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Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet again with national cabinet today. Picture: Chris Doheny

Australia poised for COVID-19 vaccine revamp as national cabinet meets

Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton has received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Pfizer jabs could be made in Melbourne

Health Minister Greg Hunt has defended the pace of the vaccine rollout in disability care homes. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Gobsmacked': Anger over disability care vaccine rollout

People react to the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial in Brooklyn. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

DIGESTNext step for US after Chauvin verdict

Health Minister Greg Hunt asserted it had always been the plan to vaccinate people with disabilities and aged care residents in stages. Picture: Getty Images

Hunt defends disability care vaccine rollout

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino. Picture: Getty Images

mRNA all the way: PM flags support for domestic vaccine production

Karen Barlow

Health Minister Greg Hunt said there a "strong uptake" of the vaccine from the over-50s cohort. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Vaccine rollout recalibrated, but still no target for vulnerable groups

Harley Dennett

Aus Post ban a blow to regional producers

DIGESTAus Post ban a blow to regional producers

Mitch Moses could be a dominant force as a centrepiece with the Brisbane Broncos. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONBroncos mull the Adam Reynolds or Mitch Moses question

Laurie Daley

PARTICIPATING: Sydney based Shane Luke, ranked number one amuptee golfer in Australia, will play in the All-Inclusive tournament at Pacific Dunes on May 3 and 4.

Golf tourney attracts the best

Charlie Elias

ACADEMY: The group of Hunter Academy hockey players who attended the successful carnival held over the weekend. Picture: Supplied

Hockey talent shines through

Mitch Moses could be a dominant force as a centrepiece with the Brisbane Broncos. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONBroncos mull the Adam Reynolds or Mitch Moses question

HAPPY: Nelson Bay Swim Club national medal winners Ebony Nix, 13, Randall Ingram, 14, and Talyor Corry, 26. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

Trio net national medals in Bay swim club first

Ellie-Marie Watts

Mya Cooke, Denise Duffy

Ravens viewing losses as lessons

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

PARTICIPATING: Sydney based Shane Luke, ranked number one amuptee golfer in Australia, will play in the All-Inclusive tournament at Pacific Dunes on May 3 and 4.

Golf tourney attracts the best

Charlie Elias

WHAT GOES AROUND: MarketPlace Raymond Terrace centre manager Colleen Mulholland-Ruiz buying a lotto ticket from newsagent Michelle Sweeney for a customer as part of the Pay It Forward campaign.

Pay it forward: Day for kindness and community

Ellie-Marie Watts

RESPECTS: Dawn service in Karuah in 2019. The march and dawn service will go ahead on Sunday, April 25 but not the mid-morning service at the Memorial Wall.

Anzac Day in Port Stephens | service times

PARTICIPATING: Sydney based Shane Luke, ranked number one amuptee golfer in Australia, will play in the All-Inclusive tournament at Pacific Dunes on May 3 and 4.

Golf tourney attracts the best

PLAY ON: James Naldo will perform at Lakeside Village Tavern in Raymond Terrace on Friday night.

Live music, two-up for Anzac Day weekend

HARD ROAD: Bob Evans finished recording Tomorrowland literally as COVID-19 shut down the music industry.

Bob Evans moving on towards brighter Tomorrowland

Josh Leeson

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

KOALA SPOTTING: The various walks around the Sanctuary offer chances to glimpse the koalas who call it home. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Port Stephens Holiday Guide Easter: Nature's wonders appeal

KOALA SPOTTING: The various walks around the Sanctuary offer chances to glimpse the koalas who call it home. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Port Stephens Holiday Guide Easter: Nature's wonders appeal

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Stunning waterfront position

Stunning waterfront position

Stunning waterfront position

Stunning waterfront position

Embrace the waterside lifestyle

Embrace the waterside lifestyle

Embrace the waterside lifestyle

Embrace the waterside lifestyle

Elegance in prestigious locale

Elegance in prestigious locale

Your perfect low maintenance holiday home

Your perfect low maintenance holiday home

TIME TO RELAX: Matthew and Eloise Collins in the lounge area with the fireplace that helped inspire them.

A grand design - on a budget

Chloe Hope

CARDS GALORE: Corlette's November Sheehan with some of the thousands of cards she hopes to distribute this Mother's Day to people who are elderly, lonely or anxious.

Port pen pal group recognised with Facebook grant

Charlie Elias

WHAT GOES AROUND: MarketPlace Raymond Terrace centre manager Colleen Mulholland-Ruiz buying a lotto ticket from newsagent Michelle Sweeney for a customer as part of the Pay It Forward campaign.

Pay it forward: Day for kindness and community

Ellie-Marie Watts

Scamwatch: Scammers phishing for data

Scamwatch: Scammers phishing for data

CARDS GALORE: Corlette's November Sheehan with some of the thousands of cards she hopes to distribute this Mother's Day to people who are elderly, lonely or anxious.

Port pen pal group recognised with Facebook grant

WINNER: David Fisher with wife Jennifer and the raffle prize at the Rotary 100 years celebrations. Picture: Henk Tobbe

Rotary winner supports an end to trachoma

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Tomaree Breast Cancer Support Group's Christine Walton with a brochure calling for new committee members.

Cancer support group needs more volunteers

Charlie Elias

The gates were opened this morning in front of a crowd of locals, media and government representatives. Photo: Otis Filley

Water arrives in Lake Menindee for the first time in five years

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TRIBUTE: WWII Spitfire pilots Clem Jones and Sid Handsaker with Williamtown RAAF Flying Officer James Bailey in front of a replica Spitfire at Fighter World, Williamtown on Wednesday, April 21. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

WWII Spitfire pilots reunite in Williamtown | photos

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Buzzing: Concept drawing of Energy Renaissance's $28 million battery manufacturing facility at Tomago.

Workers wanted at Tomago battery factory

DOOR OPENING: Sydney indie-pop artist Sloan Peterson, aka Joannah Jackson, begins her first national headline tour on Thursday after several years of support slots. Picture: Sarah Adamson

Sloan Peterson going it alone to the Moon & Back

WELL DONE: In a hat-trick of 2021 Sail Port Stephens line-honours wins, the Shaw 11 Little Nico achieved an overall handicap victory in division one of the Commodores Cup on Wednesday. Picture: Roni Bintang

Stronger breeze blows Sail Port Stephens results wide open | photos, video

FAMILY: Adam Andrews, centre, with sons Noah, 9, and Flyn, 8. The snakes Adam and Flyn hold won at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

Salamander snake charmers win at show | photos, video

Ellie-Marie Watts

APPEAL: Police have released CCTV footage in a bid to find three men accused of breaking into a Raymond Terrace automotive business in March.

CCTV released after Raymond Terrace break and enter | video

ALL SMILES: Kerry and Sharon Grover, from Lemon Tree Passage.

Sailing fun for all abilities | photos

Ellie-Marie Watts

RETHINK: Shoal Bay residents and regular users of Little Beach Chris Bastic (left) and John Jarvis outside the amenities building and garden.

Letters to the Editor: April 22

PROGRESS: Medowie resident John Donahoo with his pedestrian underpass proposal outside the new catholic high school at Medowie Road and South Street.

Letters to the Editor: April 15

BRIDGE SOLUTION: The section of Foreshore Drive washed away in the March severe weather event. Picture: Marina Neil

Letters to the Editor: April 8

RETHINK: Shoal Bay residents and regular users of Little Beach Chris Bastic (left) and John Jarvis outside the amenities building and garden.

Letters to the Editor: April 22

NOT QUITE RIGHT: Annette Rumble, of Nelson Bay hopes the parklets will be improved upon if they are to remian a fixture of Shoal Bay.

Letters to the Editor: April 1

CONCERNED: Paul Buckley of Shoal bay believes the changed parking conditions on Bullecourt Street, Shoal Bay could be a danger to pedestrians.

Letters to the Editor: March 25

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

The gates were opened this morning in front of a crowd of locals, media and government representatives. Photo: Otis Filley

Water arrives in Lake Menindee for the first time in five years

7m ago

Queensland MP George Christensen will not contest his federal seat of Dawson at the next election.

Christensen to quit, says politics broken

Malcolm Turnbull says a Tamil family being held on Christmas Island should be sent back to Biloela

Turnbull flips position on Biloela family

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Victorian will cover the funeral expenses for members of the stolen generations.

Victoria funds stolen generations funerals

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All people over 50 will be able to get the AstraZeneca vaccine from May in a rejig of the rollout.

Australia expands sluggish vaccine rollout

Matt Coughlan
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Two Australian men have been charged with child sex abuse offences, the AFP says.

Two Aust men arrested for online sex abuse

Tiffanie Turnbull
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The murder of mum Kelly Wilkinson has prompted an outpouring of grief in her local community

Slain mother's family want stronger laws

Marty Silk
52m ago

Scientists have reconstructed an asteroid's 22-million-year journey through the solar system.

Scientists track asteroid as it hits Earth

Aaron Bunch
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Amy Taprell, Flaggy Creek, Thologolong, Vic sold 60 Angus calves, eight to nine-months, The Glen Angus blood. Pictured with David Hartsman, Mudgegonga, Vic who purchased a pen of 20, weighing 323kg, for $1730.

Wodonga steers to $2380, heifers to $2005

Olivia Calver
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Traveling stock reserves look greener these days, so no wonder long-term permits are being released.

Long-term permits available for travelling stock reserves

Mark Griggs
1hr ago

Intermediate shearers on the board in the AWI shearing school at Kanowie, Bungarby. Photos: Nicole Murphy

Shearer school shortage fix

Stephen Burns
2hrs ago

Choosing when to start your children at 'big school' is not always easy, especially when your children have birth dates very early in the year. Picture: Shutterstock.

OPINIONWhen is best to enrol youngsters at school?

Mumma Jak

The pile of compost is almost ready for making hot water. Picture: Hannah Moloney

Using compost power for a hot shower | Backyard Bliss

Hannah Moloney

Rising life expectancies are proving a special challenge for baby boomers who find themselves needing to no only think about funding their own aged care, but that of their parents too. Picture: Shutterstock.

Hard conversations about money now could keep families together later

Noel Whittaker