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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Gladys Berejiklian

DIGESTRace to trace positive COVID case in NSW

Joyjit (left) and Jashan Sanghera with the son they last held on February 29, 2020. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreak of Australians trapped in India

Steve Evans

A new study has offered insight into Australians' feeling towards COVID-19 vaccines. Picture: Karleen Minney

Side-effect concerns fuelling vaccine jitters: survey

Sally Whyte

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Come clean': Labor calls for the cost of coronavirus

Karen Barlow

Netballers descend on Narellan for representative carnival

Netballers descend on Narellan for representative carnival

Kayla Osborne

Funding secured for Ruse tennis court upgrades

Funding secured for Ruse tennis court upgrades

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Camden driver set to take on V8 SuperUte Series

Kayla Osborne

Netballers descend on Narellan for representative carnival

Netballers descend on Narellan for representative carnival

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

Laurie Daley

Walter Scott made his debut for Macarthur on the weekend. Photo: Macarthur Bulls

SUBSCRIBERBowral's Walter Scott proud of contribution in Bulls debut

Dominic Unwin

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

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Your chance to score tickets to Irish dancing show

Your chance to score tickets to Irish dancing show

Jess Layt

Fun times ahead: Campbelltown Council will host ChillFest this winter school holidays. Pictures: Jess Layt

Frosty fun is back in Campbelltown

Jess Layt

From game to film: Ludi Lin and Max Huang star as Liu Kang and Kung Lao in Mortal Kombat, rated R18+, in cinemas now. Picture: New Line Cinema

Mortal Kombat film review | Surprising fun in game adaptation

Jess Layt

Your chance to score tickets to Irish dancing show

Your chance to score tickets to Irish dancing show

Unhinged: Sam Claflin is a stand-out as the insidious James Flagg in new psychological thriller Every Breath You Take. Picture: Construction Film

Every Breath You Take | Claflin a hit in okay thriller

Jess Layt

Picture: Rialto Films

Win in-season tickets to new big-screen romance

Jess Layt

Regional NSW is calling!

Regional NSW is calling!

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Think local and support your community: 2021 Campbelltown edition

Think local and support your community: 2021 Campbelltown edition

Regional NSW is calling!

Regional NSW is calling!

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

Emma Brown

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

Mother's Day activities at Macarthur Square

Mother's Day activities at Macarthur Square

WATCH OUT: Scamwatch is warning that scammers are pretending to be defence personnel in order to con people into parting with their money.

Scamwatch: Scammers now pretending to be defence personnel

Fun: Youths worked with celebrated artists Emmanuel Asante (second from left) and Abdul Abdullah (at right) at Campbelltown Arts Centre this month. Picture: Simon Bennett

Youths work with artists on collaborative work at Campbelltown Arts Centre

Jess Layt

Mother's Day activities at Macarthur Square

Mother's Day activities at Macarthur Square

Light up the dawn: The RSL is again calling on families to remember the fallen from home this Anzac Day if you can't attend a dawn service. Picture: RSL NSW

Call to light up the dawn on Anzac Day

Merryn Porter

Works under way: Ingleburn Cricket Club president Jason Darr, Oatley MP Mark Coure, Campbelltown mayor George Brticevic and Ingleburn Magpies president Shannon Prenter at Memorial Oval. Picture: Jess Layt

Upgrades to Ingleburn's Memorial Oval now under way

Jess Layt

Dragging the Chain, John Fitzmaurice (Western Sydney University Acquisitive Sculpture Award winner). Picture:Simon Bennett

Winners announced in biennial sculpture competition at WSU

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

Pictures: Campbelltown Council

Accessible play space officially opens at Glenfield

Photo: Naomi Clarke Photography.

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

Two kids get a close up view of a spectacular Lego project. Picture: Simon Bennett

Camden Brick Show back to delight Lego lovers

Kayla Osborne

Picture perfect: Amanda Seyfried and James Norton star in drama mystery Things Heard and Seen, rated MA15+, streaming on Netflix now. Pictures: Netflix

Things Heard and Seen film review: Ghostly drama not horror

Jess Layt

Don't mess with H: Jason Statham stars as enigmatic lead character H in Guy Ritchie's latest crime caper Wrath of Man, rated MA15+, in cinemas now.

Wrath of Man film review | Caper needs more Ritchie

Jess Layt

Leumeah Pump Track opening. Pictures: Simon Bennett

New pump track officially open at Leumeah

Jess Layt

Why we should be concerned that emotional labour is wearing our teachers down

OPINIONWhy we should be concerned that emotional labour is wearing our teachers down

Dr Saul Karnovsky

PROUD AS PUNCH: Cohen Jarrett of Katherine in the NT from back in 2017 with the headgear worn by the great man himself, Johnathan Thurston.

REAL AUSTRALIATime for an amnesty so frustrated fans can swap clubs

Chris McLennan

Mind Matters | Spelling it out - the words that give us trouble

OPINIONMind Matters | Spelling it out - the words that give us trouble

John Malouff

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

COVID-19 restrictions will be in place in Sydney this Mother's Day despite no new local cases.

Masked Mother's Day weekend in NSW

Scientists have isolated the sound of Ingenuity's whirring blades and magnified it.

Mars helicopter heard humming through air

India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 230,000 and the country is setting daily case records.

'Abandoned' Aussie dies of virus in India

There's "clear evidence" that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19, researchers say.

Ibuprofen 'doesn't raise COVID death risk'

Nilima Marshall

Eric Abetz has been demoted to third place on the Liberals' senate ticket for the next election.

Abetz dumped from top Tasmania senate spot

Andi Yu
17m ago

Two people have been injured in an alleged assault with an axe in Sydney's southwest.

Man, woman injured in Sydney axe attack

21m ago

James Hackney (L) covered thousands of kilometres on his bicycle to increase awareness regarding the lack of mental health resources available in the rural communities. Photo: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERIncredible cycle took in four states in 16 days for mental health awareness

Neha Attre
2hrs ago

Moree on a Plate sizzles upon its grand return

Moree on a Plate sizzles upon its grand return

Billy Jupp
1hr ago

Some of the trees planted by Fiona and Bill Ogilvie in their entrance paddock. Manna gum (E. viminalis) in the foreground was planted five years ago; the deodar (Cedrus deodara) on the right was planted in 1991.

Change is in the trees

FIONA OGILVIE

Scenic Rim dairy farmer Kay Tommerup understands the power of collaboration between producer and copnsumer and will be speaking as part of a panel during the Farm2Plate Exchange on May 18 at Beaudesert, Qld. Photo: Supplied

Paddock to plate a growing concept worth pursuing

Jamie Brown

CHAOS TO CALM: Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering. Photo: Supplied.

Organise your kitchen with tips from a decluttering expert

AFFORDABLE LUXURY: The design elements of this Australian Hamptons home meld interior with exterior for an elegant yet eminently livable family dwelling.

A grand scale luxury farmhouse with country charm and Hamptons style

Vickii Byram

The uroliths bladder of Dr Anne Quain's cat, Hero. Picture: Supplied

Signs your cat has a urinary tract obstruction

Dr Anne Quain