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The dumpster fire that is 2020 burns less brightly

The dumpster fire that is 2020 burns less brightly

ACT residents can travel to Tasmania with quarantining from Monday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERThe Tasmanian border is open. Here's what you need to know before you go

No fast-forward, no play - just pause for Victoria. Again.

Vics hit pause, frustration hits overdrive

A grand final we won't forget, but may want to

A grand final we won't forget, but may want to

Prepare for your weekly déjà vu experience

Prepare for your weekly déjà vu experience

Janine Graham

Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

Janine Graham

As if being hit by COVID's first wave wasn't enough ...

Reinfection is a rare phenomenon, maybe

Janine Graham

The Cupping Room's manager, Connor Crampton Smith, shows how QR codes are now used to check-in and view the menu. Picture: Matt Loxton

An almost antiquated phone technology has become an unlikely hero in 2020

Sarah Basford Canales

Race against the clock: Jes Draper is battling an ankle injury in time for the academy.

Draper battles ankle sprain to be fit for Suns academy

Matt McLennan

A third Norm Smith Medal makes Richmond's Dustin Martin the greatest finals player this century. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

OPINIONNight try, but afternoon AFL grand final is still the best

Howard Kotton

Washout: Jason Feeney puts the covers on at Glenlogan Park on Saturday.

Rain ruins cricket round

Matt McLennan

Race against the clock: Jes Draper is battling an ankle injury in time for the academy.

Draper battles ankle sprain to be fit for Suns academy

Chris Robshaw was among those whose COVID-19 rule breach caused the England match cancellation.

England match off after COVID-19 breaches

TEMPORARY HOME: Queensland became the centre of the AFL universe in 2020 due to a second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. Photo: Jono Searle/AFL Photos/Getty Images

OPINIONNorthern hubs, comebacks, second waves: AFL's season 2020 was anything but usual

Howard Kotton

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

ACT residents can travel to Tasmania with quarantining from Monday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERThe Tasmanian border is open. Here's what you need to know before you go

Kathryn Lewis

Shannon Noll is back on the road for Great Southern Nights.

Great Southern Nights: 1000 gigs to get you up and moving

Brittany Lazarus

Canberra from $150 a night; a bonus night in Mackay; and a SA special just for Explore readers

Canberra from $150 a night; a bonus night in Mackay; and a SA special just for Explore readers

Explore Travel

A scene from Never Too Late. Picture: Bradley Patrick

REVIEWVeteran actors lift so-so comedy

Ron Cerabona

A scene from Baby Done. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWKiwis face unexpected pregnancy

Cris Kennedy

A scene from Kajillionaire. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWQuirky look at scamming family

Cris Kennedy

A scene from Never Too Late. Picture: Bradley Patrick

REVIEWVeteran actors lift so-so comedy

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

Kristen Scott-Thomas and Lily James in Rebecca. Picture: Netflix

REVIEWTame adaptation of gaslight classic

Jane Freebury

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Emma Brown

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Stockholm, Sweden.

Cruise the Baltic on a fully escorted tour

Emma Brown

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

There is no shortage of water here

There is no shortage of water here

There is no shortage of water here

There is no shortage of water here

Open for inspections: October 21 -27, 2020 | Jimboomba/Beaudesert

Open for inspections: October 21 -27, 2020 | Jimboomba/Beaudesert

Open for inspections: October 21 -27, 2020 | Jimboomba/Beaudesert

Open for inspections: October 21 -27, 2020 | Jimboomba/Beaudesert

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

Kirsty Horton

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

Wide open spaces set to impress

Wide open spaces set to impress

House of the week

Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses.

Scamwatch: Threat-based scams targeting young people and Chinese community

Australian Taxation Office

Scamwatch: ATO warns tax debt text, call is a scam

The email the Commonwealth Bank is warning customers is a hoax.

Scamwatch: Bank warns 'verify account' email is a hoax

Australians have lost over $8.8 million to threat based scams so far this year, and young people are reporting the highest losses.

Scamwatch: Threat-based scams targeting young people and Chinese community

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

BEAUDESERT BOYS: The old boys made a magnificent comeback on Saturday. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Kingies' 50th anniversary carnival sets the right tone

AT THE SHOW: The Dean children from Beaudesert, Xavier,10, Bethany, 12, Charlotte, 9 and Adelaide, 7. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

A great day for a cattle show

Ben Lomond's local wombat resident Growla. Picture: Paul Scambler

SUBSCRIBERHere's what winter 2020 looked like in Tasmania

RESPECT: Jimboomba Cadets Zack Mackay, Charlize Delacruz, Jake Smith and Archie Smith. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Jimboomba cadets honour Vietnam veterans

Larraine Sathicq

Natalija Ivanovic from Regents Park with Tijana, 7, and Aleksandar, 5.

Photos: Fair comes to town

Satellite footage shows how fire scars are healing

Satellite footage shows how fire scars are healing

Kim Chappell
Nicole Phillips

Stargazing at Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, NSW. Credit: Angel Lopez-Sanchez

Here's how to be part of a Guinness World Record

Dustin Martin's nan Lois Knight with Milly. Photo: Darren Howe

REAL AUSTRALIAThe family ties that come in footy colours

Janine Graham

How are people coping with climate grief?

OPINIONHow are people coping with climate grief?

Sandra Croaker

Scott Morrison is an ad man - and he's far more skilled at it than most. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONHow good is political spin?

Nicholas Stuart

Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Fewer than one in four Victorians found guilty of image-based sexual abuse are sentenced to prison.

Most sex image abusers avoid jail in Vic

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Senator Jacqui Lambie

Mother advocated for daughters to work in 'unsafe office'

Heavy rain, wild winds and cooler conditions will continue to hit the NSW east coast this week.

Rain, winds lash NSW as temperature drops

A NT police officer will stand trial over the death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker.

NT officer to stand trial for Walker death

Melbourne pubs and venues will be allowed to open, but limits on the number of patrons will apply.

Pub group questions Melbourne opening plan

Jeroen Weimar defended information given to a family at the centre of a Melbourne COVID-19 cluster.

Test boss denies Vic cluster family mix-up

Callum Godde

Dr Olajide Ogunseye has been found guilty of sexually assaulting and trying to kiss a patient.

Qld doctor found guilty of raping patient

Cheryl Goodenough

Mathias Cormann: it's appropriate the industry department provides the government with jobs figures.

No Treasury jobs advice on major programs

Paul Osborne

The Blackall Saleyards has been among the last livestock selling centres in Queensland to relax its regulations around vendors attending sales.

Blackall-Tambo mayor defends saleyards stance

Sally Gall
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Burnett MP Stephen Bennett, Bundaberg MP David Batt, LNP Leader and Nanango MP Deb Frecklington, and Callide MP Colin Boyce, at Sunday's Paradise Dam rally.

LNP commits $45m to build two dams in Wide Bay-Burnett

Ben Harden

Demand for Brahmans from North Queensland has seen Kennedy Rural, Georgetown, sell and deliver more than 10,000 head to many parts of New South Wales in recent months as graziers south of the border restock their operations.

Brahmans prove profitable for NSW enterprises

Kent Ward

How to design an eco-kitchen that won't cost you the earth

How to design an eco-kitchen that won't cost you the earth

WATERLOGGED: Too much of a good thing has its risks. Picture: Shutterstock.

Wise up to hazards lurking in the deep for water-loving dogs

Dr Anne Fawcett

ROBUST: Taking a love of coffee to the next level. Picture: Shutterstock.

Bean thinking about growing coffee in your garden?

John Gabriele