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WATCHNSW records 29,504 new COVID cases, 17 deaths

Children aged between five and 11 can now be vaccinated. Picture: Shutterstock

How to prepare your autistic child for COVID vaccinations and tests

Supermarket shelves are beginning to empty across the country as the Omicron variant strikes. Picture: Getty Images

EXPLAINERHow supply chains break and why we're seeing shortages

The lingering effects of COVID explained, months down the track

The lingering effects of COVID explained, months down the track

Rapid antigen tests have been in short supply around Australia despite being integral to fixing supply chain problems while workers wait results. Picture: Shutterstock

Federal government denies 'snaffling' RATs

Harley Dennett

What are the symptoms of Omicron?

What are the symptoms of Omicron?

Tim Spector

Picture: Anthony Brady

NSW daily COVID death toll keeps climbing as 29 people lose their lives

Nick Bielby

A poorly ventilated nightclub with singing and dancing without masks in close quarters is an easy way for COVID to transmit. Photo: File

Here's where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID: new study

Trish Greenhalgh, Jose-Luis Jimenez, Shelly Miller, and Zhe Peng

DETERRENT: Howard Kotton believes slow over rates could be avoided if offending captains received suspensions. Australia's Pat Cummins and England's Joe Root are pictured during the first Test. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Suspend Test skippers for poor over rates

Howard Kotton

Rudy Gobert returned from his second bout of COVID-19 to help Utah beat Denver in the NBA.

Gobert returns to lift Jazz from NBA slump

World No.1 male tennis player Novak Djokovic is expected to be deported from Australia after the federal court dismissed his visa cancellation appeal. Picture: Getty Images

Game, set, match, out: Djokovic 'extremely disappointed' after visa appeal loss

Sarah Basford Canales
Karen Barlow

DETERRENT: Howard Kotton believes slow over rates could be avoided if offending captains received suspensions. Australia's Pat Cummins and England's Joe Root are pictured during the first Test. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Suspend Test skippers for poor over rates

Some of the action between local teams Dunks and Six Packs & Sunburns. Photo by Kelly Manwaring.

Local sides take part in Cootamundra Touch carnival

Andrew Fisher

A Grade Champions RAMP Financial from Sydney. Photo by Kelly Manwaring.

Sydney side takes out Cootamundra Touch carnival

Andrew Fisher

Hurricane Fall band members Pepper Deroy, Jesse Vee, Lachlan Coffey, Tim Hickey and Luke Wheeldon.

LISTENThe country lads who are kicking up a storm

Hurricane Fall band members Pepper Deroy, Jesse Vee, Lachlan Coffey, Tim Hickey and Luke Wheeldon.

LISTENThe country lads who are kicking up a storm

Charlie Fittler developed his love of country music growing up on the family property near Armidale.

LISTENYoung country singer has an old-school country sound

Charlie Fittler developed his love of country music growing up on the family property near Armidale.

LISTENYoung country singer has an old-school country sound

Lyn Bowtell is regarded as an inspiration and mentor to younger members of the country music "family".

LISTENRetro album puts Bowtell in a happy place

Lyn Bowtell is regarded as an inspiration and mentor to younger members of the country music "family".

LISTENRetro album puts Bowtell in a happy place

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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Don't get disheartened by empty supermarket shelves. Picture: Shutterstock

What to cook when the supermarket shelves are empty

Karen Hardy

And Just Like That ... is akin to a weird form of torture. Picture: Foxtel

WATCHAnd Just Like That ... fails the rat test

B.R. Doherty

Jamie Dornan plays amnesiac protagonist "The Man" in The Tourist, written by British brothers Harry and Jack Williams. Picture: Stan

WATCHThe Tourist and Love Me: take a trip across two very different Australias

B.R. Doherty

Don't get disheartened by empty supermarket shelves. Picture: Shutterstock

What to cook when the supermarket shelves are empty

Summernats attendance has been capped at 20,000 people per day for 2022. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Summernats campers told to pack up and leave if COVID symptoms develop

Peter Brewer

Wade Forster is a self-taught country singer. He lives on a cattle property in Winton, Queensland. Picture: John Elliott

Meet the next generation of Australian country music stars

Jim Kellar

NO PRAM REQUIRED: Your little one will love a daily outing if they are learning how to conquer skateboarding.

World's first kids learner skateboard

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard?

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard?

Linda Lambrechts

Carbon neutral: Ecosa believe every business should be accountable for its own carbon footprint.

Australia's leading sustainable sleep solution

Linda Lambrechts

NO PRAM REQUIRED: Your little one will love a daily outing if they are learning how to conquer skateboarding.

World's first kids learner skateboard

FREE FROM TOXINS: Absolutely perfect for baby's skin.

Protect the skin on your precious baby with Bunjie

Experience the planet's most awe inspiring landscapes

Experience the planet's most awe inspiring landscapes

How a couple turned a South Coast home into a luxury retreat

How a couple turned a South Coast home into a luxury retreat

Brendan Crabb

Cronulla's 'spaceship house' sells for record $14M

Cronulla's 'spaceship house' sells for record $14M

Murray Trembath

House prices in Gerringong, in NSW, rose at the fastest rate in the regional Australia and the second-fastest in the country. Picture: Sylvia Liber

2021's best regional property markets revealed, demand 'surge' predicted

Jack Needham

Clarity sought on isolation

FREEClarity sought on isolation

ROLLING: Wagga MP Joe McGirr, Nationals MLC Wes Fang and Wagga mayor Greg Conkey on the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics Hub's rail siding. Picture: Rex Martinich

Freight hub and new jobs on the rails with major milestone reached

LEADER: Then NSW Regional Transport and Roads Minister Paul Toole at the Batlow Road and Snowy Mountains Highway intersection in 2020.

Toole welcomed as Deputy Premier after fighting for region's roads

MOB: Mark Braydon with 'Herb' demonstrates sheep handling skills at the Wagga Working Dog Club Auction on Saturday. Picture: Emma Hillier

PHOTOSWorking dogs in demand with top price soaring above last year

CHARGING THROUGH: Tyler Madden splits the Brothers defence on his way to scoring Temora's first try on Sunday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Dragons create buffer in battle for fifth place

Courtney Rees

TRY TIME: MItch Ivill can't stop Nic Hall from opening the scoring in Young's tight win over Tumut on Saturday. Picture: Courtney Rees

Young ends Tumut's winning run

Courtney Rees

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? Advocates concerned labour shortages will impact access to home care packages.

Worker shortage as home care list drops

Eileen Wood

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

A poorly ventilated nightclub with singing and dancing without masks in close quarters is an easy way for COVID to transmit. Photo: File

Here's where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID: new study

Face masks are again being mandated in Perth and the Peel region after a rise in local COVID cases.

WA on edge as Omicron cases circulate

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, his partner Vikki Campion and sons Sebastian and Thomas. Photo: Supplied

Barnaby Joyce, Vikki Campion engaged

A baby boy is fighting for life after being injured in a car crash along with two women in NSW.

Baby fighting for life after NSW car crash

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"There are signs of a plateauing" in COVID-19 infection numbers, Greg Hunt says.

Debate rages over Omicron peak evidence

Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown
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A hot air balloon's 'hard landing' that left two people seriously injured is under investigation.

Vic balloon accident under investigation

Melissa Meehan
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A satellite image of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Blast could imperil Tonga's food supplies

Tracey Ferrier
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The peak union body says staff who cannot work from home should be given free rapid antigen tests.

Omicron 'demands new work safety approach'

Dominic Giannini
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Bowe and Lidbury agents Michael Easey and Rodney McDonald with a pen of Angus heifers that sold for $3100 a head during the Maitland store sale on Saturday.

A record start at Maitland as cows hit $5800

Karen Bailey
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Brian Leslie, Dairy Livestock Services, said the International Dairy Week has been the greatest showplace and selling avenue for 'Top End' dairy cattle ever seen in Australia. Photo: Weeran Angus

A passion for dairy pedigrees

Stephen Burns
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"There are plenty of chickens out on farms, but just not enough people to pick them up, process them and distribute chicken products to stores," Dr Vivien Kite, director of the Australian Chicken Meat Federation, said.

How supply chains break and why we're seeing shortages

Steve Evans

Wordle is an internet word game taking the world by storm. Picture Shutterstock/Wordle

Five letters, six turns: why you need to join the Wordle cult

Karen Hardy

Welcome back for Miranda, Carrie and Charlotte. Picture: Foxtel

OPINIONIt's OK not to want to be Carrie Bradshaw anymore

Karen Hardy

CULT BUY: XtendLash is MCoBeauty's most popular product and the top-selling cosmetics product nationally in Woolworths. Photo: Supplied

Common mascara questions answered