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Helen Reddy in 2017 at the Women's March and the most presidential thing about the first debate - the back drop.

DIGESTWoman who roared exits as two old men bicker

Lifestyles of the rich and the COVIDiots

DIGESTLifestyles of the rich and the COVIDiots

Fancy a four-flight drop on a bedsheet rope ladder?

DIGESTFancy a four-flight drop on a bedsheet rope ladder?

Women and older people were a growing share of welfare payments, before the pandemic struck.

JobSeeker goes to women and older people

The National Debt Helpline is anticipating a surge in calls for financial hardship due to an upcoming decrease in JobSeeker. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Calm before the storm': Surge in calls to debt helpline expected

Andrew Brown

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

States need to 'do their bit' and open borders: McCormack

Katie Burgess

Vale Susan Ryan. Photo: Rohan Thompson

DIGESTShe was an influencer before the term even existed

Janine Graham

The NSW South Coast, where many Canberrans are expected to take a break during the school holidays. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Travel less risky when people take good COVID-19 habits with them, experts say

Jasper Lindell

Port Adelaide will need to keep a close rein on Geelong's Tom Hawkins if it is to progress straight through to the preliminary final. Photo: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

OPINIONFeast of appetising match-ups on AFL finals menu

Rohan Connolly

Travis Boak of the Power celebrates during the round 17 AFL match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Essendon Bombers. Picture: Getty Images

The eight in with a chance: our guide to the AFL finals

Howard Kotton

Becoming only the second man in St Kilda's history to coach a premiership team would be the crowning glory on a glittering career for Brett Ratten. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

OPINIONSt Kilda doing it for the love of coach Ratts

Howard Kotton

Port Adelaide will need to keep a close rein on Geelong's Tom Hawkins if it is to progress straight through to the preliminary final. Photo: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

OPINIONFeast of appetising match-ups on AFL finals menu

Dean Jones is revered as one of Australia's greatest batsman, especially in one-dayers. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONWhy 'Deano' was the cricketer every kid wanted to be

Jon Tuxworth

Nathan Cleary and father Ivan have been top performers in season 2020. Photo: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley names his top performers for NRL season 2020

Laurie Daley

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

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber. PHOTO: Alex Darling

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber. PHOTO: Alex Darling

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Glamp with koalas at home in the gums

Glamp with koalas at home in the gums

Explore Travel

The NSW South Coast, where many Canberrans are expected to take a break during the school holidays. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Travel less risky when people take good COVID-19 habits with them, experts say

Jasper Lindell

Take a walk through the treetops. Picture: Supplied

Glamp with koalas at new home among the gumtrees

Explore Travel

Ashley Aufderheide and Psammead (Michael Caine) in Four Kids & It. Picture: Rialto

REVIEWA gentle, loveable beachside fable

Cris Kennedy

A scene from Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! Picture: Warner Bros

REVIEWFurry friends' frolics fail to fascinate

Ron Cerabona

A scene from Astro Kid. Picture: Madman

REVIEWEnough to engage young brains

Cris Kennedy

Ashley Aufderheide and Psammead (Michael Caine) in Four Kids & It. Picture: Rialto

REVIEWA gentle, loveable beachside fable

Portrait of Trooper David Nicolson standing beside IED damaged vehicle in Afghanistan. Picture: David Nicolson

WHAT'S ONThings I've seen, places I've been

Claire Hunter

Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note. Picture: UPI

REVIEWJust hitting the light, breezy notes

Jane Freebury

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Dayle Latham

REACH OUT: McGrath Foundation breast care nurses and supporters are helping lead the Pink Up Your town fundraiser this year.

Pink Up Your Town for breast care nurses

Since 1924, Royal Far West (RFW) has been committed to connecting kids like Lucas living in rural and remote areas of Australia with the care they need. Names and images have been changed to protect privacy.

Helping country kids reach their full potential

Emma Brown

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Real support: There are over 100,000 children living in rural and remote Australia in need of mental and developmental support.

Far from help is not far from hope

Emma Brown

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

Lending changes are a big boost

Lending changes are a big boost

Lending changes are a big boost

Lending changes are a big boost

Buying a new home versus buying an established one

Buying a new home versus buying an established one

CONVEYANCING: What you should know ahead of a sale. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Help to get all the results you need

Kirsty Horton

Sydney delivers at auction

Sydney delivers at auction

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

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

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Australian Taxation Office

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

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

HANG UP: Scammers may try to pressure you by calling incessantly and harassing you, even threatening to send the police to your house. Simply hang up and do not respond.

Scamwatch: Business urged to beware of dodgy invoices

MOUNTAIN TOP: Despite restrictions on touring, Fanny Lumsden's career is on the rise since the release of her acclaimed alt-country pop crossover album Fallow in March.

Fanny Lumsden's year of fires, boom and frustration

Helen Reddy in 2017 at the Women's March and the most presidential thing about the first debate - the back drop.

DIGESTWoman who roared exits as two old men bicker

One-year-old Cheeky

Cheeky the magpie sings along with ukulele class

Ben hard at work in the Junior MasterChef Australia kitchen. Picture: SUPPLIED

Watch out, here comes Junior MasterChef Australia

David Attenborough. Photo: Shutterstock

David Attenborough joins Instagram, gains 2.5m followers

Kim Chappell

Photo: Chris Adrian

See the spring snow falls across the country

Parts of missing vessel, the Margrel, washes up on SA beach

Parts of missing vessel, the Margrel, washes up on SA beach

Dani Brown
Jack Manning

WONDERLAND: Spring snow at Jamestown and Peterborough in the South Australia's Mid North. Image: Supplied.

Spring snow falls in South Australia's Mid North

Katrina Muhsin

All three leaders made an impact on public life in different ways. Pictures: Getty Images, Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONExemplary leaders in an era of change: Susan Ryan, John Fahey and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

John Warhurst

Ahhh, the beauty of being able to disagree

REAL AUSTRALIAAhhh, the beauty of being able to disagree

Kim Chappell

Picture: Patrice6000/shutterstock.com

OPINIONIt's not up to Indigenous people to educate everyone else about racism

Carla Rogers & Munya Andrews

A day to celebrate the achievements and lives of our older citizens.

Spotlight on older Australians during International Day of Older Persons

Eileen Wood

PETER'S PITCH: Former cricketer Peter Taylor is spreading awareness about the dangers of non-melanoma skin cancers and is urging people to get regular skin checks.

Non-melanoma skin cancers kill four a day

Rowan Cowley

'Selection' of Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust.

Holocaust: 'We rely on survivors to tell their stories'

SA will allow patrons in licensed pubs and restaurants to drink while standing but only outdoors.

South Australia eases some virus measures

12m ago

The 2020 incarnation of Ac/DC. Photo: AC/DC Instagram

AC/DC is back - reunited and ready to rock

Stage four restrictions have led to a contraction in Victoria's manufacturing sector.

Vacancies rebound smartly after steep fall

16m ago

The Morrison government will pump $1.5 billion into a manufacturing strategy in the upcoming budget.

Manufacturing priorities to receive $1.5b

29m ago

Victoria has had two more coronavirus deaths, taking the state toll to 800.

Victoria's COVID-19 crisis by the numbers

35m ago

Shuyu Zhou plunged five storeys landing face first onto a fence at a Sydney unit block.

Ex-girlfriend jailed 19 years for murder

Greta Stonehouse
38m ago

Labor's Ryan Park has urged Premier Gladys Berejiklian to lift COVID restrictions on regional NSW.

No new locally acquired virus cases in NSW

48m ago

Former Queensland bikie Shane Bowden has been fined $750 for breaching coronavirus quarantine rules.

Ex-Qld bikie fined for quarantine breach

Robyn Wuth
50m ago

Growing consumer awareness about issues in the cotton supply chain highlights the importance of having a fair, open and transparent industry.

Stand on questionable production reverberates through global cotton sector

Charles Clack, Rabobank commodity analyst
1hr ago

Paul McCaskie's, Wyrra, West Wyalong, Trojan wheat planted on April 26 with 45kg urea and topdressed with 130kg urea in July.He's confident Monday's frost did only limited damage to crops.

Out-of-season frost fright for graingrowers

John Ellicott
2hrs ago

Some heavy lifting on energy costs needs to be done to bring more cotton processing back onshore, says Cotton Australia chief executive Adam Kay.

Come in spinner: bid to bring cotton processing back

John Ellicott

Hydrogen fuel cells seem more appealing for zero emissions than batteries. Photo: Shutterstock.

There's a better solution for electric vehicles than batteries

Sam Hollier

Insulation will help every single summer

Insulation will help every single summer

GOING UP: Climbing plants can bring so much to a garden.

Consider scaling the heights for practicality and design

John Gabriele