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Tips from the farm: Pappinbarra couple George and Jean Hegarty say there are a number of ways to maintain sanity during times of isolation.

GOOD NEWSThree top tips for keeping your sanity during COVID-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra on Thursday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Modelling suggests health system will cope, PM says

STEADY: The number of coronavirus cases is in the Western NSW Local Health District has increased by one overnight to 39. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

COVID-19 update: Confirmed infections have increased overnight

Longer wait for council election as virus affects ballot box as well

Longer wait for council election as virus affects ballot box as well

Dr Yohannes Kinfu working inside his hotel room in Sydney. Picture: Supplied

'The scene was chaotic': academic in hotel quarantine reveals gaps in virus detection system

Steve Evans

UNIQUE APPROACH: Designer Peter Bevitt with one of the 26 emergency hand sanitiser stations set to be installed in Bega on Saturday. Picture: Alasdair McDonald

FREEThe GP, distillery and designer building emergency hand washing stations

Alasdair McDonald

Hugo Botham and Celia Jardine, both 4, at the University Preschool and Child Care Centre on Thursday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXPLAINEREverything you need to know about the free childcare centres announcement

Doug Dingwall

NEXT STEP: Ian Mawhood from Supa IGA and Liquor at the launch of the click and collect online shopping service in February, which is proving popular due to the virus restrictions.

Supermarkets adapt, other jobs go as virus really starts to bite

Bob Wilson

Patty Mills visited the south coast earlier this year to visit fire-affected regions. Picture: Matthew Adekponya

'I felt helpless': Patty Mills on bushfires, Olympics and coronavirus isolation

Chris Dutton

The break in the NRL season due to the coronavirus has enticed veteran Cameron Smith (r) to play on.

Virus delay could prompt stars to play on

Steve Larkin

LOOKING BACK: Before the Super League war kicked off in 1995, the Canberra Raider revel in their 1994 ARL Grand Final win against the Canterbury Bulldogs in Sydney. (From left) are Steve Walters, Ricky Stuart, Mal Meninga, Laurie Daley, Bradley Clyde and Brett Mullins. Photo: Getty Images

25 years on from the Super League war

Laurie Daley

Patty Mills visited the south coast earlier this year to visit fire-affected regions. Picture: Matthew Adekponya

'I felt helpless': Patty Mills on bushfires, Olympics and coronavirus isolation

Some Western Bulldogs fans have already had their club memberships refunded.

AFL clubs can refund memberships

Steve Larkin

WAITING: Blackheath, Lithgow Bears, CSU, Portland, Orange Barbarians and Kandos were set to play in the expanded 2020 New Era Cup. They were to be joined by Oberon and Orange United.

Cost of disruption: Booth says Mid-West clubs in a good position to survive

Bradley Jurd

The target: Youngsters of Kenyas Masai Mara.

Lessons in luxury and responsible tourism

John Rozentals

Zoos across the globe are temporarily closed for now. But they have cameras!

Zoos go online for a daily dose of cute

Maeve McKenna

Agra Fort is a three-hour journey from Delhi, where most tourists start their Indian adventure.

How to step away from the tourist traps on your next Indian adventure

Lydia Roberts

NEXT YEAR: Organisers have been forced to reschedule the Oberon Winter Botanica. The festival had been in the planning for months.

Sponsor recommits as inaugural Botanica festival moved to 2021

What's on | There have been changes at the Neighbourhood Centre

What's on | There have been changes at the Neighbourhood Centre

POSTPONED: Author and poet Noel Hayes was to have launched his next book, I Have A Dream, in Oberon on March 28.

What's on | Lots of cancellations and postponements due to virus

NEXT YEAR: Organisers have been forced to reschedule the Oberon Winter Botanica. The festival had been in the planning for months.

Sponsor recommits as inaugural Botanica festival moved to 2021

VISITOR: Renowned author and poet Noel Hayes is set to launch his next book, I Have A Dream, in Oberon on March 28. And it will contain a poem about a local.

Let's see, who will it be: Noel's got a poem about a local

Julia Wythes

BIG PLANS: Oberon Visitor Information Centre's Deb Marks with Oberon Council's tourism and economic development manager Mathew Webb announcing details for the Field to Forest Festival in 2020.

It's back: Popular Field to Forest Festival to offer more fun

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

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A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, NT.

Connectivity central to helping NT tourism

Kym Morgan

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

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PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

PODCAST || Connectivity vital to regional Australia

Gemma Purves

One of the couples that feature in the Love is Not Enough video.

Love is not enough for end-of-life decisions

OPTIONS: Contact your real estate agent or landlord to discuss your options if you are struggling to pay your rent. Photo: Shutterstock.

Industry to put tenants first: REIA president

CO-OPERATION: With over 3.3 million rental properties across the country, banks, real estate agents and landlords will all need to work together to help a huge number of tenants to keep a roof over their heads.

No evictions for next six months

Ruth Lewis

MILESTONE: Dubbo couple Taylar Osborne and Jack Browne and seven-month-old daughter Hollie Browne celebrate the purchase of their first home with real estate agent Adam Wells. Photo: SUPPLIED

How a young dad achieved his home ownership dream

Faye Wheeler

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

Gary Bentley

Keep children safe from scams during COVID-19

Keep children safe from scams during COVID-19

Make a plan for the weeks ahead

OPINIONMake a plan for the weeks ahead

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

It's possible to balance life's ups and downs

Keep your anxiety in check

Keep your anxiety in check

Gary Bentley

SMILE: United Hospital Auxiliaries of NSW regional representative Tracy Wilkinson, state president Linda Swales and Oberon Hospital Auxiliary president Annabelle Gilbert.

A good crowd gathers for hospital auxiliaries conference

Introverts rise: this is your time to shine

Introverts rise: this is your time to shine

Kala Rava Community Choir - recorded on their phones in isolation and then brought together in rehearsal. Music by Gregory Norbet/ Sufi Chant. Arranged Anders Nyberg. Permission granted by both composer and arranger.

Beautiful sounds of isolation as community choir unite online in song

Darth Vader finds your lack of social distancing disturbing.

Need a laugh? We've got you Covid

Tucker time: Invariably the highlight of many a day in zoos across the world. Photo: Shutterstock

WATCHThe zoos that are live streaming to keep your kids educated

ADVICE: Working from home is different for many but not impossible if a few basic guidelines are followed.

WATCHWorking from home? Pop the kettle on and take these tips onboard.

Ashley Walmsley

Publisher ACM's newspapers around the country will carry the community safety message on their front pages.

WATCHWe've lent our trusted voice to virus safety message

James Joyce

GOOD AFTERNOON: Oberon Arts Council president Fran Charge and Trish Campbell.

Inspiration on the menu at the special mayoral luncheon

A New York state of mind: coronavirus empties the Big Apple's steets

A New York state of mind: coronavirus empties the Big Apple's steets

Anita Beaumont

VHS ... just like streaming, but in a little plastic box.

REAL AUSTRALIABe kind, rewind: Why I'm going back to VHS

It's so easy to be influenced by other people

It's so easy to be influenced by other people

John Malouff

Uncertain future: Australia will never be the same, even after the coronavirus is defeated. Picture: Shutterstock

PM positive we'll bounce back, but to what?

John Hewson

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

An anti-parasitic drug has been found to kill COVID-19 in the lab within 48 hours.

Anti-parasitic drug kills COVID-19 in lab

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A passenger from German cruise ship the Artania has died from coronavirus in a Perth hospital.

COVID-19 kills cruise ship passenger in WA

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The latest snapshot of COVID-19 cases, measures and impacts.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

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Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says more needs to be done to flatten Victoria's infection curve.

Vic premier says tougher lockdown likely

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Only Queensland residents or those with exemption can enter the state from midnight on Friday.

Queensland months away from infection peak

Tracey Ferrier
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The NSW government wants cruise ships in its waters to move on to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Coronavirus death toll rises to 12 in NSW

Dominica Sanda and Steven Trask
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Cheers to us: Let's keep it going, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTGood news warning. Our hard work staying indoors appears to be working

Janine Graham
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SA chief health officer Nicola Spurrier says it's much too early to lift COVID-19 restrictions.

SA virus measures to stay amid good signs

Tim Dornin
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Circle 8 The Project Pineapple P124 sold for the $20,000 top to Londavra Angus, St Marys, Tasmania. Photo: AuctionsPlus

Elders Show Must Go On Angus Sale tops at $20,000

Hannah Powe
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John Small's red baldy steer, which topped the steer section making $1438 . Photo Kempsey Stock and Land

Online bidding bolsters prices at Kempsey

Samantha Townsend
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Liverpool Plains farmer Roy Eykamp, pictured with grandson Roy. File photo: Geoff ONeill

Kikuyu pioneer Roy Eykamp dies at 102

Lucy Kinbacher

What to consider when you design your baby's nursery

What to consider when you design your baby's nursery

GOING UP: The principles of compounding apply to money and pandemics.

Compounding principle shows why we need to isolate

A sleep study can assist in pinpointing underlying issues to your sleep.

What is a sleep study and why do I need it?