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The weather is looking like it will hold on this weekend for the ReBoot Bermagui event. Event organisers are hoping locals from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla will get behind the event. Photo: supplied

WHAT'S ONReBoot in Bermagui celebrates getting active and living a healthy lifestyle just in time for summer

Ellouise Bailey

17 wildlife rescue groups across NSW are calling for the protection of koala habitat from intensified logging under weakened forestry regulations. Photo: Wildlife Rescue

Koala recovery targets 'unachievable without stronger protections', wildlife rescue groups implore NSW Premier

Leah Szanto

Wallaga Lake actor and filmmaker Warren Ngarrae Foster reflects on the influence of David Dalaithngu on the arts industry as a whole and his own personal journey. Picture: Ellouise Bailey

OUR PEOPLEDavid Dalaithngu remembered: 'I was so proud to see an Indigenous person on film that I wanted to be like that'

Ellouise Bailey

Reinhard Drenkhahn.

SUBSCRIBERSouth Coast paedophile dies in jail amid fresh allegations

Shannon Tonkin

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

DIGESTSocial media giants taken to task

Kayla Osborne

Ecologist Sam Patmore, Brogo Reserve manager Joshua Wellington, and ecologist Vanessa Place. Photo: Michael Blyde

OUR PLACESMeet the ecologists surveying Brogo Reserve to track pockets of wildlife refugia after the fires

Ellouise Bailey

Sapphire Coast Turf Club CEO Rob Tweedie presents $1000 to SJASC's co-chair Gavin Bell. Photo: Jacob McMaster

Social Justice Advocates Christmas goal for transitional housing in sight

Denise Dion

The Bermagui War Memorial and memorial seats. Photo: Supplied

Bermagui 'Freedom Walk' decried for disrespecting town war memorial

Ben Smyth

OUR PLACESFar South Coast spiritual sites have dual names officially assigned

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

WHAT'S ONSouth Coast Gig Guide, December 1-6

SILENT ASSASSINIt's the stalking killer we need to confront

The weather is looking like it will hold on this weekend for the ReBoot Bermagui event. Event organisers are hoping locals from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla will get behind the event. Photo: supplied

WHAT'S ONReBoot in Bermagui celebrates getting active and living a healthy lifestyle just in time for summer

Meet the candidates: The final word from Bega Valley council hopefuls

Meet the candidates: The final word from Bega Valley council hopefuls

Cobargo's Millie Boyle is the calibre of NRLW star Canberra Raiders will look to attract if their proposal to join the competition is granted.

Raiders' eyes on Millie Boyle as capital launches bid to join NRLW

Judy Geary from Bega Garden Nursey holds a Christmas Star 'Picea glauca' next to a tray of other smaller potted pine trees. Photo: Ellouise Bailey

OUR BUSINESSChoose your own Christmas trees vanish from the Bega Valley, but living trees in vogue

Bega MP Andrew Constance in Parliament. Picture: Joel Carrett

Bega MP Andrew Constance pleased his last vote in Parliament helps pass voluntary assisted dying bill

Cumulative of up to 50 to 100mm are expected in parts of the country from Tuesday to Wednesday.

WATCHLa Nina set to bring more rain and flooding to eastern Australia this week

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

2hrs ago

Jay Weatherill positive for COVID: reports

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Charities speak out on 'stifling' new laws

20:08PM

Government almost revives vax mandate bill

20:04PM

NSW cops seize $3m cash in cardboard boxes

19:57PM

Pandemic bill to pass after 21-hour debate

19:45PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

DIGESTSocial media giants taken to task

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

Scenes of COVID testing in NSW. Picture: File image.

DIGESTThat didn't take long, omicron

Scenes of COVID testing from around the Hunter and Lake Macquarie. File image.

NSW Omicron COVID case visited several shops, KFC and Pizza Hut

Photo: File

NSW records 179 new COVID cases and three deaths

Kim Chappell

Professor Kelly said the Omicron variant could actually be "relatively mild compared with previous versions" such as the Delta strain but "will spread" because it is highly transmissible. Image: ABC News

DIGESTNew variant an unwelcome arrival

Kayla Osborne

Professor Kelly said the Omicron variant could actually be "relatively mild compared with previous versions" such as the Delta strain but "will spread" because it is highly transmissible. Image: ABC News

WATCHOmicron is 'a variant of concern', says CMO Paul Kelly

Shivé Prema

Photo: File

NSW records 150 COVID cases as Omicron confirmed in overseas travellers

Kim Chappell

Rain causes another frustrating weekend for Far South Coast Cricket

Rain causes another frustrating weekend for Far South Coast Cricket

Rodney McDonald

Tiger Woods nearly died and feared losing a leg after crashing his car in Los Angeles in February.

Lucky to be alive and with two legs: Woods

England's record Test run scorer, Alastair Cook, has signed a new two-year deal with Essex.

Cook to continue serving up runs for Essex

Rain causes another frustrating weekend for Far South Coast Cricket

Rain causes another frustrating weekend for Far South Coast Cricket

The EU has called upon China to show tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and well.

EU wants 'verifiable proof' Peng safe

Toni Kroos (r) says Cristiano Ronaldo (c), Karim Benzema (l) earned Ballon D'Or more than Leo Messi.

My team-mates were above Messi, says Kroos

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

2hrs ago

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

2hrs ago

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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The weather is looking like it will hold on this weekend for the ReBoot Bermagui event. Event organisers are hoping locals from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla will get behind the event. Photo: supplied

WHAT'S ONReBoot in Bermagui celebrates getting active and living a healthy lifestyle just in time for summer

Ellouise Bailey

South Coast Gig Guide, December 1-6

WHAT'S ONSouth Coast Gig Guide, December 1-6

REVIVED: Tim Freedman's love of touring inspired him to write The Whitlams' first new album in 15 years.

The Whitlams uncover their creative aphrodisiac

Josh Leeson

The weather is looking like it will hold on this weekend for the ReBoot Bermagui event. Event organisers are hoping locals from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla will get behind the event. Photo: supplied

WHAT'S ONReBoot in Bermagui celebrates getting active and living a healthy lifestyle just in time for summer

Monday is Restaurants Race Day at Sapphire Coast Turf Club in Kalaru.

WHAT'S ONWhat's happening in the Bega Valley Shire

REIMAGINED: Get Back offers a fascinating insight into the world's greatest ever band attempting to keep the magic alive.

Get Back repaves The Beatles' Long and Winding Road

Josh Leeson

Queens of Mystery makes for some compelling watching on Acorn TV.

The streaming service with new hard-to-find classics and British favourites every single week

Linda Lambrechts

Modibodi takes the anxiety out of periods that could cause most teens to step away from their usual sport or social activities.

Teens can trust Modibodi period underwear to help them through the night

Linda Lambrechts

Westpac's National Agribusiness Manager, Stephen Hannan.

Helping generations of Australian farmers to grow

Stephen Hannan, National Agribusiness Manager

Queens of Mystery makes for some compelling watching on Acorn TV.

The streaming service with new hard-to-find classics and British favourites every single week

You can turn your shed into an extension of your garden and home while keeping equipment and tools safe and out of the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Why this shed is your new best friend

Linda Lambrechts

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Linda Lambrechts

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au

Read this week's Real Estate View here

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au

Read this week's Real Estate View here

Picture: Mount Macedon Realty

PHOTOSThis age old bluestone mansion is up for sale again

Picture: Mount Macedon Realty

PHOTOSThis age old bluestone mansion is up for sale again

Price growth is strongest in coastal and lifestyle markets, CoreLogic said. Picture: Shutterstock

Regional property prices grow at double capital city rates

Jack Needham

Millingandi magic

PROPERTY OF THE WEEKMillingandi magic

House of the Week

4719 Midland Highway, Daylesford. Picture: Supplied

Downton Abbey meets Daylesford: Wombat Park up for auction

Jack Needham

Cumulative of up to 50 to 100mm are expected in parts of the country from Tuesday to Wednesday.

WATCHLa Nina set to bring more rain and flooding to eastern Australia this week

Senator Jacqui Lambie said that preventing unvaccinated people from working in certain professions or entering certain workplaces was not "discrimination", but was the "consequence" of making a choice.

WATCHLambie launches on One Nation over vaccination stance

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr (left) said departing NSW deputy premier John Barilaro wouldn't make a good sewage detective. Pictures: Sitthixay Ditthavong, Elesa Kurtz

Barr 'unlikely' to be laying flowers for John Barilaro

The Castlereagh River floods near Coonamble on Monday, but a new levy bank has held firm. Photo by Carly Chynoweth.

WATCHTragedy in paddocks as waterlogged crops sit unharvested

Wallaga Lake actor and filmmaker Warren Ngarrae Foster reflects on the influence of David Dalaithngu on the arts industry as a whole and his own personal journey. Picture: Ellouise Bailey

OUR PEOPLEDavid Dalaithngu remembered: 'I was so proud to see an Indigenous person on film that I wanted to be like that'

Ellouise Bailey

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

Sage Swinton

ARRIVE IN STYLE: To help mark Jamie Whincup's final event as a full-time Supercars driver, Red Bull Air Race World Champion Matt Hall made a special landing on Mountain Straight. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Whincup's ready to fight in his full-time finale at Bathurst

Anya Whitelaw

Photo: Zoe Arora, Illawarra, NSW.

PHOTOSO Christmas tree, o Christmas tree: Check out this year's Christmas trees

Grace Ryan

Sugar is as addictive as nicotine. It triggers the reward centre in our brains, releasing neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which makes us feel good and crave more.

OPINIONThere's no sugar-coating it: we're eating ourselves to death

James Muecke

'Smart' homes help reduce energy usage

OPINION'Smart' homes help reduce energy usage

Chris Kerr

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

DIGESTSocial media giants taken to task

Kayla Osborne

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

STAYING CONNECTED: Lex Marinos and Patricia Amphlett take radio and podcast listeners on a romp through the perils, pitfalls and precious moments of ageing.

Radio and podcast show targets older Australians

Eileen Wood

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

2hrs ago

Former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill has reportedly tested positive to COVID-19.

Jay Weatherill positive for COVID: reports

Australian Conservation Foundation CEO Kelly O'Shanassy says the laws muffle charity groups.

Charities speak out on 'stifling' new laws

The government voted to revive the previously defeated One Nation anti-vaccination mandate bill.

Government almost revives vax mandate bill

Police have seized $3 million in cash in drugs-related raids in Sydney.

NSW cops seize $3m cash in cardboard boxes

Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick criticised opposition to Victoria's much-debated pandemic bill.

Pandemic bill to pass after 21-hour debate

Benita Kolovos

Tasmanian police have offered a $50,000 reward in their hunt for fugitive Kerry Whiting.

Police offer $50k reward amid Tas manhunt

Michael Gunner says anti-vaccine protesters have made death threats against his family.

Death threats against NT chief's family

Aaron Bunch

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

Samantha Noon

Aaron Green has travelled approximately 73,000 kilometres to date. Photos courtesy of Aaron Green.

Western Australian photographer explores land unseen

Leah Tindale

Successful sale: General manager of the Tipperary Group of Stations, David Connolly, with livestock manager Russell Simpson, and selling agent Jack Clancy, Ray White Rural, at the Roma Saleyards. Photo: Clare Adcock

NT cattle travel 3000km for Roma store sale success

Helen Walker

Ads aren't just about what they say. What they imply also matters. Photo: Shutterstock

Examining a couple of the ad tactics used for crude oil fuels

Sam Hollier

Chyka Keebaugh with items from her new Harris Scarfe collection. Photos: Supplied

Christmas with Chyka - her expert tips for a festive house

HOMELY FEEL: Blockheads Hayden and Sara Vale chose concrete and timber to feature throughout their multi-storey home. This presents a balanced, yet luxurious feel as it incorporates flooring, joinery, furnishings and accents. Photos: supplied by the Vales.

Shack to chic in five stunning storeys

Vickii Byram