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Pakistan's Shan Masood scored a brilliant 156 as Pakistan were bowled out for 326.

Opener Masood stands tall for Pakistan

Rory Dollard
17m ago

Focused: Zac McGregor (right) has represented the ACT numerous times in recent years, and stood out during the 2020 National Indoor Hockey Festival. Photo: Facebook.

Zac McGregor: Crookwell's newest Australian hockey player

Zac Lowe

Is this your couch every night of the week now footy's all over the TV? No? Just mine, then.

Do star players need umpire protection?

Nick Ansell

Pakistan's Shan Masood scored a brilliant 156 as Pakistan were bowled out for 326.

Opener Masood stands tall for Pakistan

17m ago

Who is Laurie Daley's No.1 right now?

OPINIONWho makes Laurie Daley's Top 10 NRL player list?

Laurie Daley

Sanctioned: Paul Vaughan and Wayne Bennett.

The high price of an NRL biosecurity breach

Janine Graham

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Picture: Getty Images

Queensland closes border to ACT and NSW

Kathryn Lewis

The best venue to watch the spectacle of Uluru is Longitude 131 with a gathering of luxury pavilions nestled among the rust-red landscape. The desert base fans out from the Dune House, site of lounging, cocktails and rock gazing.

The hottest events to thaw out at this spring

Melinda Healy

Dive to see beautiful underwater sculptures, crafted by Jason deCaires Taylor, while learning about the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: Supplied

Luxury hotel brand to open its first Australian resort

Explore Travel

Russell Crowe in Unhinged. Picture: Skip Bolen

REVIEWTrafficking in toxic masculinity

Ron Cerabona

Katie Holmes in The Secret: Dare to Dream. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWSyrupy story of self-actualisation

Cris Kennedy

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade. Picture: Supplied

Creating suspense without a Hitch

Ron Cerabona

Russell Crowe in Unhinged. Picture: Skip Bolen

REVIEWTrafficking in toxic masculinity

Dave Johns and Alison Steadman in the film 23 Walks, written and directed by Paul Morrison. Photos by Nick Wall.

REVIEWSweet little story is refreshing

Cris Kennedy

Alfred Hitchcock was a shrewd self-marketer with fingers in many pies.

The year Hitchcock went Psycho

Ron Cerabona

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

The path back to a new normal

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

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

A warm and inviting home

A warm and inviting home

Southern Tablelands House of the Week, August 5

RENTAL TRENDS: Nationally, rent values declined 0.3% in the month of June, and 0.5% over the quarter. Photo - Shutterstock.

Rental market changes course

Ruth Lewis

2020 Winner: Cantala Avenue House wins this year's Australian House of the Year Photo - Christopher Frederick Jones.

Humble restoration defines the true meaning of home

Ruth Lewis

Beware of scams that impersonate government organisations. Some scammers calim they are from the Australian Tax Office.

Scamwatch: Don't fall for tax time scams

Connecting with your true self is the secret

Connecting with your true self is the secret

Gary Bentley

Respect is at the heart of being our best self

Respect is at the heart of being our best self

Gary Bentley

Beware of scams that impersonate government organisations. Some scammers calim they are from the Australian Tax Office.

Scamwatch: Don't fall for tax time scams

Walking away is never the 'easy' option

Walking away is never the 'easy' option

Gary Bentley

GAMBLE: Often the information used in computer prediction software programs can be obtained from the betting pages of your local newspaper at very little cost.

Scamwatch: Fancy a punt? Don't fall for a betting or sports investment scam

This might be a fun roller coaster. The COVID numbers roller coaster is not.

DIGESTThe COVID numbers roller coaster is real

Victoria records 471 new COVID-19 cases, mental health support boosted

Victoria records 471 new COVID-19 cases, mental health support boosted

Victoria faces up to new restrictions

NATIONALVictoria faces up to new restrictions

An aircraft drops fire retardant on Mt Tennant earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Call for domestic firefighting foam manufacturer amid COVID-19 supply chain issues

Images from regional Australia. Taken by, from left clockwise, Brendan McCarthy, Jonathan Carroll, Lachlan Bence and Adam McLean.

DIGESTIt's going to get worse before it gets better

Janine Graham

Mask wearing has become common place for many in NSW. Picture: Adam McLean.

All NSW residents returning from Victoria must now enter hotel quarantine

Kate McIlwain

Hundreds more coronavirus cases, man in his 30s dies

NATIONALHundreds more coronavirus cases, man in his 30s dies

Janine Graham

File photo

Victoria's darkest day so far: record amount of COVID-19 cases and deaths

The Courier staff

Photo: Sally-Ann Thompson

From southern NSW to Tasmania, it's been a white Wednesday

Matterson Knyvett captured the moment a goanna latched onto his ankle while out on the job.

Is that a goanna wrapped around your ankle?

A beautiful sight as the baby boy's family checks he is doing ok after the birth on Monday, August 3. Picture: Mogo Wildlife Park.

Watch mother giraffe's first moments with baby son

More restrictions are expected to be revealed for COVID-hit Victoria.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: schools close

FAMILY: Margaret Gabbedy-Hayes has been caring for her son since he collapsed with bleeding on the brain about two years ago. Picture: Brodie Weeding

How one community organisation helped rescue Matthew

Jackson Worthington

These brave Bunnings staff members came face to face with a woman later dubbed a "Karen".

Why 'Karen'? We asked sociology and language experts

Jackson Worthington

STRONG MESSAGE: Aboriginal recording artists Mi-kaisha and Nooky (front), pictured with video clip dancers Maddie Paluch and Chandler Connell, collaborated to write the song, 'One Point 5', encouraging young people to keep their communities safe from COVID-19. Photo: Jake Keane

New song aims to share the COVID-19 safe message with Aboriginal communities

Feral cats are not the biggest threat to native animals in the Top End, a major study has uncovered. Picture: CDU.

Ferals cats not the menace to Top End's native mammals as once thought

Chris McLennan

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: Being kind and looking after each other during these challenging times is important. Photo: Dustin Belt

ADVICEBeing kind can be good for our mental health

Rural and Remote Mental Health coordinator Judy Carmody

Betsy Willis with her kitten Frenchie at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: supplied

OPINIONCrookwell year 6 student reveals the funny (and not so funny) parts of quarantine life

Betsy Willis

Clearing up the coronavirus confusion

Clearing up the coronavirus confusion

John Hewson

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Josh Frydenberg says changes to JobKeeper will add $15.6 billion to the wage subsidy program's cost.

JobKeeper eligibility tweaked for business

2hrs ago

Origin will conduct a government-backed two-year trial of smart chargers for electric vehicles.

Smart charger trial to boost electric cars

2hrs ago

The death toll from the Beirut port explosion is expected to keep rising.

Beirut blast a terrible accident: Morrison

A 12-year-old girl is missing from Kilcoy, Queensland.

Schoolgirl, 12, missing in Queensland

NSW is the first state to usher in new defamation laws spearhead by Attorney General Mark Speakman.

Modern defamation law reform passed in NSW

Tiffanie Turnbull

Patrick Kear was most likely a homicide victim though his body has never been found, a coroner says.

'Homicide' behind missing NSW man's death

Luke Costin

Premier Steven Marshall says SA has been able to put a "net" over a COVID-19 cluster in Adelaide.

SA school closes as COVID-19 cluster grows

Tim Dornin

Victoria recorded 471 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths on Thursday.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

LiDAR technology is being used to estimate the volume of floodplain harvesting captured in water storages in the Northern Basin. Photo: NSW Government

Australian first: NSW floodplain harvesting policy unveiled

Daniel Pedersen

Richard Keniry with some of his Merinos at Kildara, Eurimbla between Wellington and Cumnock.

Water utilisation needed a rethink as ground cover increased at Kildara

Mark Griggs

Top price $13,000 Tivoli Proceed P42 with auctioneer Paul Dooley, agent Francis Buffier, new owner Andrew Wallings, Wallings Pastoral Co, Cassilis and stud principal Hugh Kraeeft, Tivoli Angus.

Tivoli bull sale

Kylie Raines

OUCH: Ligament, sporting or trauma injury are typically behind keen pain in under 30s.

Get a handle on knee pain with the help of your GP

Healthshare

Revenue from rego wouldn't even maintain the roads we have, let alone build new ones.

It may hurt to hear, but most road aren't even made for you

Sam Hollier

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home

How to eliminate fire hazards while working from home