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Yay. Just yay.

DIGESTPutting the yay into Friday

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT will accept charter flights for international arrivals

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Bulk-billed telehealth and other COVID-19 measures extended until March

Unemployment did what in August?

DIGESTAn eyebrow-raising figure indeed

Many thousands of Australians are trying to land a spot on rare flights back to Australia. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERWhen can Australians stranded overseas return home?

Andrew Brown

Aspen Medical chairman Glenn Keys at the National Convention Centre, just one of the organisations that have approached the service for assistance. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Aspen Medical to lead COVID-safe trial for major events

Andrew Brown

It's not the size of the dog in the fight .... but the stick in its mouth.

DIGESTOut comes that big, metaphorical stick again

Janine Graham

Multiple trials of coronavirus vaccines are taking place around the world. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERWhat happens after a COVID vaccine is found?

Andrew Brown

Penrith is clearly the most consistent team in the competition going into the finals series. Photo: Matt King/Getty Images

OPINIONNo, the NRL premiership is not a race in four, Laurie Daley says

Laurie Daley

The Crows' Bryce Gibbs is chaired off by best mates Kade Simpson and Marc Murphy, of the Blues, after playing his final AFL match. Photo: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

OPINIONBeing the top AFL draft pick isn't all it's cracked up to be

Aussie Rules community rallies around injured women's star

PHOTOSAussie Rules community rallies around injured women's star

Billy Jupp

Penrith is clearly the most consistent team in the competition going into the finals series. Photo: Matt King/Getty Images

OPINIONNo, the NRL premiership is not a race in four, Laurie Daley says

MOTIVATED: Moree trainer Peter Sinclair is chasing a repeat of the best season of his career. Photo: Bradley Photographers

Sinclair's pursuit of dream season

Mark Bode

IN SPACE: Breanna Grange finds herself in the clear in the second match of the major semi-final.

PHOTOSElkettes have one more shot for a grand final spot

Ellen Dunger

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Sanctuary stays heaven for animal-loving travellers

Sanctuary stays heaven for animal-loving travellers

Linda Moon

Plan your journey as restrictions ease in some states.

Your guide to this week's border restriction changes

Settle into the stunning Gold Coast. Picture: Shutterstock

Deals of the Week: Free night on the Gold Coast, Kangaroo Island escape

Explore Travel

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

Trevor Kennedy is selling and donating a large amount of his collection of historic and decorative arts to the National Museum of Australia. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

National Museum acquires $15M worth of private treasures

Amy Martin

Moree dressmaker Melinda O'Donoghue prepares one of her gorgeous gowns, ahead of her very first exhibition, which opens at BAMM this Friday. Photo: BAMM

WHAT'S ONLove is in the air this spring: Unique exhibition to send hearts aflutter

Georgina Poole and Sophie Harris

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

Do vegans dream of greasy food. Picture: Pete Dillon

Do vegans dream of greasy junk food? If you do, check out this cookbook

Karen Hardy

Josephine Langford, left and Hero Fiennes Tiffin in After We Collided (2020). Picture: Roadshow

REVIEWLight, thin and lacking substance

Cris Kennedy

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Dayle Latham

Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

Closing in on a dream career in agriculture

Closing in on a dream career in agriculture

Matt Sherrington, Advertiser Content

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Since 1924, Royal Far West (RFW) has been committed to connecting kids like Lucas living in rural and remote areas of Australia with the care they need. Names and images have been changed to protect privacy.

Helping country kids reach their full potential

Emma Brown

Real support: There are over 100,000 children living in rural and remote Australia in need of mental and developmental support.

Far from help is not far from hope

Emma Brown

HELP: A mortgage broker can take care of all of the paperwork for you.

How to find help to navigate the mortgage minefield

HELP: A mortgage broker can take care of all of the paperwork for you.

How to find help to navigate the mortgage minefield

Victoria's property market must restart

Victoria's property market must restart

Victoria's property market must restart

Victoria's property market must restart

NEW COLLEAGUES: RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg said COVID-19 had helped strengthen work from home opportunities. Photo - Shutterstock.

Working from home opens up lifestyle choices

INSURANCE: Do you know how LMI works? Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

LMI: Know what you're getting

The Government's HomeBuilder scheme announced at the beginning of June as a lifeline to the building industry has already boosted interest in off-the-plan sales. Photo - Shutterstock.

A boost to buying off-the-plan

Ruth Lewis

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

HANG UP: Scammers may try to pressure you by calling incessantly and harassing you, even threatening to send the police to your house. Simply hang up and do not respond.

Scamwatch: Business urged to beware of dodgy invoices

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Changing of the guard: Incoming Superintendent Steve Laksa with outgoing New England Commander, Superintendent Scott Tanner. Photo: Peter Hardin

No tolerance for drugs or DV: new top cop a familiar face for region

Breanna Chillingworth

The passage of time results in the development of emotional and spiritual veneers, which we regularly need to re-evaluate. Picture: shutterstock

Evaluating the veneers around our personality

Gary Bentley

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

Aussie Rules community rallies around injured women's star

PHOTOSAussie Rules community rallies around injured women's star

Michael Kirk, Louise Johnson and Carmine Munro.

PHOTOSMoree services team up for R U OK Day community barbecue

A steady stream of customers walked through the doors of the Mungindi Community Store for its first day of opening on Monday. Photo: supplied

PHOTOSMungindi pop-up supermarket opened thanks to mammoth community effort

IN SPACE: Breanna Grange finds herself in the clear in the second match of the major semi-final.

PHOTOSElkettes have one more shot for a grand final spot

Ellen Dunger

FEEDING FRENZY: Passengers watched around 100 adult humpback whales feed together off Ben Boyd National Park over the weekend. Picture: Merimbula Marina

WATCHEver watched 100-plus humpbacks at a seafood buffet?

Alasdair McDonald

Luke Annis-Brown and Talan Moore put on the sumo suits for R U OK? Day.

PHOTOSStudents encouraged to check in on R U OK? Day

Sophie Harris

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall cut the ribbon to officially open the new Moree campus, watched on by Moree campus' Libby McPhee and Julieanne Farrell, CCNI executive officer Alison Heagney, Moree campus coordinator Catherine Davis and CCNI president Judy Campbell.

PHOTOSSky's the limit for adult education with new home for Community College Moree campus

Sophie Harris

Among the silver linings of 2020, meal prep has become the task the whole family can share. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

REAL AUSTRALIAGoing even further back in time for dinner in 2020

Jodie Bruton

How the empty chair method can help

OPINIONHow the empty chair method can help

John Malouff

NO POINT: These days, the only commercial role for new gas projects is for small-scale back up. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONScott Morrison's gas plan is an arrogant, irresponsible disaster

John Hewson

A LIFETIME'S JOURNEY: Christopher Thompson today and (right) between Alice Springs and Port Augusta in 1972.

How Australia made a drifter's life whole

Seeing kangaroos on the beach in Mackay or visiting outback SA, you can find out where and when you can go at the new web portal.

One-stop COVID travel info shop

Entrepreneurship: Why it's not just a young people's game

Entrepreneurship: Why it's not just a young people's game

Geraldine Cardozo

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro is taking mental health leave for up to four weeks.

Barilaro on a break after NSW koala threat

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT will accept charter flights for international arrivals

Victoria Police and ADF personnel are enforcing traffic restrictions around Melbourne's outskirts.

Melbourne 'ring of steel' causes snarls

Queensland Police say the woman's death was the first in the Brisbane station's 20-year history.

Brisbane rally after death in custody

Brendan Murphy says the aged care sector needs a funding redesign.

Aged care 'needs financial redesign'

A virus cluster linked to five households in Melbourne's southeast has grown to 34 cases.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

A poll of 810 people shows only 26 per cent see Peter Malinauskas as their preferred premier.

Poll puts SA govt well ahead of Labor

Ian Shaw, Whitefields Pastoral Company, Galong, purchased these four rams for a $4125 average including left the $8000 sale-topper. Pictured is auctioneer Paul Jameson, Elders, Dubbo, with Towalba stud's Warick Kopp, Kayla Kopp, Scott Chandler and Cameron Kopp. Mr Shaw was awarded the Beachport trophy.

Towalba Merino rams average $1792

Mark Griggs

Gooramma's James Corcoran Snr with Brendan Mansbridge of Brooklyn Park Poll Dorsets who bid on behalf Estjam and Loffler Poll Dorset studs, Victoria to secure the $15,500 sale-topper held by James Corcoran Jnr. Photo: Hannah Powe

Gooramma tops at $15,500, ave $2300

Hannah Powe

Weak La Nina set to stay through summer

Weak La Nina set to stay through summer

DON WHITE, Weatherwatch

Balancing the practicalities of family life with style and luxury in the home. Pictured below: A powder room with personality. Picture: Damien Kook.

Finding balance in beauty and function

Part of life's lessons is to accept that we can't change someone else, we can only change oursleves. Picture: Shutterstock.

It's not up to you to change someone

Gary Bentley

Help your teens avoid falling victim to online scammers. Picture: Shutterstock.

Helping teens avoid online scammers

Jessie Mitchell