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Warrington coach Steve Price dismissed reports Gareth Widdop is returning to St George Illawarra.

Price bemused by Widdop NRL speculation

Andy Hampson

BEST ON GROUND: All that Dustin Martin touched during the match against Brisbane turned to gold. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

OPINIONA fighting fury rises again from Tigerland

Rohan Connolly

Port Lincoln Football League under 13, Tasman v Marble Range.

Lower Eyre sport: August 1 | GALLERY

Warrington coach Steve Price dismissed reports Gareth Widdop is returning to St George Illawarra.

Price bemused by Widdop NRL speculation

PLAYERS: Footballers Oscar Dingwall and Riley Pugsley and netballers Alinta Dingwall and Elsie Maddern were ready to play in the COVID Cup at Tumby Bay on Saturday.

COVID Cup kicks off

Jarrad Delaney

GET AROUND: Marauders' Indra Pantiyasa tries to get the ball past Panthers' Luke Penna in the under 17 boys match.

Top side Marauders make big statement

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Picture: Getty Images

Queensland closes border to ACT and NSW

Kathryn Lewis

The best venue to watch the spectacle of Uluru is Longitude 131 with a gathering of luxury pavilions nestled among the rust-red landscape. The desert base fans out from the Dune House, site of lounging, cocktails and rock gazing.

The hottest events to thaw out at this spring

Melinda Healy

Sunset at Horseshoe Bay on the northern side of Magnetic Island. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Furry attractions boost Magnetic Island's allure

Michael Turtle

Tania ABJ will have her work on display as part of the SALA Festival. Photo: supplied

Arts come alive with Port Lincoln to host festival events

Jarrad Delaney

Nautilus Theatre will reopen on Tuesday, June 9. Photo: File.

Port Lincoln theatre and info centre set to reopen

Covid-19 delays business & community guides release

Covid-19 delays business & community guides release

Belinda Stevens

Tania ABJ will have her work on display as part of the SALA Festival. Photo: supplied

Arts come alive with Port Lincoln to host festival events

SHOW: Sophie and Dr Gerard Quigley are looking forward to seeing entries for the talent show. Photo: supplied

Stay home for talent show

Jarrad Delaney

PERFORM: John Lecner performing at the Cellar Folk Club in February. Photo: supplied

Cellar Folk Club takes to Facebook

Jarrad Delaney

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

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Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Emma Brown

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

New finance options fill gap for agri and commercial lending for South Australians

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, NT.

Connectivity central to helping NT tourism

Kym Morgan

RENTAL TRENDS: Nationally, rent values declined 0.3% in the month of June, and 0.5% over the quarter. Photo - Shutterstock.

Rental market changes course

Ruth Lewis

2020 Winner: Cantala Avenue House wins this year's Australian House of the Year Photo - Christopher Frederick Jones.

Humble restoration defines the true meaning of home

Ruth Lewis

Beachside living

Beachside living

Learn to identify root disease at workshop

Learn to identify root disease at workshop

Delighted: Jack Runner, from Adelaide, is excited about catching his first squid. Photo - supplied.

Good hauls of large squid

Steve Forstner

Focus on word use, not their meaning

Focus on word use, not their meaning

Learn to identify root disease at workshop

Learn to identify root disease at workshop

Beware of scams that impersonate government organisations. Some scammers calim they are from the Australian Tax Office.

Scamwatch: Don't fall for tax time scams

Christopher Tierney with a nice squid caught out from Tumby Bay

Trevally, flathead on bite

Steve Forstner

An aircraft drops fire retardant on Mt Tennant earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Call for domestic firefighting foam manufacturer amid COVID-19 supply chain issues

Images from regional Australia. Taken by, from left clockwise, Brendan McCarthy, Jonathan Carroll, Lachlan Bence and Adam McLean.

DIGESTIt's going to get worse before it gets better

Hundreds more coronavirus cases, man in his 30s dies

NATIONALHundreds more coronavirus cases, man in his 30s dies

Mask wearing has become common place for many in NSW. Picture: Adam McLean.

All NSW residents returning from Victoria must now enter hotel quarantine

File photo

Victoria's darkest day so far: record amount of COVID-19 cases and deaths

The Courier staff

The game-changer test may take as long as the game-changer vaccine. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERHow long before a quick, reliable and cheap test comes out?

Steve Evans

Passengers and crew from the MS Roald Amundsen, docked in Norway have contracted COVID-19.

DIGESTA cruise liner and COVID? Again, surely not?

Janine Graham

Ten tips to help your parenting during COVID-19 lockdowns

Ten tips to help your parenting during COVID-19 lockdowns

Michelle Smith

Photo: Sally-Ann Thompson

From southern NSW to Tasmania, it's been a white Wednesday

Matterson Knyvett captured the moment a goanna latched onto his ankle while out on the job.

Is that a goanna wrapped around your ankle?

A beautiful sight as the baby boy's family checks he is doing ok after the birth on Monday, August 3. Picture: Mogo Wildlife Park.

Watch mother giraffe's first moments with baby son

More restrictions are expected to be revealed for COVID-hit Victoria.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: schools close

Port Lincoln Football League under 13, Tasman v Marble Range.

Lower Eyre sport: August 1 | GALLERY

FAMILY: Margaret Gabbedy-Hayes has been caring for her son since he collapsed with bleeding on the brain about two years ago. Picture: Brodie Weeding

How one community organisation helped rescue Matthew

Jackson Worthington

These brave Bunnings staff members came face to face with a woman later dubbed a "Karen".

Why 'Karen'? We asked sociology and language experts

Jackson Worthington

STRONG MESSAGE: Aboriginal recording artists Mi-kaisha and Nooky (front), pictured with video clip dancers Maddie Paluch and Chandler Connell, collaborated to write the song, 'One Point 5', encouraging young people to keep their communities safe from COVID-19. Photo: Jake Keane

New song aims to share the COVID-19 safe message with Aboriginal communities

STRONG MESSAGE: Aboriginal recording artists Mi-kaisha and Nooky (front), pictured with video clip dancers Maddie Paluch and Chandler Connell, collaborated to write the song, 'One Point 5', encouraging young people to keep their communities safe from COVID-19. Photo: Jake Keane

REAL AUSTRALIASafety messages reach the bush as Moree masks up

Sophie Harris

Shedding the past creates a lighter future

Shedding the past creates a lighter future

Marie Low

There's no indication even an approved vaccine is likely to work beyond three months. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONHoping for a vaccine this year, or even next? Don't count on it

Clive Williams

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Two more NSW schools have closed after a student at each facility tested positive to COVID-19.

More COVID-affected NSW schools close

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Tough new restrictions for businesses and workers have kicked-in for Melbourne.

Vic business, permit virus rules kick in

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The Victorian childcare rescue package is "outrageous" for the sector's workers, Sally McManus says.

ACTU slams 'outrageous' childcare package

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BIG CHILL: Bing Lee business development manager Anthony Cowan says freezer inquiries are up as regional Victoria starts a second lockdown. Picture: MARK JESSER

Freezers fly out the door as lockdown looms in regional Victoria

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Indiana and Alex Houghton, both 8 years old. Picture: KATE O'CONNOR

Researcher looks at link between chores and a child's memory skills

Tara Cosoleto
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Halls Gap. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

OPINIONShould stage 4 lockdown cover all of Victoria? NZ has a lesson for us

Siouxsie Wiles
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'Our state is not Victoria': NSW MP slams border closure

'Our state is not Victoria': NSW MP slams border closure

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Professor Mick Dodson.

Time for treaty talk in Tasmania is now

Caitlin Jarvis

MINE BLOWING: Brenton Davey on his Pine Point property, where a waste rock dump and pit will go right up to the fenceline. A blast zone buffer will fall 400 metres into his property.

Hillside mine approval stuns landholders

ALISHA FOGDEN
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TFI CEO Darren Thomas says worker health is the key priority.

TFI capacity could help interstate need

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New unit set to strengthen rural medical workforce in SA

Revenue from rego wouldn't even maintain the roads we have, let alone build new ones.

It may hurt to hear, but most road aren't even made for you

Sam Hollier

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home

There is no need to try and prove baby brain exists. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONBaby brain? Tired mums don't need labels, we need a break

Christy Kidner