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Man charged after Port Stephens pursuits

Man charged after Port Stephens pursuits

FUN: Scenes from the 2019 Bluewater Country Music Festival. Image shows the longest line dance at d'Albora Marina, which is held on the final day of the festival each year. Picture: Henk Tobbe

Busy long weekend on horizon but no boot scootin'

Ellie-Marie Watts

THEY'RE BACK: Michael Butler captured this shot of a breaching whale from Imagines Cruises on Saturday.

Whales not shying away from watchful eyes

Ellie-Marie Watts, Charlie Elias

YUMMY: The Bao Brothers are now offering Bao at Home Kits. Port Stephens residents can order a kit now for collection at One Mile on Saturday, June 6.

Whip up your own Bao buns at home with this kit

Ellie-Marie Watts

ON DUTY: Lifeguards are once again patrolling One Mile Beach seven days a week between 9am and 4pm until September. Picture: Supplied

The latest on what's open in Port Stephens

Ellie-Marie Watts

SAND MOUNDS: Sand mounds at the entrance to the Stockton sand dunes.

Stockton 4WD track reopens

A map showing the works to Cabbage Tree Road, Williamtown and alternative travel routes. Picture: Port Stephens Council

Cabbage Tree Road upgrade underway, detours in place

Man charged after Port Stephens pursuits

Man charged after Port Stephens pursuits

FUN: Scenes from the 2019 Bluewater Country Music Festival. Image shows the longest line dance at d'Albora Marina, which is held on the final day of the festival each year. Picture: Henk Tobbe

Busy long weekend on horizon but no boot scootin'

Ellie-Marie Watts

Back in business: free online community guide

Back in business: free online community guide

Woolies rolls out rewards to staff after coronavirus pressure

DIGESTWoolies rolls out rewards to staff after coronavirus pressure

NSW Health's Jeremy McAnulty has warned the coronavirus is lingering in the community.

Gyms, local sport return timetabled in NSW

Tug of war between restrictions and economics

DIGESTTug of war between restrictions and economics

ON DUTY: Lifeguards are once again patrolling One Mile Beach seven days a week between 9am and 4pm until September. Picture: Supplied

The latest on what's open in Port Stephens

Whoever invents a coronavirus vaccine will control the patent - and, importantly, who gets to use it

ANALYSISWhoever invents a coronavirus vaccine will control the patent - and, importantly, who gets to use it

Natalie Stoianoff

Sobering statistics: Six million coronavirus cases worldwide

DIGESTSobering statistics: Six million coronavirus cases worldwide

Kim Chappell

Palaszczuk opens up Queensland, but there's a catch

DIGESTPalaszczuk opens up Queensland, but there's a catch

Simon Bourke

Testing the sewage could also reveal how many people in Blackwater may have been exposed. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTThere's reward in sifting through sewage

Kimberley Le Lievre

GOING AHEAD: The rescheduled NSW SUP Titles and the NSW Longboard Titles will call Port Stephens home on the new dates of August 20-25. Picture: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Port Stephens Surf Festival to return in August

Sports training set to resume

Sports training set to resume

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

Joshua Bartlett

GOING AHEAD: The rescheduled NSW SUP Titles and the NSW Longboard Titles will call Port Stephens home on the new dates of August 20-25. Picture: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Port Stephens Surf Festival to return in August

The Storm's Nelson Asofa-Solomona is tackled by the Raiders defence during last season's NRL Qualifying Final match at AAMI Park. The two premiership contenders clash again on Saturday night. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONBring on the blockbusters: NRL is back

Laurie Daley

READY TO PLAY: Nelson Bay Marlins players in their new outfits Blair Cavana, 5, Kayne Cavana, 7, Cody Cavana, 10, Malia Moses-Kinkaid, 9, Jordan Hill, 14, Rylee Moses-Kinkaid, 14, Jarred Williams, 14, and Marty the Mascot Beau Hill, 12.

Junior Marlins to debut new look

Charlie Elias

Look out on the ranges and plains of the outback from your private deck.

Win an outback getaway for two

Joanne Crawford

Fewer days in the office doesn't necessarily mean fewer goals accomplished. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONA four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs

Jarrod Haar

You don't have to visit Tasmania to experience the best wine and produce it has on offer. Picture: John Rozentals

The best of Tasmania, now online

John Rozentals

Steve Carell and Noah Emmerich star in the next Netflix comedy Space Force.

Space Force goes farce forward

Shot in remote Western Australia, The Beach is part wilderness travelogue, part cooking show, as film-maker Warwick Thornton, pictured below with one of his chooks, tries a life of solitude. The documentary's six instalments screen on NITV and SBS in one three-hour sitting on Friday May 29.

Soul food and solitude by the sea

Ewen Leslie and Jessica de Gouw star in Operation Buffalo, which premieres 8.30pm Sunday May 31 on the ABC.

Buffalo roaming

Steve Carell and Noah Emmerich star in the next Netflix comedy Space Force.

Space Force goes farce forward

Miriam Margolyes samples beach life with surf lifesaving club locals in Tuesday's final instalment of her ABC odyssey, Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian.

Billy, Tommy, Miriam blazing trails

AVAILABLE: The Lost Ships of Port Stephens and Newcastle, written by Noel Wathen and Paul Farnill, is a new book by Port Stephens Historical Society.

Port Stephens shipwreck tales told

MOVING FORWARD: The Port's Road to Recovery series aims to paint a picture of how the area is moving forward.

Mapping out the Port's Road to Recovery

MOVING FORWARD: The Port's Road to Recovery series aims to paint a picture of how the area is moving forward.

Mapping out the Port's Road to Recovery

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: Joel Fitzgibbon firmly believes Australia's national interest and Australia's trade interest are one and the same thing.

Trade relations must be managed, not damaged

TRACKING WELL: Curtis and Blair Medowie's licensed sales associate Tiffany Jeffery with managing director and principal Jane Blair. Picture: Supplied

Buyers are on the move to Medowie

TRACKING WELL: Curtis and Blair Medowie's licensed sales associate Tiffany Jeffery with managing director and principal Jane Blair. Picture: Supplied

Buyers are on the move to Medowie

The 2020 HIA-CSR Australian Home of the Year was won by BJ Millar Constructions from Queensland.

Pushing the boundaries of innovation

CONFIDENCE: The survey showed that investors were optimistic about the market.

It's business as usual reports survey of property investors

DEFYING THE DOWNTURN: Australian agricultural land prices are expected to defy any effects of a severe COVID-19-led global recession, according to a new report. Photo - Shuttestock.

Agricultural land prices will remain afloat

DAMAGING: Promoters of pyramid schemes often make claims like 'this is not a pyramid scheme' or 'this is totally legal'.

Scamwatch: don't be on the bottom of a pyramid scheme

Share the joy and the pain

OPINIONShare the joy and the pain

Gary Bentley

AVAILABLE: The Lost Ships of Port Stephens and Newcastle, written by Noel Wathen and Paul Farnill, is a new book by Port Stephens Historical Society.

Port Stephens shipwreck tales told

DAMAGING: Promoters of pyramid schemes often make claims like 'this is not a pyramid scheme' or 'this is totally legal'.

Scamwatch: don't be on the bottom of a pyramid scheme

DETERMINED: Mia Warren, 13, on an exercise bike.

Join Mia on her 32,000km trek to Boston

REMEMBERED: Kenyon Windeyer in January 2020 during the Port Stephens Annual Awards where he received the Port Stephens Medal for his services to the community.

Death of Rotarian, volunteer

FUN: Scenes from the 2019 Bluewater Country Music Festival. Image shows the longest line dance at d'Albora Marina, which is held on the final day of the festival each year. Picture: Henk Tobbe

Busy long weekend on horizon but no boot scootin'

Philadelphians takes a knee during a nine-minute long vigil for George Floyd as thousands around the nation protest police brutality. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONThe fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality

THEY'RE BACK: Michael Butler captured this shot of a breaching whale from Imagines Cruises on Saturday.

Whales not shying away from watchful eyes

STAYING POSITIVE: Musician Joe Creighton has been spending his time working on songs and recording backing tracks in his home studio in Golden Point. Picture: Adam Trafford

'The public is starved for live music'; Joe Creighton positive for future of industry

YUMMY: The Bao Brothers are now offering Bao at Home Kits. Port Stephens residents can order a kit now for collection at One Mile on Saturday, June 6.

Whip up your own Bao buns at home with this kit

Ellie-Marie Watts

A glimpse of the mako shark near the Eden Wharf captured by Drew Mudaliar

'Never seen it before in my life': Shark cruises close to South Coast wharf

Jacob McMaster

Yallingup. Photo by Frank Eckler.

Data from WA's super storm records 20 metre high waves

Professor Garry Jennings. Picture: Heart Foundation

Heart stopping side-effect fears from COVID-19

Melanie Whelan

OPPONENT: Port Stephens east ward councillor John Nell is opposed to the redevelopment of Gan Gan Army Camp in Nelson Bay for environmental reasons.

Letters to the Editor: May 28

DA APPROVED: The former motel will be demolished to make way for a 26-unit residential development on the corner of Shoal Bay and Gowrie roads, Nelson Bay.

Letters to the Editor: May 21

MAKE IT HERE: Gerry Mohan of Shoal Bay would like to see an increase in domestic manufacturing.

Letters to the Editor: May 14

OPPONENT: Port Stephens east ward councillor John Nell is opposed to the redevelopment of Gan Gan Army Camp in Nelson Bay for environmental reasons.

Letters to the Editor: May 28

GOOD DOG: COVID-19 challenges have extended to guide dog training.

Letters to the Editor

PRECUATION: Thomas Matthews of Soldiers Point believes everyone should wear face masks and gloves to help halt the spread of Covid-19.

Letters to the Editor: April 30

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

The NSW government will pursue its public servant pay freeze in the Industrial Relations Commission.

NSW pay freeze heads for IR commission

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There is growing anger at the violent arrest of an indigenous teenager in Sydney.

Indigenous teen's family to address arrest

1hr ago

The bushfires royal commission will examine the ADF's role in responding to natural disasters.

Focus on defence force role in bushfires

1hr ago

Queensland Child Safety Minister Di Farmer says the child protection system is challenging.

Qld child services 'failed' dead toddler

1hr ago

Christian Porter will join union heads and employer associations for a meeting on workplace reform.

Bosses and unions join to talk up reform

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer
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The Qld government has apologised to the family of a man wrongly thought to have died from COVID-19.

Apology for family of Qld 'virus' man

Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

Economists predict the March quarter figures will show the economy shrank between 0.1 and 0.5 pc.

Eyes on the size of March's economic slump

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer
1hr ago

The Al Kuwait is stranded in Fremantle after crew members tested positive for coronavirus.

No exemption for WA virus ship sheep

Supple Panlicker will be heading to Cooma after Gunyah studmaster Robert Hain paid the $16,000 top price from Ben and Leanne Rumble, Supple stud Guyra.

Guyra $16,000 bull heading to Cooma

Mark Griggs

The $160,000 Australian record-priced Angus bull Millah Murrah Paratrooper P15 (pictured at 17 months). Photo: supplied

First calves of the $160,000 Millah Murrah Paratrooper P15 excite producers

Hannah Powe

South-East Asian countries, such as Thailand, will not individually replace China as a destination for Australian barley. But there are freight advantages to be had and imports have been growing.

Barley may find new markets in Thailand as stock feed supplies there fall short

Grain Brokers Australia

YUMMY: The Bao Brothers are now offering Bao at Home Kits. Port Stephens residents can order a kit now for collection at One Mile on Saturday, June 6.

Whip up your own Bao buns at home with this kit

Ellie-Marie Watts

How to make a house feel like your castle

How to make a house feel like your castle

MOD: The Wickham Point holiday house was updated by Arcke. Photos by Scott Burrows. Produced with BowerBird.

Chic beach house moves with the times