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AWAY HE GOES: Jackson Painting guides Luckie to success at Riverina Paceway on Sunday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Jackson strikes it Luckie

Courtney Rees

SWAG: Madison Sims shows off her silver medal in Abu Dhabi with her sister, Danielle, and parents, Janelle and Brett, behind her. Picture: supplied

Special Olympian medalist 'a Junee girl at heart'

Emma Horn

TOUGH PERIOD: Junee captain-coach Trent Schubach is chasing a more controllable performance after slipping four points behind Temora on Sunday.

'Frustrated' Junee look to regroup after costly loss

Courtney Rees

AWAY HE GOES: Jackson Painting guides Luckie to success at Riverina Paceway on Sunday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Jackson strikes it Luckie

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Madison Dunn tries to avoid Amy Fowler's tag attempt during Brothers' win over Southcity at Harris Park on Sunday. Picture: Les Smith

Leaguetag ladder starts to take shape

Courtney Rees

AWAY HE GOES: Jackson Painting guides Luckie to success at Riverina Paceway on Sunday. It was his fourth winner for the weekend after a treble at Leeton on Saturday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Painting strikes it Luckie over weekend

Courtney Rees

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Thirty-eight Australians were among the 298 killed when flight MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine.

Russian captain 'could hold MH17 key'

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A UN report implicates Saudi's Crown Prince and senior officials in Jamal Khashoggi's death.

Report blames prince for Khashoggi death

Stephanie Nebehay and Stephen Kalin
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Forensic evidence from MH17 collected by Australian investigators forms part of the crash probe.

Aust detectives could help MH17 trial

Marty Silk
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Thirty-eight Australians were among the 298 killed when flight MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine.

Russian captain 'could hold MH17 key'

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AFP Assistant Commissioner Peter Crozier says investigators are hunting those who shot down MH17.

MH17 charges just the beginning: AFP

Marty Silk
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Egypt is responsible for Mohamed Morsi's death.

Turkish president says Morsi was killed

LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

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Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

SERVICE PLUS: When it comes to telephone companies, 80-year-old Ballarat man Donald cares primarily about two things, an affordable plan and good old fashioned customer service. Advertiser content for Pennytel.

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IN THE MARKET: Labor has thrown its support behind the Liberal plan to adjust new homeowner loans to require a 5 per cent deposit instead of the usual 20 per cent.

Lower home loan deposits touted as answer to housing affordability crisis

Emma Horn

READY TO FIGHT: Bethungra's Shirley Hotel owners Allan and Robyn Cox are taking some time out to re-group and think of another method to sell their piece of history, without burdening future owners. Pictures: supplied

Hotel Shirley continues to fight after Fair Trading ends giveaway

Jess Whitty

READY TO FIGHT: Bethungra's Shirley Hotel owners Allan and Robyn Cox are taking some time out to re-group and think of another method to sell their piece of history, without burdening future owners. Pictures: supplied

Hotel Shirley continues to fight after Fair Trading ends giveaway

Jess Whitty

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The lunar module being tested in Earth orbit during Apollo 9. The gold-coloured material is a man-made polymer coated with aluminium. The probes dangling from the footpads were to sense the Moon’s surface during touchdown and signal the crew to shut off the descent engine. Pictures: NASA

A fragile chariot for a flight into history

Helen Sim

Recognition: 2019 Australian of the Year Award recipients. Photo: Salty Dingo

Nominate an Australian of the Year

Community pride: Hugh Bateman (left) said the Pink Up committee received a huge sense of self-satisfaction and feeling of achievement.

Supporting your community is not as hard as you might think

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The lunar module being tested in Earth orbit during Apollo 9. The gold-coloured material is a man-made polymer coated with aluminium. The probes dangling from the footpads were to sense the Moon’s surface during touchdown and signal the crew to shut off the descent engine. Pictures: NASA

A fragile chariot for a flight into history

ATTENTION: CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope around the time of the 1969 Moon landing. A change of plan meant the Australian stations became the primary point of contact for the moonwalk. Picture: CSIRO

Australia goes from understudy to top billing

Helen Sim

CONNECTION: Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, when combined with sister stations could maintain contact with spacecraft. Picture: Hamish Lindsay

Getting on track for main event

By Helen Sim

A special musical tribute has been paid to former Junee man James Harrison, a record-setting blood donor. Listen to the performance below.

Choir's special tribute to 'man with the golden arm', James Harrison

LOVING ARCHER: Hugh Drum, 4 (left) and Shay Heydon, 5 (right), get behind Crazy Hair Day to support Archer Brady, 4. Picture: Emma Horn

Archer's challenging reality: Living with '65 roses'

BIG CLASH: Tom Diggins comes in to tackle Young front rower Kyle Richens in Junee's tight win at Laurie Daley Oval on Saturday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Junee scores much-needed win

ALL ABOARD: Allan and Diane Tucker of Junee on a rail carriage, which they decided to convert into a bed and breakfast accommodation for tourists travelling from many countries in the world.

International tourists find out of the ordinary B&B stay in Junee

Thirty-eight Australians were among the 298 killed when flight MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine.

Russian captain 'could hold MH17 key'

24m ago

A UN report implicates Saudi's Crown Prince and senior officials in Jamal Khashoggi's death.

Report blames prince for Khashoggi death

Stephanie Nebehay and Stephen Kalin
49m ago

Forensic evidence from MH17 collected by Australian investigators forms part of the crash probe.

Aust detectives could help MH17 trial

Marty Silk
1hr ago

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

A NATIONAL DISGRACE: Thousands of vulnerably elderly Australians are abused every year.

Financial, physical, psychological, sexual - how do we stop elder abuse?

Eileen Wood

NARROW WASTE LINE: Baby boomers are Australia's least wasteful generation when it comes to food according to a new report.

Boomers leading the way on food waste

The national branch of the CFMMEU is yet to say whether it backs Victorian Secretary John Setka.

National construction union backs Setka

Unit owners in Mascot Towers have been told to pay a special levy worth a total of over $1 million.

Premier invited to Mascot Towers meeting

South Australian Treasurer Rob Lucas has unveiled a large infrastructure spend in the state budget.

SA treasurer defends budget debt blowout

Tribunal reduces female footballer Casey McElroy's ban

Tribunal reduces female footballer Casey McElroy's ban

The man who sourced the gun used to kill Curtis Cheng is appealing his 44-year prison sentence.

Terror planner only backs 'good' al-Qaeda

Luke Costin

Karl O'Callaghan says a report into his commissionership has no credibility at all.

'Toxic' claims trash WA top cop's legacy

Single-use plastic shopping bags will be banned in Victoria from November.

Victoria moves to ban plastic bags

Kaitlyn Offer and Georgie Moore

Local councils are only getting a fraction of the $750m NSW collects in waste levies each year.

NSW fails to hand out recycling millions

The $40,000 top-priced Simmental bull, Mt Ararat Phoenix, reserve junior champion shown by John L:eek, Mt Aarat stud, Nar Nar Goon, Vic. Holding the bull is Mark Alberni with buyers Tom and Lizzy Baker, Woonallee stud, Furner, SA; John Leek and Joel Fleming, Landmark, Tamworth

Simmental bull makes $40,000 at Dubbo

Mark Griggs

Competiton was strong for the Riverina Wool hogget ram of the 2019 show

Hay Sheep Show| Results| Photos

Stephen Burns

Numnuts director Robin Smith has relocated from Scotland to launch his product to producers in Armidale on Wednesday morning.

Numnuts officially launches to producers

Lucy Kinbacher

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

THE MAN: Richard Boyce and Cruise Express has injected some $3 million into the coffers of various rail-restoration societies.

Riding the rails - the slow and steady way

John Rozentals

Compass Hut engages the five senses. Image: Kylie Bell

Planning your next holiday? Check out these deals

John Rozentals

"Consumers in rural and remote areas, like those in any other parts of Australia, should not be paying for speeds that they are not getting," Mr Sims said.

Speed issues with NBN? Here's a guide

Lisa Williamson and her daughter Bonnie competing.

Freak fall motivates mum and daughter to bodybuilding titles

Monique Patterson

TWILIGHT YEARS: Pets are considered senior from seven years of age and can have differing needs to that of their younger selves.

Growing old gracefully: how to care for your senior pet