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'Crazy' cost of $24 per vote

'Crazy' cost of $24 per vote

Tom Gosling

Council review of homelessness

Council review of homelessness

Tom Gosling

Desk has heritage value

Stockinbingal Heritage Room to get desk from former Bank of NSW.

Tom Gosling

Proposal to 'rebrand' Cootamundra Nursing Home

Proposal to 'rebrand' Cootamundra Nursing Home

Tom Gosling

Storytime delight: Chris and Les Carr with the Library's storytime kids gave them a quick chat on fire safety and how to stop, drop, roll in a fire.

School, fire & roses

Tom Gosling

Valued: MP Steph Cooke says the legislation "sends a message that we value the food and fibre produced in NSW, and the work of the people who produce it".

MP: new laws protect farmers

Tom Gosling

FLYING IN: Even Department of Primary Industries' entomologist Joanne Holloway believes the flies are worse this year across the region. Photo: FILE

Shoo fly, don't bother me: Drought to blame for influx of blowies

'Crazy' cost of $24 per vote

'Crazy' cost of $24 per vote

Tom Gosling

Council review of homelessness

Council review of homelessness

Tom Gosling

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

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

SUCCESS: Coota Ex-Services members Carolyn Buchanan, Lorraine Evelyn and Bev Black.

Coota Ex-Services ladies living it up in the city

TARGET: Dean Bradley fires one down the pitch. He will play a vital role in this weekend's Stribley Shield contest against Goulburn in Cootamundra. Photo: KELLY MANWARING

Cootamundra to host Stribley Shield opener

Pat Kerin

REGULARS: Cootamundra Bridge Club's Gail Flanery and Mary Norton-Knight catch up during a recent session. Picture: Supplied

Red-point session played in Cootamundra bridge

SUCCESS: Coota Ex-Services members Carolyn Buchanan, Lorraine Evelyn and Bev Black.

Coota Ex-Services ladies living it up in the city

TIGHT TUSSLE: Terry Smith claimed the 2019 Minor Singles championship from Jason Jones by just two points.

Smith's minor miracle

Double blow for under 16s against Temora cricket sides

Double blow for under 16s against Temora cricket sides

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Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

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

Documentary captures Ben Quilty confronting injustice head-on

Jim Kellar

SPECTACULAR OPPORTUNITY: Schools in NSW can nominate up to four drought-affected students for a free weekend away to see the Schools Spectacular.

'Wish upon a star' initiative offers drought kids a spectacular break

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Cootamundra will host a night food market on November 24.

Food glorious food - Cootamundra to host night market

Questacon is an exciting and intriguing concentration of science brought to life in vivid techni-colour.

The ultimate family fun holiday itinerary in Canberra

Emma Elsworthy

A selection of dishes available at the hip and happening Lazy Su. Pic: OutInCanberra

Ten iconic Canberra haunts for the ultimate foodie bucket list

Emma Elsworthy

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

Lyndell Whyte

Questacon is an exciting and intriguing concentration of science brought to life in vivid techni-colour.

The ultimate family fun holiday itinerary in Canberra

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Gemma Purves

RENTAL MARKET: The region's most expensive place to rent revealed in new data. Photo: FILE

Region's rising rental costs, with one town jumping by 14 per cent

Nadine Morton

On the market for the first time this century

On the market for the first time this century

PETER AUSTIN

REAL ESTATE: Here's what $350,000 will buy you around the Central West and Orana. Photo: FILE

PHOTOSWhat $350,000 buys you around the Central West, Orana

Nadine Morton

#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

FINE FILLIES: The ladies of the Cootamundra Day VIEW Club celebrated the Melbourne Cup in style.

View cup capers

Jenny McAinsh

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

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

INFORMATIVE: This group of ladies were much enlightened by the Women on Council information session that was held at the Alby Schultz room last Saturday morning.

Around Cootamundra: all the latest on what's happening in Cootamundra

Faith with Elizabeth.

Wallendbeen CWA executive appointed

Elizabeth Bassingthwaighte

Cootamundra Bulldogs celebrated their first win of the Group Nine season with victory over Temora. The Bulldogs won 22-8 at Les Boyd Oval.

Bulldogs score breakthrough win over Temora | Photos

League Tag to finish the season with match against Cherry Pickers

PHOTOSLeague Tag to finish the season with match against Cherry Pickers

The cost of stamps is set to rise by 10c to $1.10 in a bid to keep Australia's post offices open.

Pushing the envelope: Australia Post wants 10c stamp price rise

Hayden Cowled looks for support for the Cootamundra Bulldogs in their match against SouthCity on the weekend. Photo by Kelly Manwarring. More photos at www.cootamundraherald.com.au

Bulldogs outscore Brothers in dominant second half

Amelia Hassett in action for NSW Country at the national titles. Photo by Basketball NSW.

Hassett stars at U16 basketball nationals

Letters to the editor: Doctor shortage

Letters to the editor: Doctor shortage

One of today's writers has asked how council can tarmac the airport but not a small section of a rural road.

Letters: Why can't council fix our rural road?

One of today's readers had the misfortune of not being able to see a doctor at the Cootamundra Hospital emergency department.

Letters: Hospital without a doctor

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

John Setka has slammed Anthony Albanese for not going to the Victorian Labor conference.

Setka tells Albo to 'grow some balls'

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Senator James Paterson will continue to speak out about China despite being barred from the country.

Important we can state our views: Chester

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Schoolies is a rite of passage for many Australian teenagers as they finish their exams and leave school. Picture: Shutterstock

Is your teen off to schoolies? Here's what to say instead of freaking out

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A burst of hot westerly winds will see fire conditions worsen in Queensland over the weekend.

No end in sight for Qld fire danger

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Hot weather and gusty winds will again pose a bushfire risk in parts of NSW this weekend.

Firefighters back burn before threat rises

Steven Trask
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The Taliban have blamed the US for scuttling the offer to release Professor Timothy Weeks.

Taliban blames US for failed prisoner swap

Jibran Ahmed and Hamid Shalizi

Eric Griffin was criticised by Sixers coach Joey Wright for not dominating against the Wildcats.

Sixers coach says Griffin needs to lift

Steve Barrett

Premier Daniel Andrews will address the Victorian Labor conference at Moonee Valley Racecourse.

Victorian Labor gather for annual love-in

The Beyond Burger was beyond the taste palate of The Land's livestock editor, Lucy Kinbacher. Photo: Beyond Meat

'Why I tried plant based burgers for a day'

Lucy Kinbacher

Fire overwhelms a stack of hay. Picture: NSW Rural Fire Service - Riverina Zone

'Expensive loss': RFS urges farmers to be on the alert

Annie Lewis

Morgan Durrant-Curtis with Australia's first Massey Ferguson baler. Morgan is a raker for her Dad's contracting business.

Women in the cab

Olivia Calver

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
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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

Paul said the owners are especially happy with the rich internal palette. Images: andymacphersonstudio.com

Built to blend into Byron Bay

The plastics and metals used to make mobile phones are valuable resources that can be recovered and made into new products, reducing the need to mine.

How is your Recycling Week going?

OMG, LOVE THIS: Stylist Julia Green says colour is the quickest and easiest way to breathe life into a room and create a dream teen retreat. Photos: Dulux Australia. Stylist: Julia Green, photographer: Armelle Habib.

Update your teen's bedroom with paint