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Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Paul Kelly says more information on the Omicron variant's ability to evade vaccines will be availalbe soon. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Data detailing vaccine's effect on Omicron due soon, Kelly says

Feeling lonely, depressed or anxious around the holidays is more common than you think. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTNot feeling so festive? Remember you aren't alone

Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said there are now a total of 31 Omicron cases in the state, 20 of which are linked to the Regents Park cluster in Sydney's south west.

WATCHSix new Omicron cases in NSW as state records two deaths and 260 daily total

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

DIGESTTime to turn up the music and turn down the dysfunction

Kayla Osborne

Morocco halts all inbound flights for fear of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

208 cases and no deaths as NSW vaccination rate stalls

Matt Carr

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the TGA's approval. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong, CANBERRA TIMES.

FREE15 cases of omicron variant reported as vaccine approved for younger children

Grace Ryan

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the TGA's approval. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Peace of mind for parents': COVID vaccines for kids set to start in January

Dan Jervis-Bardy

RARING TO GO: Dubbo will host the inaugural Country Classic in March next year. PHOTO: NICK GUTHRIE.

Dubbo to host inaugural Classic

FORTUNATE: Howard Kotton believes bowler Mitchell Starc was lucky to secure a spot in the Australian Test team. Photo: Matt Roberts/Getty Images

OPINIONHead, Starc lucky to be given Australian Test caps

Howard Kotton

The 2021 Championship winners were a strong field of competitors.

Austin brothers championship showdown

Amber Adams

RARING TO GO: Dubbo will host the inaugural Country Classic in March next year. PHOTO: NICK GUTHRIE.

Dubbo to host inaugural Classic

Goalie Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller hail Robert Lewandowski after Bayern's win at Dortmund.

Debatable pen gives Bayern win at Dortmund

Mark Meadows

STAR OF THE SHOW: Forbes greyhound trainer Jack Smith with sprinter Jungle Deuce. Picture: SUSAN HERBERT.

Jungle Deuce's last minute poll win

Michael Cowley

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

The Hodge and Bullock families enjoy Christmas lunch in 2018.

Plans under way for Canowindra Christmas Day Lunch

Andrew Fisher

Services Club welcomes special guest for children's Christmas party

Services Club welcomes special guest for children's Christmas party

Kelsey Sutor

Canowindra Swimming Pool. File photo.

Dive into swim season with Canowindra pool set to re-open

Kelsey Sutor

The Hodge and Bullock families enjoy Christmas lunch in 2018.

Plans under way for Canowindra Christmas Day Lunch

Nate Stanbury (left) and Jordan Smith (right) at courts practicing for championships.

Canowindra Squash Club prepares for Championships

Amber Adams

Cabonne councillor Libby Oldham with Alf Cantrell, Wayne Sunderland, and mayor Kevin Beatty launching the awards. Photo: SUPPLIED

Celebrate the best in business at the 2021 Daroo Awards

You can turn your shed into an extension of your garden and home while keeping equipment and tools safe and out of the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Why this shed is your new best friend

Linda Lambrechts

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard

Linda Lambrechts

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Linda Lambrechts

You can turn your shed into an extension of your garden and home while keeping equipment and tools safe and out of the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Why this shed is your new best friend

Welcome to the 2021 Western Rural Guide

Welcome to the 2021 Western Rural Guide

Andrew Lotherington

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

Protect the skin on your precious baby with Bunjie

The block at 160 Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan. Picture: Supplied

They expected $5 million, they got more than double that

The block at 160 Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan. Picture: Supplied

They expected $5 million, they got more than double that

A deposit of less than $100,000 could score you a cute cottage in Launceston's suburbs. Picture: Supplied

Six regional locations where you can buy with a $100k deposit or less

A deposit of less than $100,000 could score you a cute cottage in Launceston's suburbs. Picture: Supplied

Six regional locations where you can buy with a $100k deposit or less

Upcycling is super easy now with a host of products that take out a lot of the grunt work. Picture: Shutterstock.

From drab to fab, change the look of your home with furniture upcycling

Reality Reno with Mitch and Mark

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Hamish Geale

Price growth is strongest in coastal and lifestyle markets, CoreLogic said. Picture: Shutterstock

Property round-up: Near 10 years to get a deposit together for a house in the regions

Jen Melocco

BoM manager Agata Inielska said wet weather will peak in NSW's Northeast, Northwest, South Coast and Mid North Coast as well as Sydney and Canberra on Wednesday and Thursday.

WATCHThunderstorms, rain and hail warning for NSW and the ACT

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

UPDATED'Political posturing': China responds to PM's Winter Olympics boycott

Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said NSW Health is "urgently contacting" around 140 people who attended the party boat cruise (pictured) on Sydney Harbour on the evening of Friday, December 3.

WATCHSydney boat party could be Omicron transmission event after two people test positive

PLENTY: Curtis Stone has appeared in several Coles Christmas commercials, seemingly dining with a new "family" every time.

REAL AUSTRALIACurtis & Coles: A welcome reminder of the untouchable Christmas lunch

Residents were treated to a spectacular display of bioluminescence on Monday night at Shell Cove Marina. Picture: Sally Sopniewski

WATCH'Magical' bioluminescence display wows onlookers

Ashleigh Tullis

SUDDEN STORM: Flash flooding around streets in South Penrith, NSW. Picture: Sydney Land Services (Twitter)

WATCHShopping centre roof collapses in sudden storm

Emma Horn

ERUPTION: The race is on to rescue 27 villagers missing after a volcano erupted in Indonesia, killing 22.

WATCHRescue abandoned as volcano continues to erupt

Emma Horn

Senator Katy Gallagher at home in quarantine with daughter Evie who contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. Picture: Karleen Minney

'Talk to parents who have watched their kids struggle to breathe': Gallagher hits back

Miriam Webber

Changing appalling behaviour starts at top

OPINIONChanging appalling behaviour starts at top

Patty Kinnersly

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Kayla Osborne

PLENTY: Curtis Stone has appeared in several Coles Christmas commercials, seemingly dining with a new "family" every time.

REAL AUSTRALIACurtis & Coles: A welcome reminder of the untouchable Christmas lunch

Ashley Walmsley

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

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

Australian scientists will use naphthalene to power a satellite into space.

Mothballs to power spacecraft into orbit

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A study suggests there are fewer crown-of-thorns starfish on reefs with more predatory fish.

Fish can help ward off starfish outbreaks

Police investigating the kidnapping of former cricketer Stuart McGill have arrested another man.

McGill kidnap strike force arrest another

More rain is forecast for Queensland regions already impacted by flooding.

More rain coming for flood-hit Queensland

An emergency warning has been issued for a bushfire in WA's Leeuwin-Naturaliste national park.

Emergency warning for bushfire in WA park

Michael Ramsey

Albatross seaplanes were manufactured in the US between 1947 and 1961.

Top End lands aircraft manufacturing deal

Aaron Bunch

Peter Dutton has been ordered to pay half of a refugee activist's costs for a court hearing.

Dutton ordered to pay part of legal bill

Greta Stonehouse

Much has and is being done to stop the march of diseases carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Australia primed for monster mozzie season

Tracey Ferrier

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

Samantha Noon

Cowper MP Pat Conaghan and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.

Labour shortage blame game

Samantha Townsend

BAKE OFF: Robyn, Katherine, and Kevin Sherrie from FPM Cereal Milling are ready to find Australia's best fruit mince tart. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Bake off begins as search for best fruit mince tart kicks off

Tess Kelly

And the awards for the best and worst in the financial world of 2021 go to...

OPINIONWho conned and who contributed to the world of money in 2021

Noel Whittaker

New research suggests Viagra might help to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Picture: Shutterstock.

Could Viagra help prevent Alzheimer's disease?

Ellen Phiddian

Take an interest in reading and numbers kids. It will serve you well into the future.

A little life advice for kids who are into cars and their parents

Sam Hollier