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POSSIBLE TREND: A shift towards spatially targeted policy may be on the cards if current policy means a trend. Picture: FILE.

Housing question shifting: spatial targeting could be the future

Alex Blain

WINNER: Paige Moore, Eric Bana, director Robert Connolly, Audrey and Jeremy Moore at the Horsham Cinema Centre for the world premiere of The Dry. Picture: RICHARD CRABTREE

Wimmera-filmed drama The Dry wins at the 'Australian Oscars'

Alison Foletta

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DIGESTOmicron set to steal Delta's thunder

Kayla Osborne

COMMUNITY: John Barber enjoys volunteering for his community. Picture: ALISON FOLETTA

Wimmera bail justice sworn in for five more years

Alison Foletta

SPLASHED: Harper Bird, 7, and Kathryn Rose Scott Monteau, 7, after their dash through the oval. Pictures: ALISON FOLETTA

Bubble trouble and more for the Horsham Primary School dash

Alison Foletta

CHAMPION: Horsham basketball coach Bec McIntyre has been invited to coach at the National Performance Camp in January. Picture: MATT HUGHES

McIntyre 'grateful' to be invited to National Performance Camp

Matt Hughes

FIND THE FIT: Choose activities you enjoy. Try a range of different things as you're more likely to stick with something if you are having fun. It's even better if you can share it with someone. Picture: Shutterstock

SILENT ASSASSINEasy ways to increase exercise in your daily routine

Dr Peter Brukner

Junior comp features final ball thriller | Junior cricket wrap

Junior comp features final ball thriller | Junior cricket wrap

Andrew Sostheim

Festive spirit engulfs Horsham Golf Club

SILENT ASSASSINHow to make healthier choices when eating out

End of term fun for Ss Michael and John's Primary students

Kealy: Housing promise moves too slow

POSSIBLE TREND: A shift towards spatially targeted policy may be on the cards if current policy means a trend. Picture: FILE.

Housing question shifting: spatial targeting could be the future

Majestic: Exchange Hotel, Firebrace Street, with original verandah and balcony, looking south-west, 1920. Picture: HHS 004889

OUR HISTORYHorsham's Lost Verandahs: Fact and Fiction

HOUSING: An early mock-up of the proposed units. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Kealy: Housing promise moves too slow

HEALTH: EDMH LEO Andrew Saunders, Grampians Health interim CEO, Dale Fraser, Victorian Minister for Health, Martin Foley and Grampians Health Board Chair Bill Brown. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

High quality boost to Edenhope Hospital unveiled

Something odd in the woods: A still from Firewatch, developed by video game studio Campo Santo. Picture: Campo Santo

Another lockdown discovery: story-driven video games

Three out of four ain't bad: Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis have returned for the reboot, minus Kim Cattrall. Picture: Foxtel

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DIGESTOmicron set to steal Delta's thunder

Warning for race fans after COVID-positive case attends Bathurst 1000

Warning for race fans after COVID-positive case attends Bathurst 1000

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Department of Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Pandemic 'stress test' result sat on for years before COVID-19

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

Finn McHugh

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

Kayla Osborne

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

DIGESTTime to turn up the music and turn down the dysfunction

Kayla Osborne

MOVEMENT: The national vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the Therapeutic Goods Administration's approval of the Pfizer vaccination on Sunday.

Vaccine approval a shot for return to normal for at-risk kids

Beau Greenway

CHAMPION: Horsham basketball coach Bec McIntyre has been invited to coach at the National Performance Camp in January. Picture: MATT HUGHES

McIntyre 'grateful' to be invited to National Performance Camp

Matt Hughes

VICTORIOUS: Jackie Fechner, Janet Kemp, Joyce Mills and Liz Jackman won Horsham Golf Club's Ladies' four person Christmas Ambrose. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Festive spirit engulfs Horsham Golf Club

Matt Hughes

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

CHAMPION: Horsham basketball coach Bec McIntyre has been invited to coach at the National Performance Camp in January. Picture: MATT HUGHES

McIntyre 'grateful' to be invited to National Performance Camp

Mark Cavendish has been assaulted and his wife threatened in an armed burglary of their home.

Mark Cavendish attacked by armed burglars

Sam Russell

SIGNED: Jess Cannane (head coach) and Shannon Cross (assistant coach) will take charge of the Horsham Saints 2022 A Grade side. Picture: SALLYANN ISON

Cannane hoping for Saints' finals resurrection

Matt Hughes

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

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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Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

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

Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

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

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

Linda Lambrechts

The COVID-safe guide to celebrating Christmas in 2021

The COVID-safe guide to celebrating Christmas in 2021

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

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Majestic: Exchange Hotel, Firebrace Street, with original verandah and balcony, looking south-west, 1920. Picture: HHS 004889

OUR HISTORYHorsham's Lost Verandahs: Fact and Fiction

Horsham Historical Society

POOCH PERFECT: 2022 Murtoa College captain, Georgia Zolj, cuddles Rosie during their first meeting. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

MEET THE LOCALSOutlook Rosie for Murtoa College's new wellbeing dog

Alex Blain

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SNEAK PEEK: Black Friday sales you don't want to miss

SNEAK PEEK: Black Friday sales you don't want to miss

Cassandra Langley

TIME TO TEST: Brian Nagorcka is encouraging men aged over 50 to get regular prostate cancer checks in the post-COVID-19 lockdown era.

A new Horsham nurse and prostate cancer plea - over 50, get checked

Juanita Greville

Canberra is forecast for "considerable cloudiness" with a high of 25C on Christmas.

WATCHMixed weather forecast for Christmas Day across the country

This TikTok featuring Manuel Pamkal has over 115,000 views.

Meet the man from the bush going viral on TikTok

Sam Kerr ... you don't want to mess with her. Picture: Getty

'Hero' Kerr takes out pitch invader in viral moment

FIRESTORM: Cromer resident, and former Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins says his book 'Firestorm' busts the myths on climate change. Picture: Geoff Jones

WATCHWhy this former fire chief feels he has a moral duty to speak up about climate change

WILD WEATHER: Storms hit the east coast while fires and heatwaves plague the west.

WATCHSevere weather warning as fires hit west, floods hit east

Emma Horn

Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Marianne Gale said 13 of the cases were from overseas travellers while 29 are locally acquired, five of whom attended a party boat cruise on Sydney Harbour on December 3.

WATCHNSW Omicron cases grow to 42 as state records 420 COVID-19 infections

Shivé Prema

Three out of four ain't bad: Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis have returned for the reboot, minus Kim Cattrall. Picture: Foxtel

WATCHAnd just like that, Sex and the City gals are in their 50s and it's sink or swim for Succession

B.R. Doherty

ABLAZE: Fire visible from Caves Road south of Redgate in the Margaret River region of WA. Picture: Jesse Noakes

WATCHPopular tourist attractions evacuated as bushfire spreads

Emma Horn

Christmas shopping 2021 | A Mum's World

Christmas shopping 2021 | A Mum's World

Yolande Grosser

KICKER: Cr Ron Ismay, Hindmarsh Shire Council mayor. Picture: FILE

Great times ahead for Regional Victoria | Mayoral Matters

Cr Ron Ismay

Adam Atwood of Homers pushes onto the front foot in 2019. Picture: FILE

Is it time to call stumps on two-day cricket? | Opinion

Matt Currill

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

Family members of Suzanne Poll leave the Adelaide Magistrates Court in Adelaide in 2019.

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A new COVID-19 cluster has emerged in Sydney after 44 people were infected at a pub trivia night.

Cases climb as Bondi hostel locked down

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The inquest into 18-year-old Theo Hayez has scrutinised nearly two weeks of evidence.

Missing Belgian backpacker key theories

Theo Hayez's path towards Byron Bay's Tallow Beach has been scrutinised again at his inquest.

Detective quizzed on Belgian backpacker

A man is due to face court accused of igniting a fire at an inner west Sydney hotel.

Man charged after cat killed in pub fire

Jack Gramenz

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrives at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory.

F-35A fighters jet into new Top End base

Aaron Bunch

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has expressed confidence in the NT ICAC amid a police investigation.

Police investigate Northern Territory ICAC

Aaron Bunch

Castlemaine man Glenn Stratton, 54, at the Bendigo Supreme Court last week. Picture: DARREN HOWE

Son's 'courageous' act in shooting his dad who just wanted to die

Karen Sweeney

WORK BEGINS: Siteworks on the Port Rail Transformation Project has officially begun.

Ground breaking ceremony for new port transformation project

Andrew Miller

FIRST SAVINGS: The GMW Water Efficiency Project will see improvements to irrigation standards for more than 1000 customers, while producing around 900 regional jobs during construction, bringing jobs to the region.

WEP generates first savings

TREE PLANTING: The Goulburn-Broken region is one of six added to a federa government trial that pays farmers for planting native trees on their property.

Six regions added to pilot that pays farmers for planting native trees

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A look at the success rates of IVF by age

A look at the success rates of IVF by age

Deborah Devis

TWIRL: Inside the Asteroid belt seen against the sun in deep space. Picture: Shutterstock

How the asteroid belt formed in space

Lauren Fuge

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