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STRONG CARRY: Brothers second-rower Josh Patston was difficult to contain in the first round of NRRRL. Photo Christine Butcher/Cee Bee's Photos.

Marist Brothers will be up there with the best this season in NRRRL

Mitchell Craig

WINNING TEAM: Joanne Kay and Karen Irwin presented with Australian surf lifesaving championship gold medals after winning the double ski event.

Family friends bring home Australian gold medals

Mitchell Craig

TRI TIME: The Byron Bay triathlon will be held for the 25th time on Sunday.

The future of the Byron Triathlon is at stake this weekend

Mitchell Craig

STRONG CARRY: Brothers second-rower Josh Patston was difficult to contain in the first round of NRRRL. Photo Christine Butcher/Cee Bee's Photos.

Marist Brothers will be up there with the best this season in NRRRL

FAMILY EVENT: Veterans will have the chance to be part of a family surfing day at Ballina next weekend.

Veterans invited to go surfing

Mitchell Craig

FLASH COURSE: The redesigned Teven Valley Golf Club has been a big hit across the region.

Upgrade makes Teven course unique

Mitchell Craig

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

Josh Leeson

Film maker Jack McCoy will present a surf talk and jam event in Lennox Head next month

Jack McCoy brings surf film event to Lennox

Jeanti St Clair (centre) with Jyllie Jackson and Chris Regan, who share their personal stories of the 2017 flood in the audio walk, Flood Stories.

What's on around the Northern Rivers this week

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

STOIC: Elizabeth Moss is again amazing in season four of The Handmaid's Tale, but the lack of forward momentum is tiring.

Bleak Handmaid's Tale becoming a pain drain

Josh Leeson

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

SAVING TIME AND MONEY: Mitchell Harris Wines managing director Alicia Linley was able to save thousands of dollars a year on their gas and electricity bills simply by talking to Beevo.

How this wine bar saved thousands of dollars in minutes

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

SAVING TIME AND MONEY: Mitchell Harris Wines managing director Alicia Linley was able to save thousands of dollars a year on their gas and electricity bills simply by talking to Beevo.

How this wine bar saved thousands of dollars in minutes

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

Emma Brown

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

Contemporary beachside living at Evans Head

Contemporary beachside living at Evans Head

Contemporary beachside living at Evans Head

Contemporary beachside living at Evans Head

Beachfront New Brighton home is a surfer's paradise

Beachfront New Brighton home is a surfer's paradise

HINTERLAND HIDEAWAY: This four bedroom pavillion-style home at Eureka sold prior to auction for $2.6million, fetching $200,000 more than the price guide.

Hot property: What were the top sales in your town this week?

Kate ONeill

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

CHAOS TO CALM: Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering. Photo: Supplied.

Organise your kitchen with tips from a decluttering expert

AFFORDABLE LUXURY: The design elements of this Australian Hamptons home meld interior with exterior for an elegant yet eminently livable family dwelling.

A grand scale luxury farmhouse with country charm and Hamptons style

The uroliths bladder of Dr Anne Quain's cat, Hero. Picture: Supplied

Signs your cat has a urinary tract obstruction

"We will not always make the right choice. We will err. We will trip and fall. There are things we will regret. Human being is not easy." Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEFinding happiness in our own humanity

Lifestyle medicine looks at a "prevention rather than cure" approach to health care. Picture: Shutterstock.

'Lifestyle medicine', is it misunderstood?

HealthShare

Many retirees sacrifice their own standard of living and leaving more money to their beneficiaries instead of living comfortably during retirement. Picture: Shutterstock

Lifetime pensions, are they really as good as they sound?

Noel Whittaker

The choko is more than its looks.

Beauty is only skin deep, that goes for vegies too

John Gabriele

Many countries are exploring 3D-printing to build small homes. Picture: Ranglen/Shutterstock.

Could 3D-printed homes solve affordable-housing problem?

Mathew Dickerson

Why we should be concerned that emotional labour is wearing our teachers down

OPINIONWhy we should be concerned that emotional labour is wearing our teachers down

Dr Saul Karnovsky

PROUD AS PUNCH: Cohen Jarrett of Katherine in the NT from back in 2017 with the headgear worn by the great man himself, Johnathan Thurston.

REAL AUSTRALIATime for an amnesty so frustrated fans can swap clubs

Chris McLennan

Mind Matters | Spelling it out - the words that give us trouble

OPINIONMind Matters | Spelling it out - the words that give us trouble

John Malouff

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

COVID-19 restrictions will be in place in Sydney this Mother's Day despite no new local cases.

Masked Mother's Day weekend in NSW

Scientists have isolated the sound of Ingenuity's whirring blades and magnified it.

Mars helicopter heard humming through air

India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 230,000 and the country is setting daily case records.

'Abandoned' Aussie dies of virus in India

There's "clear evidence" that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19, researchers say.

Ibuprofen 'doesn't raise COVID death risk'

Nilima Marshall

A returned traveller from India who has COVID-19 is in Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth.

Positive COVID-19 case in Perth hospital

Eric Abetz has been demoted to third place on the Liberals' senate ticket for the next election.

Abetz dumped from top Tasmania senate spot

Andi Yu

Two people have been injured in an alleged assault with an axe in Sydney's southwest.

Man, woman injured in Sydney axe attack

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

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DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

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DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?