anna Winter, team leader, run the court-mandated drug diversion program in Tasmania's North-West. Picture: Brodie Weeding

LISTENWhy is everyone in this courtroom so happy?

BUSY: Avason Homes, and other builders, are facing lengthy waits for materials at a time of great demand. Photo: AMY REES

'Supply meets demand, so something's got to give': Local builders feel pinch

BUSY: Avason Homes, and other builders, are facing lengthy waits for materials at a time of great demand. Photo: AMY REES

'Supply meets demand, so something's got to give': Local builders feel pinch

Dual income family to become homeless

Dual income family to become homeless

Dual income family to become homeless

Dual income family to become homeless

Andy Lynch played 229 games for Castleford during his stellar rugby league career. Photo: SW Pix

PHOTOSLynch trades historic English rugby league career for NSW South Coast life

Andy Lynch played 229 games for Castleford during his stellar rugby league career. Photo: SW Pix

PHOTOSLynch trades historic English rugby league career for NSW South Coast life

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What's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

Tracey Fairhurst

Your Port Macquarie-Hastings monthly markets guide

WHAT'S ONYour Port Macquarie-Hastings monthly markets guide

Tracey Fairhurst

ON TRACK: A team competing in previous Wildside Adventure Racing. Photo: Fully Rad Adventures.

Adventure race thrusts Hastings into national spotlight

Robert Dougherty

What's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

MEGA FUNDRAISER: Tacking Point Lions launch fundraising garage sale. Photo by Paula from Pexels.

Lions Club launch fundraising event at Tacking Point

Back on stage: Together Again! will be a celebration of the community's resilience over the last year and the shared joy of community choral singing and concert.

Choristers together again and in tune for comeback concert

NSW health official Jeremy McAnulty says more than 25,000 coronavirus tests were needed each day.

FREE'We can do better': NSW records 239 COVID cases in Sunday numbers

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Former Canberran Marcus Dahl, who is being deliberately reinfected with Covid as part of a University of Oxford trial. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERWhy Marcus is being deliberately infected with Covid

Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERQuarantine debt bills hit Australians

The Australian bronze-winning 4x100m mixed medley relay team - Kaylee McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple and Emma McKeon. Picture: AAP

DIGESTWonder women at the Olympics and more Covid

Passengers set for quarantine arrive at Canberra Airport. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

There's no department 'in charge' of quarantine, govt reveals

Finn McHugh

Weekend agenda: Snacks, streaming and staying home

DIGESTWeekend agenda: Snacks, streaming and staying home

NSW has asked to use ADF personnel during Sydney's lockdown. Australia's golden guy Zac Stubblety-Cook (inset). Photos: AAP

DIGESTHow to clean up our 'world-class mess

Janine Graham

It looks like a duck and quacks like a duck. Just don't call it JobKeeper.

DIGESTHelp is on the way, but don't call it JobKeeper

Janine Graham

Well done: Mr. W. de la Rue presents a Book Week prize to a happy young recipient, 1971.

Flashback: It was a winter's tale for Book Week in 1971

Port Macquarie Museum
14m ago

Congratulations: Ald C.C. Adams (at right) presents Arkie Walsh with the V-Ess championship award at the Sailing Club presentation night, 1971.

Flashback: Council aldermen rescind approval of Windmill Hill motel

Port Macquarie Museum

Primitive: Rodney Easton undergoes a Chest X-ray with the assistance of Nurse Keough, 1971. Photos: supplied by Port Macquarie Museum

Flashback: Egg throwing world record attempt draws crowd to Oxley Oval

Port Macquarie Museum

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Rachel Horan

Why the health sector has become such a desirable career path in Australia

Why the health sector has become such a desirable career path in Australia

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Ruth Lewis

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Dellaram Vreeland

How businesses are adapting to the new normal

How businesses are adapting to the new normal

Regional NSW residents could be set to score discounts on stays in Byron Bay as Covid restrictions prevent Sydney and Melbourne residents from travelling. Photo: Supplied

'Byron like it was in the '80s': How regional travellers can benefit from city lockdowns

Regional NSW residents could be set to score discounts on stays in Byron Bay as Covid restrictions prevent Sydney and Melbourne residents from travelling. Photo: Supplied

'Byron like it was in the '80s': How regional travellers can benefit from city lockdowns

The Royal Hotel in Armidale

Second pub sale as investors rediscover the regions

The Royal Hotel in Armidale

Second pub sale as investors rediscover the regions

Regional areas, particularly those close to the coast, have been popular with city buyers. Photo: Sylvia Liber

What's next for regional house prices?

Jack Needham

This project in Newrybar, NSW was commenced after the Covid-19 pandemic began. Photo: Supplied

Architects see 'surge' in requests for regional work

Jack Needham

15 Aspect Court, Port Macquarie. Photo: Supplied

Holiday at home: Five prestige properties with room for the whole family

Jack Needham

Liberty CEO Kelly Lamb with Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams.

Liberty to deliver specialist outreach services across Port Macquarie-Hastings

Giving back: Jody Geosits from Soldier On, Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West's Trevor Gilson, Club North Haven's Tim Harris, Alli McGoldrick and Dawn Marchment from NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park, Wayne Evans from Sailability Port Macquarie, Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West president Steven Towle, Alister Hunziker from Beachside Apartments, Beaches Resort's Tracey Hunziker and Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West's Rick Eller celebrate the recycling milestone.

Rotary club's recycling fundraiser reaches new heights

Lisa Tisdell

Artist Damon Moroney from Iknograffix transformed the corridor and walls at Hastings Secondary College's Westport campus with a representation of the native bushland and the Port Macquarie lighthouse. Photo: Hastings Secondary College.

CSU grants bring community projects to life across Port Macquarie

Liberty CEO Kelly Lamb with Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams.

Liberty to deliver specialist outreach services across Port Macquarie-Hastings

MEGA FUNDRAISER: Tacking Point Lions launch fundraising garage sale. Photo by Paula from Pexels.

Lions Club launch fundraising event at Tacking Point

Energy Forever committee member Kerri-ann Jones and Birpai LALC CEO David Carroll represent two community organisations that have benefitted mutually from solar power. EF hopes other local groups will jump on the renewable energy bandwagon.

Solar power generates cash for grants across Hastings

CHARGING THROUGH: Jared Wooster powering through the line for Old Bar.

PHOTOSPirates charge forward with victory over Breakers

Logan Martin of Australia competes in the men's BMX Freestyle seeding at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

The Aussies to watch at the Olympics on Sunday

ON A FINALS RUN: Hastings Valley Vikings faced Coffs Harbour Snappers on July 31.

PHOTOSVikings overpower Snappers to begin finals run

REBUILDING: Coffs Harbour Breakers defeat Port Macquarie Magpies at Wayne Richards Park.

PHOTOSCoffs Breakers too good for rebuilding Magpies

Go for gold: The Ringer gets into shape for the Farm Olympics.

WATCHWelcome to the Farm Olympics: How everyday athletes are made

Ashley Walmsley

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in Jungle Cruise. Picture: Frank Masi.

Buckle up for a new cinematic ride

Ron Cerabona

A scene from Shiva Baby. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWSharp, claustrophobic slice of life

Jane Freebury

A scene from Fanny Lye Deliver'd. Picture: Sharmill

Grim and violent Puritan western

Ron Cerabona

How new batteries can help address the global warming crisis

OPINIONHow new batteries can help address the global warming crisis

Diego Souza

The $184 billion squandered by the end of the decade on those who don't need it could have been spent on public health, education or other services. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONLabor has given up any hope of a progressive agenda

Crispin Hull

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONKershaw promises success in drug war, but he can't say how

Nicholas Stuart

MORE HELP: 80,000 new packages are on the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Government announces 80,000 new home care packages

Eileen Wood

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Rev. Bill Crews shares his rules for living a better life.

Bill Crews: Twelves rules for living a better life

Samara Ross

Some might have an eye for sheep and cattle, but why aren't more young judges having a crack at assessing different breeds or species, or even looking over the fence to another ring. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher

Why don't we see more multi-species judges?

Hannah Powe

Three of Mollie Agostinos's registered Highland heifers at Malongulli, Canowindra. Photos: supplied

Highland crossbreeding the gift that keeps on giving | Photos

Hannah Powe

Lorraine Inwood creates unusual garden art like this imaginative leadlight cobweb (spot the spider).

Art for the winter blues

FIONA OGILVIE

FIBRE WITH FLAIR: Sian Redgrave incorporates fruit into her table decoration, as it looks vibrant and can be eaten later. Photos: Supplied

Entertain at home in style

SIGNS: Cats with ureteral obstructions can seem 'off colour' to owners. Picture: Shutterstock

A blockage in puss's plumbing is more than a wee problem

Dr Anne Quain

Some might not know you have to submit a "valid notice of intent to claim a deduction for personal superannuation contributions". Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEGetting super contributions wrong hurts tax deductions

Noel Whittaker