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Carla Mascarenhas

SafetyCulture ambassador and TV host Scott Cam is encouraging outdoor workers to take sun protection seriously. Picture supplied

One cancer is on the rise with regional Aussies at greater risk.

Scott Cam takes up cancer fight as two-thirds of Aussies to be hit

Emma Horn

Bec Pridham

LONG-COVID: Surveys of COVID-19 patients around the world indicate a stronger link between some genetic precursors and long-COVID development. Picture: FILE

Preliminary surveys suggest there are a few indicators of whether you might develop long-COVID.

Who's most likely to end up getting long-COVID symptoms?

Jasper Lindell

Ted Baillieu, chair of the Australian Heritage Council and a former Liberal premier of Victoria. Picture by Leanne Pickett

The ex-Victorian premier made 10 'cheeky' improvement suggestions.

'Business as usual will not deliver': Baillieu's heritage warning

Mark Kenny

Anthony Albanese recently announced his plan for an Australian-made future. Picture by Peter Lorimer

The argument for more jobs onshore grows.

Is this a return to government as we once knew it?

Bageshri Savyasachi

Defence Minister Richard Marles toured Ukrainian defence sites on Saturday. Picture supplied

New assistance comes amid 'unrelenting' Russian attacks.

Australia will send $100m in weapons and combat tools to support Ukraine

Anna Houlahan

Was William Shakespeare aged 41, 52, 68 or 80 when he died? William Shakespeare wax figure in Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, Germany. Picture Shutterstock

How old was William Shakespeare when he died? Take our quiz

Should I invest directly, or try a managed fund?

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Ali & Gaby's quick tips for big wins in understanding your money

Compounding returns: the exponential wealth maker

Ebony Bennett

The government is too freely letting companies pretend they are protecting the environment. Picture Shutterstock

The government is too eager to protect big business.

The great greenwashing myth being sold to Australians

Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge. Picture by Judith Kaufmann

No one is safe in this volatile and convulsive world.

School drama is deft and tense

Noel Coward in Mad About the Boy. Picture supplied

Some drawbacks in documentary about the life of Noel Coward.

Emotionally uninvolving look at a gigantic talent

WOLLONGONG: Underwater world: Chloe Saxby swims with Emma and David McKeon on Thursday. The McKeons' swim school held a pool party fundraiser for Chloe at Unanderra. Pictures: Sylvia Liber

BALLARAT: The best beards and moustaches will soon be on show. Picture: Lachlan Bence

DUBBO: Aston Davis and Kieth Yap take part in the Action Painting school holiday workshop at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

LAUNCESTON: Business owners in the Quadrant Mall are frustrated over ongoing works in the area. Florist Jo Pennington says she's lost 50 per cent of her customers because of the work. Picture: Phillip Biggs, The Examiner

LAUNCESTON: Hawthorn's Ben McEvoy and Saint Tom Hickey reach for the stars - and the ball - during their AFL clash at Aurora Stadium. Picture: Phillip Biggs, The Examiner  

NEWCASTLE: Kylie Harvie said the Bonnay family was "grateful" for support. "They've always been kind and a lot of people love them." Picture: Simone De Peak

LAUNCESTON: 16-month-old Aria Blundell plays with the autmn foliage in Launceston's City Park. Picture: Neil Richardson, The Examiner

BALLARAT: Anne Stewart will be telling ghost stories at the Ballarat Heritage Weekend based on the tunnel. Picture: Kate Healy

WARRNAMBOOL: One star rider #241 Raquel Corbett, on Flowerdale Ferringka, launches cowboy style into the water feature. Picture: Rob Gunstone

WARRNAMBOOL: Retired barman Terry Lynch takes one more look from behind the bar, as the current publican calls last drinks on their license at the Royal Hotel. Picture: Rob Gunstone

WOLLONGONG: Taylah Davies can't wait to take part in the inaugural Beach Netball event at North Wollongong Beach from October 14-16. Details at beachnetball.com.au. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

BALLARAT: Lake Wendouree at sunset. Picture: Kate Healy

WARRNAMBOOL: Merrivale Primary school and Lyndoch residents enjoyed a mad hatters morning tea at the botanical gardens. Pictured is five-year-old Chloe Brookes. Picture: Vicky Hughson

BOWNING: Stationhand James Chown and rouseabout Brooke Halls pressing wool with shearing under way at Groganville Pastoral Co, Groganville, Bowning. Photo: Rachael Webb

BOOKHAM: David Young throwing a fleece with shearing at _Tekooti_, Bookham. Photo_ Rachael Webb

BOWNING: Bundy penning up Merino ewes with shearing under way at Groganville Pastoral Co, Groganville, Bowning. Photo: Rachael Webb

BOOKHAM: Molly Weir, Goulburn, patting the dog on her smoko break at the tail end of shearing Merino Wether weaners for David and Jan Young, "Tekooti", Bookham. Photo: Rachael Webb

ORANGE: Ian Rowlandson came all the way from Melbourne to show off his car during the Daimler Lanchester Club National Rally.

DUNGOG: A year after the fatal floods, Dungog High student Bec Hudson.


ORANGE: Matt Bryant with Bronco encourages people to engage with the handler of a guide dog, and not the dog, if you encounter them when out. Photo: Phil Blatch

MUDGEE: D’Arcy and Conor Needham helped measure Australia’s biggest English Elm on Ulan Road.

ORANGE: Orange councillor Russell Turner supports a proposal to drop the speed limit in the central business to 40kmh. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

ATREE: Justin Hills of Taree's Hills and Co Customs at work.

BATHURST: A staff member at Bathurst Railway Station speaks to passengers affected by the derailment of a train carrying track maintenance equipment at Blayney yesterday morning. Photo: CHRIS SEAB

BATHURST: Superintendent Greg Wardle, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole and deputy mayor Ian North look over plans for the new Fire Control Centre. At the back is Rural Fire Service Senior Group Captain Jeff Larsen. Picture: Chris Seabrook

DUBBO: Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson and Dubbo blood service manager Debbie Garden with the new flags that will now hang in Macquarie Street. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

TAMWORTH: Tamworth Historical Society’s Rod Hobbs and Mike Cashman are the starting point for Sunday’s heritage walk. Photo: Geoff O’Neill 

DUBBO: Black rhino Bakhita with her calf Dafari, enjoyed a special cake for his first birthday on Wednesday. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

BLAYNEY: The Blayney Hay Bale Art Challenge continues to lure sightseers to the region following the staging of the recent nab B2B Cyclo Sportif Challenge.

WELLINGTON: A 14-year-old girl has been released with a caution over a fire that ripped through an NSW Department of Housing home in Elizabeth Street, Wellington, on Sunday.

COWRA: Joy Denzel, Alex Berry and Karen Bowd from the Commonwealth Bank put on smiles to raise support for Clown Doctors.

WOLLONGONG: The man's partner is permitted under police tape as he is taken into custody. Picture: Angela Thompson

LITHGOW: An estimated 15,000 people flocked to the 2016 Ironfest event, with the obligatory weird and wonderful costumes proving yet again to be a people watcher's paradise. Photo: Len Ashworth

COLEAMBALLY: Morgan Jones has seen many a person attempt the Brolga Hotel's 'dirty bird burger challenge' with few succeeding. Picture: Riley Krause.


WAGGA: Transporter Graeme Cooper of Adelaide River, Northern Territory catches up with Elders Wagga livestock agent and auctioneer Joe Wilks. Mr Cooper was transporting a load of Buffalo to the South Coast. Pictures: Nikki Reynolds


GRIFFITH: Four-year-old Tess Canzian stands outside the theatre before the Wiggles show begins in Griffith. Picture: Anthony Stipo.


LEETON: Imogen Lang, 6, tests out one of the new pieces of equipment at Mountford Park on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Ron Arel


COOTAMUNDRA: Jacob Maher, Ewan Stewart and Ben Rumble are three of the ten Cootamundra juniors selected for Group Nine. Picture: Harrison Vesey


WAGGA: David Brown of Holmes and Sackett Wagga and his dog Salty is pictured with Stephen Condell of Downside and his dog Ace at the clinic at Sandigo. Pictures: Nikki Reynolds


COOTAMUNDRA: Cootamundra High School students Ben Camilleri, Jayden Sutton, Emily Webb and Josh Davis talk at the skate park about issues facing young people. Picture: Harrison Vesey


TAMWORTH: The Knitting Nannas have been camping outside council to get a meeting with mayor Col Murray. Photo: Jamieson Murphy 

TAMWORTH: Billy Urquhart tries to shrug off the attentions of a Pirates defender during the Central North 20s trial on Sunday. Photo: Barry Smith

WOLLONGONG: Omar Nemer (centre) with Shaima Haddara, Leyla Nemer, Maya Jouja and Samara Nemer at the #illsupportyou gathering. Pictures: Sylvia Liber.

NEWCASTLE: Lyndsey Clark, with daughter Nyah, 6, has written a book about cancer for young children. Picture: Simone De Peak

NEWCASTLE: Alicia Cameron and Tricia Martin said they saw themselves as "big sisters" to the girls they worked with. "We want to push them because they're better than they think they are and can achieve some amazing things." Picture: Jonathan Carroll.

WOLLONGONG: Brothers Dave and Nick Ryan have recently started opening their lunch-crowd favourite eatery, Beast and Bread, to a nighttime crowd. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

NEWCASTLE:  Life Member of the Amateur Bee Keeping Association of NSW, Jim Wright, with his son Iain Wright. Picture: SIMONE DE PEAK.

TAREE: Train and car collide on Henry's Lane crossing, passengers airlifted.

TAREE: Daniel Krantz and his two-year-old son Huxley, along with baby Sully Krantz, Kerrie Schneider, Kim Jeffers, Hannah Krantz and Joel Maharey, are looking forward to being part of The Jindaboonda Postie Trek, either as riders or support crew, which starts on May 3. The ride honours the memory of Dennis Jeffers and raises money for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

The week in pictures: April 23, 2016 | Photos

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