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RELIEF PLAN: Emergency centres are not possible given the social distancing requirements.

Wimmera emergency relief to be COVID safe this summer

LIFE SAVER: Paramedic Matt Pearce with Riley Keel with one of the life saving AED's. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

October is a month dedicated to a shocking cause

NAME: Help us to name the newest Ring-tailed Lemur at Halls Gap Zoo. Picture: CONTRIBUTED, HALLS GAP ZOO

Help us name Halls Gap Zoo's latest arrival

Leader: Horsham Rural City Council mayor Robyn Gulline. Picture: FILE

Out and about in the community | Mayoral Matters

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

A tornado has ripped a path of destruction across Armidale overnight.

WATCHSee the horror after terror tornado pulls trees down, crushes cars

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

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Wimmera emergency relief to be COVID safe this summer

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Horsham records one new positive COVID-19 case

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Kaniva business closes as vaccine mandate begins

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Victoria records COVID-19 daily case number below 2000

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Roll up your sleeves, harvest has begun | A Mum's World

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Five new COVID cases recorded in Ballarat

WATCHFive new COVID cases recorded in Ballarat

CCTV cameras in the Travelodge Hotel in Hobart did not capture a man escaping quarantine and entering the community. Picture: Adam Holmes

No new cases of COVID-19 in Tasmania

Picture: BRENDAN McCARTHY

Victoria records COVID-19 daily case number below 2000

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Victoria records COVID-19 daily case number below 2000

The Australian Medical Association has painted a dire picture of Australian hospitals. Picture: Shutterstock

'Broken bodies': Bleak picture of hospitals after reopening

Finn McHugh

A tornado struck NSW overnight causing significant damage in a regional town.

DIGESTTornadoes sure put a spin on things

Kayla Osborne

Tasmania's South in snap lockdown from 6pm

Tasmania's South in snap lockdown from 6pm

Isabel Bird

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr (pictured) has said he will not 'get on the beers' to celebrate lockdown ending like NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.

WATCHBarr reveals why he isn't joining Perrottet in 'getting on the beers'

Shivé Prema

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

Mother and daughter, Vicki and Bianca Tyler alongside Kelly Miller ran a virtual marathon along the Wimmera River on Saturday. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Runners bring marathon to Horsham

Matt Hughes

CHAMPION: Nature Strip after winning the 2021 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes. Picture: REG RYAN/RACING PHOTOS

Nature Strip ready to scale the Everest

Matt Hughes

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

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

EMPTY: This year's Horsham Cup will again be run without spectators. Picture: FILE

Horsham Cup behind closed doors again

Matt Hughes

CALL OUT: The Horsham Cricket Association is looking for more umpires. Picture: FILE

Room for more umpires in Horsham Cricket

Matt Hughes

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

Pooncarie grazier Trevor Smith is frustrated by the revolving door of water management bureaucrats. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWater policy plays piggy in the middle with livelihoods

Pooncarie grazier Trevor Smith is frustrated by the revolving door of water management bureaucrats. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWater policy plays piggy in the middle with livelihoods

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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VOICE: Archie Roach's tour, Tell Me Why, is coming to Horsham Town Hall. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

WHAT'S ONEnjoy one of Australia's most celebrated voices at Horsham Town Hall

Alison Foletta

VOICE: Archie Roach's tour, Tell Me Why, is coming to Horsham Town Hall. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

WHAT'S ONEnjoy one of Australia's most celebrated voices at Horsham Town Hall

Research showed 50 per cent of insurance claims are avoidable, Honey Insurance is helping Aussies reduce risk and stay safer in their homes by investing in its customers early and providing smart home sensors.

Meet the company flipping the script on home insurance to save you a bundle

Linda Lambrechts

Yabby have simplified the way we renovate our homes by cutting out the middleman and supplying top quality bath and tapware. Photos: Simon Shiff @simonshiffsays

The Aussie start-up that makes choosing tapware easy and affordable

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

Linda Lambrechts

Research showed 50 per cent of insurance claims are avoidable, Honey Insurance is helping Aussies reduce risk and stay safer in their homes by investing in its customers early and providing smart home sensors.

Meet the company flipping the script on home insurance to save you a bundle

MOVING FORWARD: Meringur-based sheep and cereal farmers, Peter and Annette Lambert utilised WorkSafe's OHS Essentials program. They were pleased with the results.

It's never you, until it is: Planning for a safe harvest season

The 'teenage curse' that men can carry into adulthood

The 'teenage curse' that men can carry into adulthood

2 Bridge Hotel Road, Ouse, Tasmania. Photo: Supplied

$200k or less: The story behind these cheap regional property sales

2 Bridge Hotel Road, Ouse, Tasmania. Photo: Supplied

$200k or less: The story behind these cheap regional property sales

Lots more than expected with a home full of abundant features

Lots more than expected with a home full of abundant features

Lots more than expected with a home full of abundant features

Lots more than expected with a home full of abundant features

Location, location. This one is just like the agents tell you

Location, location. This one is just like the agents tell you

Dawn Rasmussen

Here is the perfect opportunity to downsize, lock up and leave

Here is the perfect opportunity to downsize, lock up and leave

Dawn Rasmussen

House prices in the Far West and Orana region in NSW, which includes the city of Dubbo, have grown faster than any other regional location during the pandemic. Photo: Shutterstock

Where house prices grew fastest in the regions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jack Needham

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Join our Super Scoop Birthday Club

The scams to avoid this year

All the online scams you need to avoid

Albion Park's Amy Critcher Hair Design will reopen on October 11 with clients busting to get in her door, with the stylist flat-out for the first five weeks. Picture: Robert Peet

Hairdressers swamped with calls to fix botched home jobs

Desiree Savage

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Kellie and Col, their dog Poppy and the hero Ozwald. Photo Scott Calvin

Dog saves couple from fallen tree

Sarah Chalmers

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

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are back in Muppet Haunted Mansion. Picture: Disney

REVIEWMuppets dish out solid family fun

Five new COVID cases recorded in Ballarat

WATCHFive new COVID cases recorded in Ballarat

CCTV cameras in the Travelodge Hotel in Hobart did not capture a man escaping quarantine and entering the community. Picture: Adam Holmes

No new cases of COVID-19 in Tasmania

NSW records 319 COVID cases and two deaths

NSW records 319 COVID cases and two deaths

A Shingleback lizard seized at Melbourne Airport. Photo: Conservation Regulator

How you can help disrupt 'cruel' illegal wildlife trafficking

Hayley Elg

SMASHED: Armidale streets were left strewn with debris after the tornado. Photo: Gareth Gardner

PHOTOSMother's terrifying scramble across fallen roof to find kids in tornado

Anna Falkenmire
Vanessa Arundale

Levi Miller in Streamline. Picture: Stan

REVIEWPool drama dives into deep issues

Cris Kennedy

Jeanna de Waal plays Princess Diana. Picture: Netflix

REVIEWThis musical is a royal disaster

Jane Freebury

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

LEADER: Yarriambiack Shire Council Mayor Graeme Massey. Picture: FILE

Yarriambiack yarns with Cr Graeme Massey | Mayoral matters

Cr Graeme Massey

Earthquakes, sun and snow, oh my! | A Mum's World

Earthquakes, sun and snow, oh my! | A Mum's World

Yolande Grosser

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

Long-term concussion effects are slowly leading to rule changes in sports like rugby league. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERBrain research unearths shock finding

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China's Yutu-2 rover landed on the moon in January 2019. Picture: Shutterstock

An Aussie rover on the moon would be a big deal

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Professor Helen Sullivan is the new dean of the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. Picture: Supplied

Politicians 'careless' about democracy and accountability, expert says

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ACT police search for human remains. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERYour DNA could be hiding a killer family secret

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Demons star Ben Brown is among the Australian rules footballers campaigning for climate action.

AFL/AFLW players take climate change stand

Callum Godde
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Victoria is forecast to reach its 70 per cent vaccination milestone as early as Thursday.

Melbourne set to learn lockdown end date

Callum Godde
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The Everest race in Sydney had a capped crowd of 10,000 attend, as NSW heads toward more freedoms.

NSW to open up further after vax landmark

Hannah Ryan
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NSW reached its target of 80 per cent full vaccination for people aged over 16 on Saturday.

Aust states hurtle towards, past vax goals

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BIG DRAFT: Keira and Brian Touhey, Serpentine, were selling their draft of steers and heifers. The Touhey's made $2700, or 590 cents a kilogram, for this first pen of 17 steers, av 458kg..

Ballarat's store sale strong from "go to whoa"

Andrew Miller

DIFFERENT MODEL: Cedar Meats, Brooklyn's business assets and operations have been acquired by Global Meat Exports, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the AustAgri Group Limited (AustAgri).

Cedar Meats suitor's different funding model

Andrew Miller

MONTROSE HILL: Montrose Hill stud co-principal Helen McKenzie and farm worker Matt Brehaut, with Elders Merino stud stock specialist Sam Thring, Warrnambool.

All the photos from the Southern Victorian Merino Field Day

Alastair Dowie
Joely Mitchell

UNCOMPLICATED: Etat Pur is available at lookfantastic.com.au and ry.com.au. Photo: Supplied

So many ingredients, which ones work?

Tips to make grooming your dog an enjoyable experience

Tips to make grooming your dog an enjoyable experience

RSPCA

Looking back on a year of wellness trends

OPINIONLooking back on a year of wellness trends

Amy Cooper