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Jacinta Dickins

BOOM: Despite chatter that the Covid-induced real estate boom will dwindle, real estate agents from Inverell, Moree, Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Armidale disagree. Photos: Supplied

While the market is ideal for sellers looking to cash in on increasing home values and short - if any - time on the market, renters are coping the brunt, with fears increasing rental prices may push some into homelessness.

Flooded residents buy up New England real estate in fresh 'boom'

Jack Needham

The Upper Hunter LGA, which includes Scone (pictured), has been named one of the top regional markets in NSW. Picture: Shutterstock

New report names the locations offering investors and owner occupiers bang for their buck.

New report names the 3 top markets in regional NSW

Marian Macdonald

His family has farmed the 789-hectare Miramoona South for a century and Kim Barnet says the thing that really sets the property apart from much of New England is its gentleness.

New England property to be auctioned after a century in the one family

House prices in the Kiama LGA, in the NSW Illawarra region, were up 39.5 per cent in the year ending October. Picture: Shutterstock

Local government areas in NSW and Tasmania have seen prices surge by more than 40 per cent.

The regional areas with 40pc-plus property price growth

Rochelle Tubb

Ultimate country escape on acres

Blue brick home in central-south

Ben Smyth

Merivale CEO Justin Hemmes has increased his investment in Narooma with the purchase of Lynch's Hotel. Photo: Supplied

Billionaire Justin Hemmes' company Merivale has purchased its fourth venue on the iconic New South Wales Far South Coast - Lynch's Hotel, one of Narooma's oldest and most historic buildings.

Hemmes expands Narooma hospitality venture with purchase of historic Lynch's pub

Sprawling farmhouse on acres

DO ANYTHING: New England's 1460-hectare Rimbanda is producing glossy black weaners but could just as easily be a wool powerhouse.

Rimbanda, the 1460-hectare New England former station, is producing glossy black weaners but could just as easily be a wool powerhouse.

1460-hectare Kentucky property on the market

Nick Clark

The home of late 1960's pacing sensation Halwes is on the market with offers of around $1 million expected

Giddy up: Tasmanian property with rich racing history on the market

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Conversations with Friends is from the team behind streaming sensation, Normal People. Picture: Amazon Prime

The creative team behind Normal People struggles to recreate its magic in this earnest romantic drama that never quite delivers what we crave.

Trust a Gen-Xer to rub a fragile 20-something the wrong way at a dinner party

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: Cosmos science reporter Ellen Phiddian. Picture: supplied

Making formic acid with a ferric mineral.

Will soil carbon fix the climate crisis?

Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne said Canberrans were being treated as second-class citizens. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong 

Scott Morrison confirmed a Coalition government would not seek to overturn the ban if re-elected, saying it was "not our policy".

PM confirms no plans to repeal voluntary assisted dying ban on territories as NSW laws pass

Labor's shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Two days out from polling day, Labor has released its costings, insisting its commitments are "modest" and "responsible".

Labor election costings to add $7.4b over four years

Labor leader Anthony Albanese on Thursday morning, addressing journalists in Sydney. Picture: AAP

Anthony Albanese says he wasn't accusing the Coalition of racism, simply pointing out Italian-Australians are familiar with jokes about their names.

PM labels Albanese 'precious' as ALP leader denies racism claim

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

Political rhetoric their only answer to this set of numbers

There are 1283 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 46 in ICU.

NSW records 22 COVID-19 deaths as cases drop

Constable Zachary Rolfe has pleaded not guilty to the shooting murder of Kumanjayi Walker.

Video of Kumanjayi shooting shown to jury

Prime Minister Scott Morrison crashes into Luca Fauvette during an under 8s soccer training session in Devonport. Picture: Eve Woodhouse

With two days until the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese are campaigning furiously in marginal seats.

As it happened: Labor releases costings, $7.4bn budget increase

INSIDE THE BARREL: 'Pork-barrelling' refers to the process of essentially buying votes in key seats.

There has been a lot of talk of 'pork-barrelling' this election season, especially in the context of anti-corruption. So what is pork-barrelling, and how do politicians do it?

Pork-barrelling and a federal ICAC: Who's promised what?

How can you safely perform a RAT on your child at home and help them to engage in the process?

Go low, go slow: how to rapid antigen test your kid for COVID as school returns

"My opponents think it's still OK to make fun of someone's name in their advertising," Anthony Albanese told Italian-Australians at Club Marconi in Western Sydney. Picture: AAP

Anthony Albanese has chosen a friendly setting to launch an incendiary accusation.

What's in a name? Albanese's accusation made in risky setting

Are you ready for back to school? Photo: FILE

As we approach the start of the first school term of the year in NSW, some parents are confused about the rules and expectations surrounding their child's return to school.

Masks, tests and more: Back to school in the Armidale region explained

Filling out the almost comically large Senate ballot paper can be a daunting task. Photo: Adam McLean

Whether you just need a quick refresher or you haven't voted before, we have you covered.

Your questions on voting for the Senate answered

Prime Minister Scott Morrison accidentally crash-tackled under 8s football player, Luca Fauvette, on Wednesday afternoon in Devonport, Tasmania. Picture: Eve Woodhouse

Morrison scores an own goal after bulldozing a young soccer player just in time for the nightly TV news.

'Should have been a penalty': Bulldozed boy speaks about PM tackle

Jenny Morrison, right, with the Coalition's candidate in Blair, Sam Biggins. Picture: AAP

Economy looms large for Labor and the Coalition as wages lag - but low-priced Australian wine might help

A spouse steps in as the polls tighten

Stuart McKenzie catches an eastern brown snake found under a couch.

Snake-catching professional shares his top tip on how best to avoid eastern brown snakes.

Sofas, scales and playgrounds: The places brown snakes are caught

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: AAP


Australian wages have not kept pace with inflation.

Wages hit sparks new debate on cost of living election

AJ, bottom right, and his family with SES volunteer Bluey.

"[AJ] said his first word a few weeks ago and it was blue," AJ's mum Kelly said.

Watch AJ reunite with SES rescuer 'Bluey' who found him after disappearance

THE TEAM: Armidale locals Sophie Masson, Jen Scanlan, Rae Ainsworth, Kathy Creamer, Peter Creamer absent- Beattie Alvarez and Sharnee Rawson

A literary collaboration between locally-based children's book publishers for those who want to know what it takes to get published is now on sale.

Local scribes gather to launch the inside story of their craft

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Victoria's triple-zero call service will be rebranded and brought under government control.

Report slams Victoria triple-zero service

A woman is facing court accused of starving dozens of horses and keeping them in soiled paddocks.

Horses starved in soiled field, court told

The Tasmanian government apologised after a racially offensive island name was published on a map.

Tas govt sorry for offensive place name

The Australian Electoral Commission is keeping tabs on the potential impacts of the recent wet weather on the ability of people to vote in Saturday's federal election.

AEC tracking effects of flooding on voting impact

The Murugappan family in Perth. Picture: Supplied

Four-year-old Tharnicaa has been refused a bridging visa, meaning the family can't return to Biloela in central Queensland.

Scott Morrison offers no change on Biloela family

COST OF FESTIVAL: Preparations for the Tamworth Country Music Festival made over a dozen people homeless, before the historic event was postponed on Friday, according to local homeless services. Photo: file

"It's not the moteliers fault. They've always done what they've done. Right at the moment we have a major issue in the housing sector, full stop."

TCMF 'made people homeless', as new date drives up April motel rates

LOOKING FOR LOVE: Armidale's 114 room Autumn Lodge on Butler and Glass Street. Picture: supplied.

"By the end of July we hope to have our process of selection finalised and at that point we will advise the community who it will be and when they will assume responsibility."

Armidale aged care facility forced to seek merger

Andrew Denton says the passing of VAD legislation will revolutionise end of life care in NSW.

NSW legalises voluntary assisted dying

Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall at Malpas Dam. Picture: supplied.

"The cost of doing nothing at Malpas Dam is far too great for our future and our region."

Push to turn the tap on funding for dam wall

PORTRAIT POWER: Wayne Tunnicliffe from the Art Gallery of NSW with  Rachael Parsons director of New England Regional Art Museum. Picture:  Sarah Reddington

The exhibitions are on show until June 26.

The beautiful and bizarre at the Archibald Prize opening in Armidale | did you get snapped?

CYCLING FOR US: Royal Far West, Australian cycling great Mark Renshaw and a peloton of cyclists will ride into Armidale on Sunday, May 22. Picture: supplied.

The event aims to raise funds and awareness of the growing and unmet need in regional Australia.

Call for locals to get out and support the riders supporting our kids

FINED: A father and daughter duo operating one of NSW's largest puppy breeding operations have been sentenced at Inverell Local Court for animal cruelty offences. Photo: Jacinta Dickins; Insets: NSW RSPCA

The pair pleaded guilty at Inverell Local Court and were convicted of eighteen offences relating to failings at the breeding establishment in Copeton, near Inverell.

Puppy breeders sentenced for 'heartbreaking' cruelty at Inverell

Dax Blair-Previtt (TAS) and Darby Brown (Farrer) compete for the ball in the 14s football.

IT was a case of maintaining the status quo when The Armidale School and Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School met for their annual multi-sports fixture in Tamworth on Friday last week.

TAS, Farrer share spoils in annual sports competition

The Armidale SES crew helped out with the recent floods in Grafton

"Here's to all the volunteers across Australia who work all year round to protect us at our most vulnerable."

Wear orange and support our SES | video

NOT FOR ME: Barnaby Joyce has stuck true to his word about not supporting Facebook through advertising, but the Liberals and Labor have spent big. Photo: file

Mr Joyce maintains he would rather spend his money in local newspapers but has no control over what his colleagues do.

Coalition abandons Barnaby Joyce over stance on Facebook advertising

Promises: The Coalition commits to funding a new child care centre in Guyra. Photo: File

Barnaby Joyce has revealed that childcare is so hard to come by in his electorate, even his family have struggled to find a place.

Joyce reveals personal struggle with New England's 'childcare deserts'

IT'S SHOWTIME: Climate Action Now take to the stage in the Armidale Mall on Saturday- Back row: Barney Street Beats Maria Rummery, Eva Rummery, Alisa Perks, Deborah Dixon-Ives. Front Row: Jodi Travels, Vivienne Nano, Baeho Joo, Harry Joo, Amy Ashman, Annette Kilarr. Picture: Dave Robinson.

"No matter what the result of the election this weekend Climate Action and concerns will be high on the agenda."