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The five things we've learned from Central West Rugby Union's opening two rounds | Photos

Matt Findlay

STATE HIS CASE: Chris Tremain (middle) celebrates a wicket with victory earlier in this summer's Sheffield Shield. Photo: AAP/HAMISH BLAIR

Tremain to stake Ashes claim on Australia A tour of the UK during World Cup

Max Stainkamph

Champion: Former boxing champion, Wally Carr, photographed in Waterloo in 2018. Photo: James Brickwood.

'One of the best': Wellington boxing royalty Wally Carr passes away

Daniel Shirkie

The five things we've learned from Central West Rugby Union's opening two rounds | Photos

Goats maintain bragging rights over Redbacks in latest fiery derby clash

Nick Guthrie

STARTER: Kotoni Staggs (right) with Brisbane Broncos coach Anthony Seibold ahead of last Thursday's defeat at the hands of the Sydney Roosters. Staggs will start again on Thursday. Photo: AAP IMAGE/ DARREN ENGLAND

Staggs cements his position in Broncos for Thursday's clash

Jennifer Hoar

Tourists at Seattle's Pike Place Market were treated to two music superstars busking on Saturday.

Brandi Carlile takes Dave Grohl busking

Chris Willman

US film director John Singleton has suffered a stroke and is in intensive care, his family says.

John Singleton hospitalised after stroke

Robert De Niro says even mobsters have some sort of ethics and morals, but Trump has neither.

Robert De Niro lays into 'loser' Trump

Keiran Southern

Tourists at Seattle's Pike Place Market were treated to two music superstars busking on Saturday.

Brandi Carlile takes Dave Grohl busking

Joan Collins and Percy Gibson were at home when the blaze broke out inside an ensuite bathroom.

Joan Collins 'lucky' to escape home fire

Shutter Island actor Michelle Williams and her new husband Phil Elverum have split.

Michelle Williams splits with new husband

JAKE COYLE

Click here to view the Great Central West Guide.

Be a tourist in your own backyard

Andrew Lotherington

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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Get involved: There is plenty of competition off the track including the Fashions on the Field and the Miss Wellington Boot. Photo: Belinda Soole.

Chance to be involved

Andrew Lotherington

Click here to view the Great Central West Guide.

Be a tourist in your own backyard

Festival Fashions

Flair for fashion

Andrew Lotherington

Ready to race: The 2019 Wellington Boot Race Carnival promises plenty of action both on and off the track. Photo: Belinda Soole.

Ready for a boot full of fun

Andrew Lotherington

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

DREAM AWAY: Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos. Photos: DOMAIN

Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos

Nadine Morton

HOUSE PRICES: The median home prices for your town revealed in the latest Domain report. Photo: FILE

Median home prices for your town revealed: How much did you pay?

Nadine Morton

Little Wings CEO Richelle Koller, board member Michael Sharp, Dugald Saunders.

Matters of State | Learning the ropes as the new member for Dubbo

Dugald Saunders

Eye on Wellington | Plenty to see and do in Wellington this holiday

Ben Shields

Making it Possible course Facilitator Monica Davidson from Creative Plus Business and the attendees of the Sydney Making it Possible course. Photo contributed.

Women of Dubbo get ready to make waves in your career

Taylor Dodge

Little Wings CEO Richelle Koller, board member Michael Sharp, Dugald Saunders.

Matters of State | Learning the ropes as the new member for Dubbo

Cyclists in the Ride for Country Kids talk to the pupils at Coolamon Central School.

Ride for Country Kids nears fundraising goal

Joanne Crawford

Moduplay design concept for Bicentennial Park Wellington

Eye on Wellington | Community gets involved in design of playground

Ben Shields

Recipe: courtesy of Sydney Seafood School. Photo: Franz Scheurer

Cuttlefish with chorizo and potatoes, pan-fried

How the python managed to get the drop on the tawny frogmouth is currently unknown

Watch a python devour a tawny frogmouth

Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

See inside fire-ravaged Notre Dame

Winx says farewell, with Randwick a sell-out

A police van parked outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Julian Assange was arrested. Julian Assange (inset) as he was taken from the embassy.

Julian Assange arrested by British police

Costas Pitas in London

WORK OPPORTUNITIES: Jobs with the Australian Electoral Commission are available across the electorate during upcoming federal election. Photo: FILE

Jobs across the electorate during upcoming federal election

Nadine Morton

nside the farrowing shed at Glasshouse Country Farms where 68 vegan activists staged a protest but raised alarm bells about biosecurity breaches (left) and Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader Michael McCormack (right)

Coalition pledges to lock up militant activists

Mike Foley

BLAZE: Thousands of dollars in hay and equipment was lost during an early morning fire on a property near Warren. Photo: SUPPLIED

They were just watching their money go up in flames: Firefighter

Nadine Morton

Picture: Paul Harris

Jobs endangered as Great Barrier Reef dies

Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Torquay last week. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

OPINION
'Getting a go' isn't the same as getting a fair go

Ebony Bennett

Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Free speech debate needs tolerance from all

Simon Cowan and Monica Wilkie

YOUR SAY: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia is on the lookout for older Australians to be part of its 2019 Federal Election Panel. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Federal election: Be a voice for older Australians

AN ILLNESS: On average, one in four people experience anxiety at some stage in their life. Photo: Shutterstock.

Almost a decade wait for anxiety treatment

Samara Ross

"Who would have thought it?": Prolific singer-songwriter Brian Cadd, once described as "Australia's answer to Quincy Jones", marvels at a lifetime in the music business. His latest album, recorded in Nashville, is Silver City.

Brian Cadd rocks his babies

John Piggott

Bill Shorten promises an all-out push to restore penalty rates and lift wages if Labor wins office.

Labor pledges major offensive on wages

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Labor's Jim Chalmers derides comments by an LNP candidate opposing kindergarten for 3 year olds.

Labor lashes LNP Senate hopeful over tax

1hr ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the federal election will be held on May 18.

Economy at heart of May 18 election pitch

Bill Shorten says $77b in tax cuts will go to the highest-income earners under a Morrison government

High-income earners to reap $77b tax cuts

2hrs ago

Scott Morrison describes people attacking his Christian faith as 'keyboard warriors'.

Morrison hits out at attacks on his faith

2hrs ago

Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around a church following deadly bomb blasts.

'Incredibly sad day' for Sri Lanka: PM

Rebecca Gredley and Matt Coughlan
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Labor has reportedly chosen to omit any mention of Bill Shorten in campaign material in some seats.

Shorten left off Labor campaign material

A Melbourne family will now have a named grave to honour their relative killed in France in WW1

WWI soldier identified a century later

Megan Neil

Cattle committee chairman Greg Watson with the champion heifer of the all breeds youth competition exhibited by Georgia Herne, with judge Stuart Lockhart, Terara.

Georgia Herne wins all breeds youth competition with Ayrshire heifer

Hannah Powe

Member of Rabobank's managing board Berry Marttin explained to the Farm2Fork audience last month why people must start asking what is the nutritional value of their food per unit of carbon emitted.

How much carbon is on your fork?

Andrew Norris

A once degraded native pasture, similar to the photograph below. Careful grazing management, correction of soil fertility, and a return to a good season resulted in excellent pasture recovery.

How to restore pasture health following drought

Bob Freebairn

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

Beautifully presented: Le Petit Flot’s prawn-and-avocado salad is one of chef Colin Yee's creations, which are all to kill for.

Sydney's heart opens up

JOHN ROZENTALS

BEAUTIFUL FLOORS: The beauty of today's flooring is the vast amount of options to fit every style, budget and home. Image courtesy of Carpet Court.

Tips for creating Moroccan and botanical style

BEAUTIFUL TRADITION: Colourful Paschal eggs, often made using beeswax and natural dyes, are part of Lithuanian Easter traditions. Picture: Shutterstock

Easter around the world

Sign of Damage: Paint flaking away and cracks in ceilings can often be a sign of damage to plaster. This can present a risk especially if the plasterboard is pulling away from the wall or ceiling stud behind it. Photo: Hayley Mills.

The problem with plaster