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ON TRACK: Corryong-born and Riverina-raised country music legend Lee Kernaghan is the focus on a new film Boy From The Bush, a documentary meets road movie, which is out in cinemas nationwide on Thursday.

Lee Kernaghan's new documentary road movie delves into the hitmaker's storied career

Boy From The Bush lights up the silver screen

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?

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

Poliovirus has been detected in sewage in parts of London and New York. Should the world be concerned of its spread?

Polio vaccine campaign launched in UK for first time in 40 years

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare arriving at a press conference to address teacher shortages with state and territory education ministers. Picture: James Croucher

A priority national action plan is to be developed by year's end to address the nation's teacher shortage crisis.

'Screaming out for reform', ministers seek urgent teacher action plan

HALLUCINATING: The female juvenile bear was found to be under the influence of a psychotropic honey. Picture: supplied

The bear can be seen wobbling, whining, and panting heavily under the intoxicating influence of "mad honey".

Watch: Bear staggers under influence of hallucinogenic honey

Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian was reserved in his comments at the National Press Club this week. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

You'll hear it in Beijing: Taiwan is not really part of China. But a key voice is going unheard in the conversation

How Chinese think about Taiwan

It's looking likely to be a wetter than usual spring.

Third La Nina signs are becoming stronger

The animal tried to get through the front gates of the embassy's compound on Thursday, failed and tried again and then gave up.

Ukraine's new ally - a confused kangaroo in Canberra

Crowded House's Dreamers Are Waiting national tour will begin in Darwin on October 29 and end in Perth on November 27 with concerts in Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney and Melbourne. 

Australian music legends Crowded House are making their way Down Under this spring.

Hey Now, Hey Now! Crowded House announce regional Australian tour dates

NSW Premier Dominic Perrotte. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

One in five people who work in NSW parliament have experienced sexual harassment in the last five years.

NSW parliament has become toxic: Perrottet

Using antibiotics for the flu or COVID-19 can harm the patient and contribute to antibiotic resistance

'A wicked problem': Doctors warn against antibiotic overuse in bumper flu season

Education Minister Jason Clare will work on a national approach to education workforce shortages. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Stop bagging teachers: education minister

TOP TASTES: (clockwise from top left) Kylie Minogue, P!nk and George Clooney are among the celebrities to launch their own alcohol brand. Pictures: Twitter, Instagram/@kyliewines, @pink, @casamigos

'I wanted to make a rose that celebrated our marital bliss': INXS' Kirk Pengilly.

Whet your Whistle: Celebrity signature booze lines overtake makeup and perfume

Pharmacy Guild says anti-virals without prescription will relieve pressure on clinics; but GP's are pushing back

Health Emergency: Make COVID-19 anti-virals available without prescription

Sam Farraway at the Cudal Future Mobility Testing and Research Centre where Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Bus Trial is being conducted. 

The state government wants NSW to be a world-leading adopter of CAV technologies

Would you hop on a bus with no bus driver? Australian first trial ramps up

Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh has apologised over the government's treatment of war veterans. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Minister apologises for failing veterans

CONNECTED: Is there such a thing as too much connectivity, experts ask. Picture: File

It's hard to see why having phones in schools is going to be a good thing: Expert.

From FOMO to NOMOPHOBIA: Why can't we ignore the call?

Radio host Kyle Sandilands (left) and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston (right) welcomed their first child, a boy named Otto, on Thursday morning. Photo: WireImage.

The radio host and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston welcomed their first child, a boy named Otto, on Thursday morning.

Kyle Sandilands welcomes his first child, Otto

A League of their Own streams on Amazon Prime. Picture: Amazon Studios

Surely this baseball remake must prompt we in the Down Under dugout to ask ourselves where are all the shows about our own sports?

Enough baseball. Where are the TV shows about cricket with Boonie, AB?

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

The Chief Minister was speaking on Monday after John Barilaro announced he would quit NSW politics.

Barr 'unlikely' to be laying flowers for John Barilaro

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Cardinal George Pell is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of child sexual abuse.

Chief Judge Peter Kidd has handed down his sentence after Cardinal George Pell was convicted for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Barcelona have signed Robert Lewandowski, but are still don't know if they will be able to play him. (AP PHOTO)

Barca sell again in bid to play signings

Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York (AP PHOTO)

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on NY stage

Real Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (l) saves from Mo Salah in the Champions League final. (AP PHOTO)

Courtois, Benzema, KDB in UEFA award frame

India won't reach its end-of-year renewable energy targets until mid-2023, the government says. (AP PHOTO)

India to miss renewable energy goal

Australian-born Alice Nelson has gathered literary gravitas since her first novel. Picture: Nicole Boenig-McGrade

Nelson has gathered literary gravitas since her first novel

The tangled path of complex love

Denizen by James McKenzie Watson. Picture: Supplied

This is a deeply confronting, but unforgettable, novel.

A violent past casts dark, confronting shadows

Troops bunked down on the top deck of the destroyer HMAS Vendetta on one of its 39 voyages to Tobruk. Picture: Australian War Memorial

Mike Carlton goes deep into the bowels of the scrap iron flotilla ships -and there were real heroes down there.

Among heroes of the Australian WWII ships past their best

The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis. Picture: Supplied

Vikki Petraitis has traded true crime for fiction, revealing the ugly truth of domestic violence and rapie in Australia.

Dangerous men dominate this town of secrets

Then Greens candidate Tim Hollo votes in the 2019 federal election at Lyneham High School. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Hollo's take on living democracy as an organic entity, that thrives on diversity, interdependence, and consensus, is profound.

Is there still time to save the commons?

At a cottage carved from a naval base in Adriane Howell's Hydra, the mind - or is it the navy boys on the nearby base? - can play tricks. Picture: Shutterstock

The constant background hum of needing to perpetually second guess becomes integral to to Adriane Howell's debut novel.

Experience and myth mix in a haze of uncertainty

Could self publishing allow more quality - but overlooked - Australian writing to get through the door and into the hands of readers? Picture: Glen Noble

Does the elevation of a self-published novel to new critical heights give hope for new and challenging Australian writing?

Will self-publishing widen the door for Australian books?

The Lions' Oscar McInerney and the Saints' Rowan Marshall compete for the ball in their AFL clash. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Rayner steers Lions to AFL win over Saints

Latrell Mitchell was one of a number of Souths' standouts in their big win over Parramatta. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Ruthless Souths send message in Eels win

Substantial public interest surrounds the search of Donald Trump's home, US AG Merrick Garland says. (AP PHOTO)

Trump calls nuclear weapons issue 'a hoax'

Tyson Fury's proposed comeback has lasted just two days. (AP PHOTO)

Boxing's Fury announces retirement - again

Parts of England and Wales are now in the middle of a four-day "extreme heat" alert. (EPA PHOTO)

Drought declared in England amid heatwave

Warrior Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scores a try during his side's NRL win over Canterbury. (Andrew Cornaga/AAP PHOTOS)

Johnson on song as Warriors beat Bulldogs

It's not yet been known how many fish had died in the Oder River across Poland and Germany. (AP PHOTO)

Toxic substance behind German fish die-off

Zombie fish start stalking aquarium, decades after apocalypse

DISAPPOINTED: Alison Coate-Kibeiks, pictured with her daughter Olive, is disappointed her NDIS funding has been slashed, making it harder for her to return to work. Picture: Anthony Brady

A south-west teacher desperate to return to work is concerned she won't be able to do so because her National Disability Insurance Scheme funding has been slashed.

Teacher struggling to return to work after NDIS funding slashed

The Greens want animals recognised as sentient with rights to a quality of life which reflect that. (David Moir/AAP PHOTOS)

Greens push to recognise animal sentience

Former youth detainees are suing the Tasmanian government for alleged abuse and neglect. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Former youth detainees suing Tas govt

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The adult male plover was shot with a crossbow bolt in Bermagui on Tuesday. Photo: Bermagui Veterinary Clinic

A plover is recovering at Bermagui Vet after being shot with a crossbow on Tuesday

Plover recovering after being shot with crossbow bolt

Australia's oldest man, Frank Mawer, will turn 110 on Monday, August 15 Photo: supplied

Tilba's Frank Mawer was made a ward of the state aged just 14. He has lived through two pandemics, two world wars and the Great Depression. He turns 110 on August 15.

Australia's oldest man turns 110 on Monday

Now living in Narooma, Paul Naylor served in Vietnam with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in 1970

Paul Naylor didn't have a care in the world when he volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. He returned to a hostile reception and continues to suffer with PTSD

Vietnam veteran recalls his 1970 tour, and traumatic homecoming

JUMPING FOR JOY: FLING Physical Theatre is turning 21 this year. Photos: Supplied

Bega's nationally regarded dance company has grown over the years to offer a broad program of opportunities for young people to engage with the arts

FLING Physical Theatre celebrating 21st birthday

Erica Dibden of Tilba Real Dairy with Tilba CWA president Teresa Stubbings. Photo: supplied

Tilba CWA's Vintage Garden Party fundraiser to honour its long-running president Elsie Bate will also celebrate the area's outstanding produce