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Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

The latest federal budget contains a $17.7 billion plan to improve Australia's aged-care system.

Record $17.7b to improve aged-care system

Tradesmen will be among those to benefit from the extension of business investment incentives.

Business gives big budget spend thumbs up

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Victoria Lee

Iga Swiatek kisses the Italian Open trophy after her ruthless 6-0 6-0 drubbing of Karolina Pliskova.

Tiramisu for Swiatek after double bagel

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Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

Gerald Imray

Iga Swiatek kisses the Italian Open trophy after her ruthless 6-0 6-0 drubbing of Karolina Pliskova.

Tiramisu for Swiatek after double bagel

2hrs ago

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

REUNITED: You Am I recorded and produced an entire album despite going 381 days without being in a room together.

MUSICDistance and isolation makes You Am I grow fonder

Josh Leeson

Disclaimer: Garage sale listings are based on the latest information available at the time of publishing. Please follow advice from government authorities on social, business, travel and other restrictions to help keep yourself and others safe. ACM takes no responsibility for any consequences arising from these listings.

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

ROCKING ON: Ruben's Rock Concert on Sunday, May 23 will raise funds to help Ruben Phillips (pictured on the right as his idol Dave Grohl) undergo life-changing surgery in the US this year. Pictures: SUPPLIED.

It's time to rock out for Ruben

Kirsty Horton

REUNITED: You Am I recorded and produced an entire album despite going 381 days without being in a room together.

MUSICDistance and isolation makes You Am I grow fonder

PICK OF THE WEEK: Raymond Terrace Rotary Club member and Step Back into King Street Heritage Festival organiser Sharon Chambers. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

WHAT'S ONWeekend planner: What's happening in the Hunter

What's on in Port Stephens this weekend

What's on in Port Stephens this weekend

Ellie-Marie Watts

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

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

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

Acreage 100m from the water

Acreage 100m from the water

Acreage 100m from the water

Acreage 100m from the water

Water views from every angle

Water views from every angle

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

Joanne Crawford

Home delivers privacy and space

Home delivers privacy and space

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

NICE: Lyn Fairless, the original secretary of the Fingal Haven Craft Group, Norma Shylan, an original member, cutting the cake at the April 27 celebration.

Craft group mark 25-year milestone

HAPPY: Nelson Bay CWA Evening Branch turned 50 in April.

Nelson Bay CWA branch marks 50 years

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

FUNDRAISER: The HMRI team (from left): Prof Dave Lubens, Prof Andrew Boyle, Prof Mike Calford and Prof Ron Plotnikoff. Picture: Supplied

Third time lucky for Bay charity golfing events

Charlie Elias

ASSIST: Kate Washington with Port Stephens SES and Ampcontrol staff doing some sand bagging with the steel framed units. Picture: Supplied

Ampcontrol support SES with sandbag filler

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Marisol Nicholls and Chris Rock in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Picture: Lionsgate

REVIEWChris Rock takes on Saw franchise

FIRE: The 40th Regiment of Foot, based in Sydney, firing a cannon on the Raymond Terrace riverfront on Saturday for the Step Back Into King Street Heritage Festival. Pictures: Ellie-Marie Watts

Photos from the Step Back into King Street Heritage Festival

Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Parliament to decide if Facebook banning MPs is contempt

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

Jane Freebury

Angelina Jolie as Hannah and Jon Bernthal as Ethan in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Picture: Warner Bros.Pictures

REVIEWThose Who Wish Me Dead a western in contemporary clothing

Cris Kennedy

TEAM: Jarad Ashpole (right) with his Ashpole Concrete and Constructions crew in Lions Park on Friday. The crew have been heavily involved in the Medowie 7-Day Makeover. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

All hands on deck for final day of Medowie makeover | photos

Ellie-Marie Watts

TRAGIC: Revelle Balmain, a 22-year-old model and dancer, was last seen in 1994. Police and the state government have put up a $1m reward for information into her disappearance. Picture: Supplied

$1m reward to solve Revelle Balmain case

WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE: Steve Thomas of Nelson Bay wonders whether a vote of residents would benefit the debate about jet skis.

Letters to the Editor: May 13

NOT HAPPY: Boat Harbour resident Mark Kelly says he won't be holding his breath for Telstra's plan to have its tower activated - and reception fixed - by mid-May.

Letters to the Editor: May 6

PART OF LIFE: Colin Hay from Salamander Bay says the mullet haul is a basic reality in Port Stephens. Picture: Stephen Keating

Letters to the Editor: April 29

WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE: Steve Thomas of Nelson Bay wonders whether a vote of residents would benefit the debate about jet skis.

Letters to the Editor: May 13

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

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

A new policy clamped down on Parliament House staff speaking to media, days before a Four Corners episode on the Higgins allegations aired. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERParliament staff gagged from speaking to media

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About 80 Australians returning from India have been bussed to the Howard Springs quarantine centre.

Half-full India flight lands in Darwin

The Royal Commission into gaming giant Crown's Melbourne operations will begin on Monday.

Vic Crown inquiry begins in Melbourne

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says locking in fuel security will mean benefits for all Australians.

Budget builds on refineries commitment

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The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is gathering pace, with over-50s now able to get it at their GP.

Over 50s can now get COVID-19 jab at GP

Colin Brinsden
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Australians like Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget, the latest Newspoll found.

Voters tell Newspoll they like the budget

2hrs ago

Misty Annabel, owner of Annabel's Bridal Studio, said brides were after a unique gown to express their personality. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Small weddings here to stay as couples want unique touches on big day

Sarah Lansdown
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Queensland Police have charged a Wooloowin man with attempted murder following a house fire.

Man charged over Brisbane house fire

Wheat leaf rust is one of several potentially devastating diseases (front row) with resistant varieties (back row) the best protection. It is important to seek updated information on variety resistance status to various diseases.

Sowing guide released

Bob Freebairn
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YOUTH IN AG: Young sheep enthusiasts demonstrate their skills at the NSW State Sheep Show at Dubbo.

Sheep industry in good hands as youth demonstrate talent in Dubbo | Photos

Hannah Powe

Neville Clarke on one of his friends, the Pendergasts' horses at the Tarcutta Campdraft. Neville has been competing in campdrafts for more than 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down - beating out close to 35 entrants to win a feature cut-out event earlier this month.

Close to 60 years in the saddle for Neville

Olivia Calver

LAYER: A roman blind combined with the soft dreamy look of curtains Photo: Supplied.

Window furnishings to help you keep warm this winter

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

RSPCA

"We all have the capacity for change. It's our choice whether we change up or change down". Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICETo change up or change down, choice is your own

Gary Bentley