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SUCCESS: A grade and cup winner Darren Gordon with A grade runner-up Laurie Murphy.

Darren Gordon too strong in weekend’s A grade golf

ACTION: Joe Chapman and Adrian Grabham in their Subaru WRX at the AMSAG rally.

Plenty of action at AMSAG Oberon rally

Peter Bowditch

Youngstar and Craig Williams. Photo: AAP/JULIAN SMITH

Who is Youngstar? The Central West horse who’s running at Flemington

SUCCESS: A grade and cup winner Darren Gordon with A grade runner-up Laurie Murphy.

Darren Gordon too strong in weekend’s A grade golf

Melbourne Cup 2018: an average punter’s guide to the race that stops a nation | Photos, videos

Matt Findlay

PREPARED TO PUNT: Oberon's Owen Hoolihan winds up for a punt downfield during this season's NCAA Division I FCS action.

New recognition for Oberon’s Hoolihan as he kicks on in American football

Alexander Grant

Community diary: Joey’s spring fete is on this Friday

SPECTACULAR: Gairloch Garden will be open to the public over the next two weekends.

Two weekends to see the elegant cool climate Gairloch Garden

VISITORS: Morgan Car Club will be in Oberon as part of its 60th anniversary.

Wheely big news: Morgans are on their way for muster

Community diary: Joey’s spring fete is on this Friday

HISTORY: Les Antiss, the first projectionist, is pictured in one of the earliest images of the Malachi Gilmore Hall.

Architectural icon Malachi will come to life for revival weekend

BOOK NOW: Award-winning country music star Melinda Schneider will perform at Oberon RSL Club next month.

Country star Melinda Schneider bringing a classic show to Oberon

Kristen Michael has fulfilled her NDIS goal to move out of home with friends.

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A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

Kristen Michael has fulfilled her NDIS goal to move out of home with friends.

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Man of the moment: Santa reassures the children of the world that they have the power within themselves to stay on the Good List.

Santa believes in you too

Jennifer Birchall

One Stop Shop: Kennards Hire has a massive range of equipment, big and small, available to hire. Photo: A.Lotherington.

The equipment to get the job done

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

Hartland has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a separate garage-studio. Inset: Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett makes $1.2 million return to Southern Highlands

Lucy Macken

Australians over 55 also need to consider access to services they might need more as they age such as public transport, hospitals, health clubs or community centres.

Planning for your retirement property

Kate Stanton

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

MOVE IT: Armidale Skating Rink, circa 1917, a source of entertainment for those on the home front.

Doing our bit on the home front

Lydia Roberts

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

Died in the war: Sydney William Estick.

Armistice Centenary: More stories about loved ones

Jim Kellar

Postcards from the Western Front

Joanne Crawford

SMILE: Matron of Honour Shannon Marshall, Tiarna Boundy, Mitch Fagg, Zoe Gibbons, Caleb Gibbons, VWB Liam Cooper DGIW, Elizabeth Stoneman, RtWB Peter Stoneman RGC, Worshipful Master of Lodge Oberon WB Lachie Gelling, Maisy Christie-Johnston, Charlie Christie-Johnston, Cooper Thompson and Carly Fagg.

Oberon Masonic Debutante Ball was a night to remember | Photos

Winner of ther 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy with trainer Charlie Appleby.

How the Melbourne Cup panned out: on the track

Megan Gale

25 faces you might know at the Melbourne Cup

Scenes from Flemington.

How Melbourne Cup 2018 panned out: off the track

SMILE: Jenny Douglas with her daughter Lyndsey, who was master of ceremonies on the night.

Faces from the Oberon Showgirl dinner at Oberon Showground

British billionaire and owner of Magic Circle, Marwan Koukash, puts on a g-string during the Melbourne Cup parade press conference. Photo: AAP Image, Julian Smith

The billionaire, the Melbourne Cup and that g-string

DRAWING: The 2019 kindergarten students began their visits to Oberon Public School on Monday, October 15 as part of the school’s transition to big school program.

Photos | Around the schools: excursion, HSC and starting kindy

HAPPY: John Merton, from Canberra, enjoyed the rally with his granddaughter Cellis Clucas at the wheel.

Photos | Morgan owners arrive in town as part of anniversary rally

DEFINITION: Father Brendan Lee says that a true friend will always have your back when things go pear-shaped.

How you can tell who’s really on your side

Father Brendan Lee

Do we really need the internet of things?

Dr Simon Egerton

REFLECTION: Thinking about the conditions faced by soldiers during World War I puts workplace issues into perspective.

Modern work issues nothing like trenches

Zoë Wundenberg

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

Win a NZ Holiday

Almost half of Australians with diabetes who inject insulin reuse needles or use the same sites.

Many diabetics uninformed on needle use

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to confront some major foreign policy headaches in Singapore.

Morrison to confront foreign policy issues

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Interim results of a national survey show 61% of women have experienced sexual harassment at work.

Women face sex harassment at work: survey

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Angus Taylor will on Wednesday outline the government's plan to underwrite new power generation.

New power projects could get govt support

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Financier jailed in Perth over GST rort

Rebecca Le May

Scott Morrison will attend the East Asia Summit in Singapore and APEC in Papua New Guinea this week.

Morrison bracing for 'frank' summit talks

Daniel McCulloch

Matildas v Chile: LIVE from Newcastle, NSW

Renee Valentine, Craig Kerry & Jessica Brown

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Anita Gylseth, the wife of jailed former NSW minister Ian MacDonald, has attended his court appeal.

Court hears ex-MP Ian Macdonald's appeal

Jodie Stephens

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Queenstown … kissed by snow-capped mountains.

A delightful twist and turn through Queenstown

John Rozentals

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas

Proud Sofala locals (from left) Wayne Crow, Jodi Campbell, Sasha Wafer, front David Taylor. Photo: Sasha Cody

Tiny country cafe the Painted Horse strikes Good Food Guide gold

Gemima Cody