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Emily Anderson

Jodie Ogilvie and Marea Ruddy put their hands up to organise a No More: National Rally Against Violence event in Orange. Picture by Carla Freedman

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Demonstrations will take place across Australia from April 26-28.

Regions shaken by domestic violence to join national anti-violence rallies

Carla Mascarenhas

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was delivering a sermon at a Wakeley church when he was allegedly attacked on April 15. Picture by Christ The Good Shepherd Church.

The Sydney bishop stabbed in church would like the video to be available.

'Not opposed': Bishop backs Musk over stabbing video removal notice

Anna McGuinness

Health authorities are warning the public after a spate of severe opioid overdoses in the Penrith area. Picture Shutterstock

The opioids can be 'hundreds of times more potent than heroin'.

Warning over spate of 'severe opioid overdoses'

Jenna Price

If you don't know the research, just shut up and read. Stop talking. That includes you, Prime Minister Albanese. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

Clearly, we don't know what works. But more talking is not the answer.

Shut up. Listen. Women's lives depend on it

Trainer Gerald Ryan expects to have four runners at Rosehill on Saturday. Picture Getty Images

Gerald Ryan says the post-championship races will deliver success.

'He's a big horse': Ryan sets sights on post-champs afterglow

Anna Houlahan

Charlie the Virtual Veteran responds to one user as the time-ttravelling Doctor Who. Picture by The State Library of Queensland/StevenGraham23

Charlie the Virtual Veteran went very off-script.

How tech-savvy jokers turned an education ANZAC chatbot into Doctor Who

Robyn Campbell plays two-up at City Diggers in Wollongong, it's only legal three times a year, except for in Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie. Picture by Anna Warr

The popular betting game is legal three days of the year.

Want to play two-up outside of Anzac Day? Head to Broken Hill

Infertility is affecting more people worldwide. Picture Shutterstock

Having kids was the best decision of my life.

Being infertile would have broken my heart

Between 50 and 100 pilot whales are stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough in Western Australia on April 25. Picture via Facebook/Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia

Four pods of pilot whales involved in mass stranding event.

Dozens of whales dead with hundreds stranded on WA coastline

Simon McCarthy

Valerie Blackett had perhaps the most important wartime job in Australia.

The women who camped on the beach to protect a harbour from WWII bombs

TO MARK Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie's 76th birthday today (Wednesday, June 11) we take a look at classic Macka quotes.

February 2010 regarding calls to ban alcohol after council meetings - "There is no alcohol-fuelled violence in the chamber, some of the remarks other councillors make might instigate violence, but there's certainly no alcohol needed for that."

September 2009 - on Port business - "We are cutting the red tape and throwing it out with the bathwater."

April 2014 - on Hunter Water's decision not to open an access road out of the Tilligerry Peninsula in an emergency - "It's bureaucratic bulls**t," he said. "This is an insult to my intelligence."

January 2014 - In response to the state governments proposed plans to amalgamate some NSW councils - "Keep your hands off it."

November 2009 about Cr Geoff's Dingle's objections to Medowie rezoning - "Cr Dingle can go and jump in the lake."

November 2009 about his behaviour - " I would be a false figure if I changed and not the sometimes rebel that makes things happen and gets things done."

July 2010 on pecuniary interest allegations - "I don't care if I'm sacked, choked or shot, I I won't back down."

June 2014 - On delayed decision making about Vantage Estate - "You're a pack of comedians. This doesn't make sense."

March 2013 - In response to an application at Butterwick for dog kennels - "But it will be a sad day when a crowd comes to a council meeting and changes the recommendation," Cr MacKenzie said.
"It's the Sydney Hilton of dog accommodation . . .
"I must be the queer fellow in the room to say I support it."

May 2013 regarding a dispute with the Department of Defence about a subdivision under the flight path - "I'm no stooge . . . I'm here for the residents of Port Stephens.

GALLERY: 'Mackarisms' 

TO MARK Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie's 76th birthday today (Wednesday, June 11) we take a look at...

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