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Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

The latest federal budget contains a $17.7 billion plan to improve Australia's aged-care system.

Record $17.7b to improve aged-care system

Tradesmen will be among those to benefit from the extension of business investment incentives.

Business gives big budget spend thumbs up

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Victoria Lee

Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

Gerald Imray

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

Carlton's Ed Curnow reacts after Sunday's loss to the Dogs. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONRohan Connolly | Why a frustrated Carlton must stay the course

Rohan Connolly

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

National Centre for Australian Children's Literature director Belle Alderman in the new exhibition Dog Tales. Picture: Karleen Minney

WHAT'S ONPuppy love: A tribute to dogs in children's literature

Amy Martin

REUNITED: You Am I recorded and produced an entire album despite going 381 days without being in a room together.

MUSICDistance and isolation makes You Am I grow fonder

Josh Leeson

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 South East Queensland

National Centre for Australian Children's Literature director Belle Alderman in the new exhibition Dog Tales. Picture: Karleen Minney

WHAT'S ONPuppy love: A tribute to dogs in children's literature

DARK DAYS: Bad//Dreems guitarist and songwriter Alex Cameron, top right, admits it was difficult spending the majority of 2020 dislocated from the music industry. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICBad//Dreems guitarist reflects on nightmarish tour

Josh Leeson

Trade data has revealed international markets can't get enough of Australia's fresh vegetables.

Demand grows for fresh Aussie vegetables

Sophie Moore

SAVING TIME AND MONEY: Mitchell Harris Wines managing director Alicia Linley was able to save thousands of dollars a year on their gas and electricity bills simply by talking to Beevo.

How this wine bar saved thousands of dollars in minutes

Socceroos and the world cup qualifiers

Socceroos and the world cup qualifiers

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

SAVING TIME AND MONEY: Mitchell Harris Wines managing director Alicia Linley was able to save thousands of dollars a year on their gas and electricity bills simply by talking to Beevo.

How this wine bar saved thousands of dollars in minutes

CLICK on the LIVING LOCAL cover to view the E-edition.

Living Local: E-Edition

Joanne Moffatt

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

Quality farm and water aplenty

Quality farm and water aplenty

Quality farm and water aplenty

Quality farm and water aplenty

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

Joanne Crawford

Entertain with magnificent views

Entertain with magnificent views

House of the week

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

FUN DAY OUT: Scenic Rim local Emily Lochran enjoys a glass of red in the paddock. Photo: supplied

Eat Local Week events selling out

BOXED IN: Cats are pedantic about their ablutions and the location and cleanliness of their tray.

Illness or stress? Solving the mystery of your peeing puss

Dr Anne Quain

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

GIVING BACK: Paul Tuckerman says his work in the community is an integral part of his life. Picture: Adam McLean

'We have a responsibility to act': Thirroul resident reflects on decades of contribution

Natalie Croxon

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

The Greenwell Point Dawn Service. Photo: Robert Crawford.

PHOTOSLEST WE FORGET: See how we commemorated Anzac Day around Australia

Port Macquarie's North Shore, Settlement Point and Port Macquarie canals. Photo: Port Macquarie SES

50 harrowing photos of the ongoing flood crisis

FLOWING: Fellmonger Park is under water on Hilliards Creek near Ormiston College.

Photos, video: Heavy rain lashes south-east, BOM warns more to come

Photo: Shane Smith

Elf on the Shelf ideas to get you through to Christmas

TANKS: Scenic Rim Veterans Group enjoyed a trip down memory lane on some very large armoured vehicles. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Scenic Rim veterans reminisce at Tank Ride catch up

Larraine Sathicq

IN A PICKLE: Kay and Ron Andrews joined locals at the Beaudesert Tennis Club to have a go at the rapidly growing sport of pickleball. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Pickleball demo draws a crowd

Larraine Sathicq

That 'old lush', the English language, loves all our abuse. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONPreserving those terms of endearment

B. R. Doherty

Mindfulness: much more than a mind hack

OPINIONMindfulness: much more than a mind hack

Dr Rob Schtze

Howard Springs was better known for its bakery's donuts before the quarantine came along.

REAL AUSTRALIAHoward Springs is in the national spotlight but don't forget the donuts

Chris McLennan

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

About 80 Australians returned from India have begun quarantining at Howard Springs.

PM working with Qantas on India testing

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Labor Leader Jodi McKay says NSW mining communities should get more benefit from resource royalties.

NSW Labor seeks mining fund overhaul

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A series of incidents across western Sydney has left four young men in hospital with stab wounds.

Five injured in stabbings across Sydney

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Victoria's opposition is demanding James Merlino name a Labor MP accused of improper conduct.

Vic MP's conduct 'inappropriate': Merlino

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A Sydney tow truck driver convicted of intimidating police has lost his operator's certificate.

Abusive tow truck driver loses certificate

2hrs ago

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg: "We are not seeking to cut spending after the next election."

Frydenberg promises no post-election cuts

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent

Priya and Nades and their two children have been in detention for the past three years.

Tamils protest Aust-Sri Lanka links

A man is on life-support in hospital after a fight outside a licensed venue in Bunbury, WA.

WA man critical after fight outside bar

Bruce McConnel, TSBE Food Leaders Australia general manager.

OPINIONRegional Australia's big role in innovation

Bruce McConnel
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Lorraine Crothers was in town all the way from Dirranbandi to help run the Queensland Ag Shows young judges Merino fleece and sheep competitions, pictured with two of the entrants, Jim Hillier and Grace Peskett.

Faces from Longreach's State Sheep Show

Sally Gall

Nigel and Rosemary Brumpton, Mt Ascot Merino Stud, Mitchell, holding the supreme exhibit of the 2021 State Sheep Show, along with Elders representatives Bruce McLeish, Duncan Ferguson, and Peter Sealy.

Year of firsts at Longreach State Sheep Show

Sally Gall

LAYER: A roman blind combined with the soft dreamy look of curtains Photo: Supplied.

Window furnishings to help you keep warm this winter

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

RSPCA

"We all have the capacity for change. It's our choice whether we change up or change down". Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICETo change up or change down, choice is your own

Gary Bentley