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Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

Gavin Stone

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTTravel debate continues in UK, US passes 100,000 deaths

Kim Chappell

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Joanne Crawford

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

First there was JobSeeker, then JobKeeper - now it's JobMaker

Kirsten Lawson

Eden-Monaro by-election date set, voters will return to polls in July

Eden-Monaro by-election date set, voters will return to polls in July

Albert McKnight

Deputy leader of the Science Party James Jansson is standing at the Eden-Monaro byelection.

Science Party announces new formula for Eden-Monaro

Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

Gavin Stone

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTTravel debate continues in UK, US passes 100,000 deaths

Kim Chappell

Michael May and Ben Gumbleton of Newcastle band Boo Seeka.

Ben Gumbleton on "phase two" of Boo Seeka

Queues at the Woden Centrelink in March after the coronavirus lockdown came into effect. Picture: Karleen Minney

JobKeeper inspires optimism, ANU survey finds

Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DIGESTBattle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

DROP: Wildlife organisations across the country recorded fewer injuries and wildlife deaths during lock-down but are already noticing an increase as restrictions ease.

Roadkill numbers down but ... the respite is almost over

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe appearing before the committee. Picture: Parliament House video feed

Reserve Bank boss urges government to keep spending

The mostly empty Garema Place in Canberra. Seven in 10 businesses have seen a fall in revenue due to coronavirus restrictions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

More than half of Australian businesses accessing JobKeeper

Katie Burgess

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTTravel debate continues in UK, US passes 100,000 deaths

Kim Chappell

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

Canberra Girls Grammar teacher Eamonn McGill teaches a class of Year 11 and 12 girls on their return to school. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERWhat happens if a student or teacher gets COVID-19?

Sarah Lansdown

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

Joshua Bartlett

The Storm's Nelson Asofa-Solomona is tackled by the Raiders defence during last season's NRL Qualifying Final match at AAMI Park. The two premiership contenders clash again on Saturday night. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONBring on the blockbusters: NRL is back

Laurie Daley

There is a renewed push from the usual suspects to switch the AFL grand final to a night game at the MCG despite a thumbs down from footy fans. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONShorter games short-change the fans

Rohan Connolly

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

All you need to know as the NRL kicks off - again

Sydney Roosters players celebrate their 2019 NRL Grand Final win over Canberra. With two first-up losses and a tough draw ahead, the Roosters will be up against it in their hunt for a premiership three-peat in 2020. Photo: Jason McCawley/Getty Images

OPINIONA Roosters three-peat? They'll have to do it the hard way

Laurie Daley

Fans celebrate Richmond Tigers' AFL Grand Final win last September. Will this year's premiership be tainted by the changes forced on teams because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINION'This will be one of the greatest premierships ever won in AFL': Really?

Rohan Connolly

Old Montreal. Picture: Shutterstock

Montreal vibrant, fascinating any time of year

Laurie Hertzel

The University of Cambridge has its roots in the early 1200s, when scholars fled "hostile townsmen" in Oxford. Pictures: Shutterstock.

Take a step into Cambridge University

Lydia Roberts

An aerial view of White Cliffs' pockmarked landscape. Picture: Destination NSW

Gem in the landscape of lost hope

Tim the Yowie Man

Shot in remote Western Australia, The Beach is part wilderness travelogue, part cooking show, as film-maker Warwick Thornton, pictured below with one of his chooks, tries a life of solitude. The documentary's six instalments screen on NITV and SBS in one three-hour sitting on Friday May 29.

Soul food and solitude by the sea

Ewen Leslie and Jessica de Gouw star in Operation Buffalo, which premieres 8.30pm Sunday May 31 on the ABC.

Buffalo roaming

Miriam Margolyes samples beach life with surf lifesaving club locals in Tuesday's final instalment of her ABC odyssey, Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian.

Billy, Tommy, Miriam blazing trails

Shot in remote Western Australia, The Beach is part wilderness travelogue, part cooking show, as film-maker Warwick Thornton, pictured below with one of his chooks, tries a life of solitude. The documentary's six instalments screen on NITV and SBS in one three-hour sitting on Friday May 29.

Soul food and solitude by the sea

Steve Carell and Noah Emmerich star in the next Netflix comedy Space Force.

Space Force goes farce forward

The Grim Reaper from the Australian Government's AIDS awareness campaign, 1987. Picture: National Archives of Australia: M3794, 15

How Australia tackled the AIDS crisis

Amy Lay, National Archives of Australia senior curator

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Emma Brown

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

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

Sold: 71 Laurel Avenue, Chelmer just sold for $2,075,000. Photo - McGrath Estate Agents.

Selling more than listing

DOUBLE BAY HOME: Jurassic Park star Sam Neill sells his four-bedroom home.

Star sells at auction

New way of working: Whether it's indoors or outdoors there is absolutely no problem with your project going ahead says Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia. Photo - Shutterstock.

The building blocks for the future

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Joanne Crawford

You can be social and still be safe

OPINIONYou can be social and still be safe

Jessie Mitchell

Making 'me time' an oasis

Making 'me time' an oasis

Gary Bentley

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

Just for kids: Engineering Bingo!

BUYER BEWARE: Scammers have been targeting those seeking a furry companion during social isolation.

Scamwatch: Tips on current scams and how to avoid becoming a victim

Just for kids: build your own Viking helmet

Just for kids: build your own Viking helmet

Joanne Crawford

Michael May and Ben Gumbleton of Newcastle band Boo Seeka.

Ben Gumbleton on "phase two" of Boo Seeka

Jeremy Peter Worthy posted a heartbreaking final video as he struggled in difficult conditions off Long Beach on Sunday. Tributes have flowed for a "gentleman".

Tributes for kayaker who posted heartbreaking video but never made it home

Laurie Daley's signed up to ACM's NRL coverage, you should, too.

Tackle Count, your NRL newsletter is coming, sign up

Birds show no fear, invade Ballarat street

Birds show no fear, invade Ballarat street

The owner of Mutton's store, Fiona Mutton. Braidwood is preparing for traffic to the South Coast to come through again. Pictures: Elesa Kurtz

Braidwood is buzzing as tourists ready to make their return

Steve Evans

March 23, 2020: Sydney's first day of official lockdown. A normally bustling forecourt to Sydney's Opera House is all but abandoned. Photo: Dean Sewell/Oculi

PHOTOSLockdown laid bare: A photographer's perspective

Ilsa Cunningham

A fisherman tries to point a great white shark in the right direction at Tuncurry. Photo Adam Fitzroy

When thousands of mullet and great white sharks mix, it's wild

Nicholas Brooks, Tracey Fairhurst

There was only one lane open on the Princes Hwy through Cobargo on Wednesday so the clean-up could take place.

Four months after the fires, Cobargo's main street clean-up starts

Albert McKnight

Chronic pain affects one in five over 45

Chronic pain affects one in five over 45

Samara Ross

Self-funded retirees overlooked by government during pandemic, says the Association of Independent Retirees.

Self-funded retirees' income drops below pension

Eileen Wood

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison leads Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister.

Labor ahead in Vic, lags in Qld, WA: polls

30m ago

Blacktown's Skyline Drive In cinema in greater western Sydney was bustling once again.

NSW's only drive in cinema reopens

31m ago

Victoria Police will investigate the fatal shooting of a man on the Monash Fwy in Dandenong North.

Search for answers on Vic freeway shooting

31m ago

An Australian charity is sending coronavirus equipment to the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Aussies send life support to Palestinians

31m ago

Authorities are still trying to determine how the first person in the household became infected.

More virus may be linked to Vic household

31m ago

A cold front will move through southwest parts of WA, with damaging winds averaging 60 to 70 km/h.

Another storm set to lash WA's southwest

32m ago

WA wants the Al Kuwait to leave its shores as soon as possible as most of the crew is quarantined.

Scramble to export WA virus vessel sheep

32m ago

It took three days for officials to act on three people on board the Al Kuwait having fevers.

WA ship workers await virus test results

33m ago

Seedstock producers face the challenge of purchasing recipient females in the current market.

Fat cows or more cows? Taking rebuilding risks

Hannah Powe

Darlington Point irrigator Matt Toscan, Cavaso Farms said carryover for groundwater in the Lower Murrumbidgee should be reduced as it was impacting reliability.

Endless bore water no more

Olivia Calver

The Queensland border. Shut since March 25, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

HAVE YOUR SAYShould Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

GET IT IN ORDER: Have room to move around safely, and know where everything is.

Get your workspace organised for your DIY vehicle project

Sam Hollier

NOW: Dark appliances set the tone for the choice of cabinetry finishes in this kitchen.

How to choose the right colour palette for your new kitchen

LEARNING: School at home offers opportunities and challenges. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Parents and students facing learning at home challenge