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PATIENT OPTIONS: Kirsten Pilatti, BCNA CEO talks with Elizabeth Blane in Latrobe, Tasmania during a Breast Cancer Network Australia event. Picture: Paul Scambler

GPs and advocates want to see the telehealth program extended to provide patients with more options on how they access medical care.

Call to re-instate, expand telehealth services ahead of July 1 cut-off

Bruno (Damon Herriman) and Laura (Jackie van Beek) go to a new-age retreat to attempt to reinvigorate their marriage. Picture: Supplied

Everyone speaking gibberish may be a way of illustrating miscommunication, but it's radical.

A weird romp words can't describe

COLOURLESS: A field of stag-horn coral bleached white on the Great Barrier Reef during a mass bleaching event. Picture: Brett Monroe Garner/Getty Images

Coral might look like plants, but it's actually a living, breathing inverterbrae. So why are these marine creatures turning so white?

Why has Australia's coral become bleached?

Austin Butler electrifies as Elvis. Picture: Universal 

It pulls you up to realise that this is Luhrmann's sixth feature film.

Baz Lurhmann's Elvis is an exhilarating and brilliant homage

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Mark Paguio in Spiderhead. Picture: Netflix

You understand why Hemsworth would have been attracted to the production.

Hemsworth's Spiderhead is a slick, pacey futuristic thriller

Director Kyle Balda has been at the helm of a number of others in this franchise and he sure knows what his audiences want.

It's more Minion high-jinks and it aims to please

WHAT TO DO IN THE DARK: It can be tough getting through a black out, but with a bit of planning, it can be made easier. Picture: FILE

As the energy emergency enters another week, we're being told to plan for power outages. So what do you need to get through the dark days?

How to prepare a 'black out survival kit' as the energy crisis continues

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: LNG storage tanks at a terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Picture: WikiCommons

The country needs more transmission, more renewables, more storage. But how do we get there?

Has the energy emergency forced a re-think in future of electricity production?

DAVID'S LEGACY: Corowa resident Jackie Monk, the widow of 61-year-old Japanese encephalitis victim David Kiefel, has been campaigning hard to ensure vaccines are made available to the community. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Advocate Jackie Monk says many people in town were willing to pay the cost.

I wouldn't wish it on anyone: Virus widow wants to protect her community

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

Video of Kumanjayi shooting shown to jury

SACRED GROUND: Goanna are back to celebrate their 1982 classic album Spirit Of Place. Picture: Martin Stringer

Shane Howard explains why Solid Rock will always matter

Goanna rediscovers their Spirit Of Place

FULL THROTTLE: Herald journalist Madeline Link on board the 222 Offshore powerboat at Lake Macquarie. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The sun was shining, a severe weather warning hung in the air and I had been to the chiropractor the day before.

I got flung across a lake at breakneck speed in a powerboat

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

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Sydney post-punk band Johnny Hunter are ready to deliver on the hype with their debut album Want. Picture: Tom Wilkinson

Sydney band Johnny Hunter know how to stand out from the crowd.

Johnny Hunter are taking what they Want

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

Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez return for the second season of OMITB which adheres sensibly to the mantra of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Picture: Disney+

This series delivers joyous entertainment by a cast at the top of their game - if that isn't true art, then nothing is.

It's close to the best thing on TV and we've got some good news

Although everyone who is homeless feels the negative impacts, children can face a tough future due to something completely out of their hands.

If kids are having to couch surf or live out of a tent or caravan, there are difficulties for them in getting to school, getting three square meals a day.

'Safe, stable place to sleep every night' could keep kids off police radar

TOUGH AS LEATHER: Australia's kangaroo industry says it is fed up with baseless attacks from animal activists in the US. Picture: Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia.

Kangaroo industry decides it's time to answer its critics in the USA.

Valuable kangaroo trade answers its critics

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

'GAVE HER A SMACK': Kai Hansen describes his 'resident croc' Casey as his main girl, but one day, she "had a go" and he "gave her a smack". Picture: supplied

"She wanted to have a go so I gave her a smack."

'I gave her a smack', publican fends off crocodile with frying pan

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The suspects in a Melbourne gang shooting on Saturday fled in a Mazda SUV before losing control.

Manhunt continues for Vic bikie shooters

Volatility in commodity prices has implictions for the federal budget, the treasurer says.

Extraordinary commodity prices aid budget

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' annual pay package will rise to $464,918.

Vic MPs awarded 2.75 per cent pay rise

The AMA wants people to stay home if they are ill, as mask rules are eased at venues like airports.

Warning as Omicron sub-variant cases surge

The reappointment of RBA Governor Phillip Lowe will be a decision for Cabinet.

RBA review not about taking shots at Lowe

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

MISSED OPPORTUNITY: Maree McKenzie is the CEO of Homes North Community Housing says a coordinated response to the current affordable housing crisis is needed. Picture: file.

"It's becoming more and more unaffordable."

New England rental crisis, industry leaders agree

Armidale, Rocky River trainees win awards

Temporary: Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall met with the Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell on Thursday in State Parliament to secure assurances over the future of Rocky River Public School. Photo: Supplied

Relocation of Rocky River school is 'temporary' says MP, after students were evacuated this week.

Teachers not expected to double up following Rocky River evacuation

Margaret and Ken around the time of their wedding in 1959

Former Armidale TAFE teacher was a free thinker

TOTAL CONTROL: Armidale writer Bridget Van der Eyk with her first novel '10 dates'. Picture: supplied.

"The book will be available to purchase in paperback and ebook formats worldwide on the Amazon online platform."

Local author's first work is a labour of love

Hellebores well-established under deciduous trees. Many different colours are available; however, it is best to keep single types together as they cross breed quite readily which often results in dull, washed-out flower colours similar to the one pictured sideways, on the extreme right of this photo.

The days are longer and its time to prepare for spring

Once the site is operational - a milestone said to be close - the company will start taking newcomers, but they'll have to pay $150,000 to be indefinitely stored in liquid nitrogen.

Second shot at life, or pure science fiction? Either way, it's on our doorstep

Illegal drugs with street value of more than $1 million destroyed by police

$1 million drug burn

Professor Jennifer Williams is Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of New England and an Emergency Physician and was recently part of a panel event 'The Future of Rural Health' with Australia's Rural Health Commissioner, Professor Ruth Stewart in Tamworth.

A fix for rural health is a must now, not some time down the track

NSW Young Nationals Chairperson Angus Webber, at the 2022 NSW Nationals Conference in Port Macquare. Photo: Emily Walker

"We're continuing to develop not only the future leaders of the Young Nationals but the future leaders of regional Australia."

'Exciting times': Armidale-raised Young Nationals leader is optimistic about the party's future

DIVORCE: Chair of the Tamworth branch of NSW Nationals, Ian Coxhead, voted for the motion to split up the Hunter New England Local Health District. Photo: Peter Hardin, file

A campaign to split up the Hunter New England Health district has gained more momentum, after members of the NSW Nationals Party voted to adopt the break-up as party policy, on Friday.

Nationals Party members vote for Hunter New England Health divorce

Breakfast Boon: Rachel Rummary with Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Peter Hardin.

The Uralla Anglican Church breakfast club has been gifted a new dishwasher, giving them more time to focus on helping Uralla's youth

Barnaby's breakfast club boon to expand church charity for children

Inverell mayor Paul Harmon is leading a push to get councils across NSW to lobby the state government for better health services.

New England mayor urges all councils to back health reforms

All smiles at NERAM were NERAM Director Rachael Parsons, left, and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall with the announcement a $28,000 State Government grant would support the staging of a new exhibition.

NERAM Director Rachael Parsons said the gallery was thrilled to be hosting the STRONG exhibition, which has been made possible with a $28,000 grant from the state government.

$28,000 to bring strong female artists to NERAM

BETTER TREATMENT: New England and North West regional organiser Katie Sullivan will strike along side Catholic school teachers. Photo: Peter Hardin 

Public and Catholic school teachers in New England will walk off the job together for 24 hours next week in demand for better wages and workloads.

Public and Catholic school teachers to walk off the job together

NEXT LEVEL: Tahlia Morgan, Clare Harpley, Charlotte Goldman, Lekah Mohena and Skye Gordon-Briggs have been included in the Corellas squad. Photos: Catherine Stephen

"But it is exciting because a lot of the girls in the team have a lot of potential."

Five New England women chosen for Corellas squad

FIRST STEP FORWARD: Armidale Mayor Sam Coupland in a recent council meeting. Picture: file.

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"It will give industry the confidence our region can support them."

Budget boost 'first step' towards council vision

"He was writhing around on the floor in agony."

"I just didn't feel the urge to go back to the city": Meet Armidale's new GP

MP Adam Marshall reviews the 2022-23 NSW Budget papers, following a record $636.52 million funding allocation for the electorate. 

For the first time in the electorate's history more than half-a-billion dollars has been allocated in an NSW Budget for projects in the Northern Tablelands.

'I'm pinching myself': $636 million in budget for Northern Tablelands

FREEZE: An alleged informal "hiring freeze" at the University of New England has left staff overworked in order to perform the tasks of hundreds of vacant positions, the union claims. Photo: file

An alleged informal "hiring freeze" at the University of New England has left staff overworked in order to perform the tasks of hundreds of vacant positions, the union claims.

'Hiring freeze' leaves hundreds of positions unfilled at UNE: union

Man dives into New England river to escape police chase

ARREST: The 35-year-old's outstanding arrest warrants for domestic violence and property offences were executed at the station. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

The 35-year-old man was taken to Inverell Police Station and then to Inverell Hospital for treatment for possible hypothermia.