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Booked up: President Steve Beaton says the Rotary Club of Tamworth has seen over double the number of people come through the doors at their bookstore as usual. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

Andrew Messenger

RETIRED: Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie (with partner Garry Huard) was shot in a horror call-out that left two cops badly wounded last year. Photo: supplied

Wounded cop retires, after horror police shooting

Andrew Messenger

INQUIRY: New England Joint Organisation chair Michael Pearce.

Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

Madeline Link

BUSINESS BOOST: Deva Cacao creator Maggie Quirk. Photo: Gareth Gardner

GOOD NEWS'Eternally grateful': Buy from the Bush brings relief by the bucket load

Anna Falkenmire

SEEK HELP: RAMHP coordinator Matthew Milne encourages blokes to look at the website and seek help.

Help is a mouse click away for rural men in mental health struggle

Madeline Link

NEW GROOVE: Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson, artists Loren Ryan and Buddy Knox at BIcentennial Park. Photo: Peter Hardin 190620PHB141

Talented Aboriginal artists have the chance to learn from the best

Madeline Link
Anna Falkenmire

EDUCATION IS KEY: University of New England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood said she personally believes the university reform will be good for education.

University reform package signals importance of education: UNE

Anna Falkenmire

CLICK THE PHOTO TO SEE OUR LAST SNOW GALLERY. Photo: Gareth Gardner

There's another chance snow might fall in the region

Ben Jaffrey

Boy arrested after replica pistol handed to police

Cuts to red tape could see more pop-up events without the paperwork

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

Supreme Court bans Wollongong Black Lives Matter protest

Booked up: President Steve Beaton says the Rotary Club of Tamworth has seen over double the number of people come through the doors at their bookstore as usual. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

CLICK THE PHOTO TO SEE OUR LAST SNOW GALLERY. Photo: Gareth Gardner

There's another chance snow might fall in the region

RETIRED: Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie (with partner Garry Huard) was shot in a horror call-out that left two cops badly wounded last year. Photo: supplied

Wounded cop retires, after horror police shooting

Booked up: President Steve Beaton says the Rotary Club of Tamworth has seen over double the number of people come through the doors at their bookstore as usual. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

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Brazil passes 1 million COVID-19 cases

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Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

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Wounded cop retires, after horror police shooting

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Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

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GOOD NEWS'Eternally grateful': Buy from the Bush brings relief by the bucket load

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Newsome super-charged for rugby return

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EDUCATION IS KEY: University of New England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood said she personally believes the university reform will be good for education.

University reform package signals importance of education: UNE

The most common barriers to accessing help during the height of the pandemic in Australia were calls going unanswered, being unable to make appointments or not having the information about how to seek help. Picture: Shutterstock

Australians faced barriers to help during pandemic, ANU survey reveals

'DIFFICULT DECISION': Thousands of locals usually head to the Tamworth Show. Pictured is the queue for the event in 2018. Photo: File

Securing Tamworth Show's future means going without this year

The UK and Australia are in trade talks. Photo: Shutterstock

DIGESTAustralia chases UK trade deal while virus plagues world powers

TWO-MONTH MILESTONE: It has been close to nine weeks since the last local case of COVID-19 was recorded. Photo: File

FREETwo months gone by with no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tamworth

Anna Falkenmire

NO GO: The Tamworth Show has been officially cancelled for 2020. Pictured is the 2019 event. Photo: Ben Jaffrey

'Disappointing' decision: Show won't go on for Tamworth

Anna Falkenmire

ROCK ON: Tamworth's Chris Bowman donated his geological collection to Tamworth Regional Council, and now it's online for all to discover. Photo: Peter Hardin 150620PHA027

Rock on: geological collections added online for all to discover

Anna Falkenmire

BUSY QUARTER: Tamworth Hospital emergency department presentations were up 516 compared to the same time last year. Photo: File

Tamworth hospital's 'unusual' back-up plan for possible second wave

Madeline Link

Bring it on: Alex Newsome can't wait to run out for the Waratahs against the Reds in a couple of weeks. Photo: Julius Dimataga.

Newsome super-charged for rugby return

Good reward: Gunnedah Greyhound Racing Club president Geoff Rose is happy with the meeting allocations for the next racing year. Photo: Peter Hardin 280420PHC005

Greyhound club preparing for another big 12 months

COMBO: Geoff O'Brien and mare Snipex Abaa will chase another Willow Tree Cup crown. Photo: Peter Hardin

Quirindi trainer chases another Willow Tree Cup

Set for kick-off: Central North Junior Rugby Union president Renee Park, pictured here in 2018 after she took on the role, said the season is shaping up well. Photo: Peter Hardin

Full steam ahead for juniors with competitions set to kick-off next month

Inverell Mower Sports Club is preparing to improve its pit area at the track, Secretary Steve Jacko Jackson, left, members Margaret Wing, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, Glenn Davidson, Leanne Ross, and Darren Amson.

Mower racing: $23,000 worth of dirt will make it safer

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THE LONG WAIT: Junior rugby league is tantalisingly close to resuming, but it is not locked in yet.

Junior rugby league volunteers desperately needed

Mark Bode

YEAR OFF: The Gunnedah Giants will sit out the 2020 season. Photo: Billy Jupp

Gunnedah Giants to sit out 2020 baseball season

Ben Jaffrey

DOUBLE IMPACT: Believe In Heaven and Scotty-Jon Welsh return to scale after their Tamworth win. Photo: PeterMac Photography

Believe In Heaven remains luminous track threat

Julie Maughan

HATS OFF: Lawrie Minson, Shelley Minson and Glenn Bewley belted out an energetic country music set for the event. Photo: Peter Hardin 150620PHB003

WHAT'S ONCountry music artists take to the stage in lead-up to festival

Anna Falkenmire

On song: The McClymonts this week released their latest album. Brooke McClymont said recording during isolation was a challenge.

McClymonts plan to hit the road, despite the threat of lockdown

Andrew Messenger

TRIBUTES FLOW: The country music world is mourning the loss of David Woodward, pictured here in Tamworth in 2017. Mr Woodward was heavily involved in the industry and Tamworth country music scene. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Tributes flow for 'vibrant young soul' and country music legend

Anna Falkenmire

HATS OFF: Lawrie Minson, Shelley Minson and Glenn Bewley belted out an energetic country music set for the event. Photo: Peter Hardin 150620PHB003

WHAT'S ONCountry music artists take to the stage in lead-up to festival

CONFIDENT: Wests Entertainment Group chief executive Rod Laing with the Pub Group owner Craig Power. Photo: Gareth Gardner 200520GGA17

Venue owners confident TCMF 2021 could be first festival to go ahead

Madeline Link

COUNTRY SPIRIT: Tamworth Country Music Festival organiser Barry Harley with Tamworth Regional Council mayor Col Murray. Photo: Gareth Gardner 190520GGB01

Coronavirus can't stop the music at Tamworth Country Music Festival

Madeline Link

Armidale is Australia's highest city and enjoys four distinct seasons. Winter is a perfect time to visit this university town, when it can often be sprinkled in light snow. St Mary and Joseph Catholic Church, pictured, is one of two cathedrals in the city. Photo: David Elkins Photography.

Venturing along the high road beyond the border

Lydia Roberts

9 amazing NSW Central West weekend getaways

9 amazing NSW Central West weekend getaways

Nadine Morton

Skiers are keen to get back to the action at Thredbo Resort. Picture: Supplied

Ski passes selling out as more than 20,000 wait in line

Julia Kanapathippillai

INQUIRY: New England Joint Organisation chair Michael Pearce.

Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

INQUIRY: New England Joint Organisation chair Michael Pearce.

Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

WATER BILL: Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Helen Dalton moved two amendments to a water transparency bill. Photo: File

State politicians to declare water licences and trade with new bill

WATER BILL: Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Helen Dalton moved two amendments to a water transparency bill. Photo: File

State politicians to declare water licences and trade with new bill

OPPORTUNITY: Tamworth Regional Council acting mayor Phil Betts said the dam build was a great opportunity. Photo: Peter Hardin 170620PHB053

Flood gates open for local businesses to pitch in on $480m dam build

OPPORTUNITY: Tamworth Regional Council acting mayor Phil Betts said the dam build was a great opportunity. Photo: Peter Hardin 170620PHB053

Flood gates open for local businesses to pitch in on $480m dam build

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Booked up: President Steve Beaton says the Rotary Club of Tamworth has seen over double the number of people come through the doors at their bookstore as usual. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

Andrew Messenger

POP-UPS: Tamworth Regional Council acting mayor Phil Betts in Fitzroy Plaza. Photo: Peter Hardin 190620PHC004

Cuts to red tape could see more pop-up events without the paperwork

Madeline Link

Coming together: Bridget Guthrie (TRC), Rowen Matthews (Artist), Zokov Nyste (ABC TVs The Mix), Emma Stilts and Jonathan Stilts (TRC) at Little Kickerbell for the virtual workshop. Photo: Jonathan Stilts

Connecting and creating: celebrating new ways to create together

Emma Stilts

Your car registration could help give back to those in need

Your car registration could help give back to those in need

Kathryn Carter

The path back to a new normal

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Your car registration could help give back to those in need

Your car registration could help give back to those in need

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

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Staying close to your loved ones at a distance

Emma Brown

Find your dream in Domain.

Find your dream in this week's issue of Domain

E-Edition

Unique home exudes elegance, charm and character

Unique home exudes elegance, charm and character

Do you qualify for the $25,000 Homebuilder grant?

Do you qualify for the $25,000 Homebuilder grant?

BALANCING ACT: Life is a mixture of positive and negative experiences.

Balancing focus is essential

Gary Bentley

Booked up: President Steve Beaton says the Rotary Club of Tamworth has seen over double the number of people come through the doors at their bookstore as usual. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Booked out: Tamworth has run out of books says second hand bookstore

Andrew Messenger

SEEK HELP: RAMHP coordinator Matthew Milne encourages blokes to look at the website and seek help.

Help is a mouse click away for rural men in mental health struggle

Madeline Link

BALANCING ACT: Life is a mixture of positive and negative experiences.

Balancing focus is essential

NEW GROOVE: Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson, artists Loren Ryan and Buddy Knox at BIcentennial Park. Photo: Peter Hardin 190620PHB141

Talented Aboriginal artists have the chance to learn from the best

Madeline Link
Anna Falkenmire

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

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News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

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BUSINESS BOOST: Deva Cacao creator Maggie Quirk. Photo: Gareth Gardner

GOOD NEWS'Eternally grateful': Buy from the Bush brings relief by the bucket load

Dad Thomas with his mini-me Aldous. Baby Aldous Leslie Clements was born on April 4, 2020 to Tamworth parents Ellymay Sheedy and Thomas Clements.

Say hello to the beautiful babies born in the region

Aoife Healy and Keith Ellis were married on August 24, 2019 at Byron Bay.
Their love story began in 2002 when they first met.
“I was enamoured with Aoife as a teenager, and I still am to this day. Eventually, our journey took different paths with Aoife finishing her university degree and I went to New Zealand playing rugby," Keith said.
Re-kindling their romance in 2016, they have been living happily in Armidale ever since.
The couple's wedding reception was hosted at a private residence in the Byron Bay hinterland.
Aoife walked down the isle to Kanye West and the couple took their first dance to a live performance of I’m Into You by Chet Faker.
“After our friends left, we spent the rest of the weekend unwinding and dining on our mini-moon. We will be having our ‘real’ honeymoon in Ireland before spending some time at a couple of our favourite places in Europe for the summer," Keith said.
“We wanted to have a day that was full of natural beauty and didn’t need to be polished. When we decided on Byron we both knew that the beach was calling us."
They also chose it for the weather.
“We just knew that was a beautiful time of year in Byron Bay and we wanted a warm sunset wedding," Keith said.

Just married: Send in your wedding photos

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

Check out these photos from 13 years ago

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The AUV near the Sorsdal glacier. Picture: Australian Antarctic Division

Robot dives under the Antarctic ice in the name of research

Emily Jarvie

'We'll be in touch': The shocking video that turned Shane into a black market gun dealer

'We'll be in touch': The shocking video that turned Shane into a black market gun dealer

Shannon Tonkin

Scrap metal spun into amazing sculpture of Tim Fischer

PHOTOSScrap metal spun into amazing sculpture of Tim Fischer

Sophie Boyd

BALANCING ACT: Life is a mixture of positive and negative experiences.

Balancing focus is essential

Gary Bentley

Why do some children bully others?

Why do some children bully others?

Jessie Mitchell

New England MP Barnaby Joyce.

Building on a brighter future for our region || Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

Young offenders in the NT will do community work or attend boot camps in a bid to cut reoffending.

New measures to tackle NT youth crime

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Scott Morrison has called for a renewed focus on cyber security after a large-scale cyber attack.

China says not behind Australia cyber hits

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News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

News quiz: How much attention did you pay this week?

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Thredbo will open its ski slopes on Monday under the easing of NSW COVID-19 restrictions.

Restrictions ease further, worries abroad

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Could a pet rescue you from loneliness?

OPINIONCould a pet rescue you from loneliness?

Adam Stokeld, Highland FM 107.1

Prospective maths students are among the big winners under the university changes. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERUniversity shake-up highlights which future jobs are most important

Steve Evans

Gyms, cinemas, indoor sports centres in Victoria are scheduled to reopen on Monday.

Concerns over Victoria coronavirus rise

Andi Yu

Retail staff will be among the last of Australia's lowest-paid workers to get a $13 pay rise.

Wage rise slower for some low-paid workers

Marnie Banger

Proud heritage: Steve and Liz Binnie at the 8000-acre Mirannie Station. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

A farmer's story of survival: 'You can't sweat what's gone in the past, you keep moving'

Jim Kellar
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Brumbie cull appeal failed

Brumbie cull appeal failed

Shana Morgan

Ben Thorpe of Molly Downs Farms at Glen Innes with the brassica mix he under-sowed to form part of his rotational grazing system for his White Suffolk ewes. Photo: Supplied

Brassica mix gets a tick for rotational grazing

Olivia Calver

Couples can guarantee a comfortable retirement if they plan their financial future early on in their working lives.

Don't leave planning for your retirement until it's too late

Noel Whittaker
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TALE OF A TAIL: Great books to celebrate that very special canine connection.

Much-loved animal stories are guaranteed to get tails wagging

Lyndell Whyte

Get fired up for winter solstice celebrations in the garden

Get fired up for winter solstice celebrations in the garden

John Gabriele

INQUIRY: New England Joint Organisation chair Michael Pearce.

Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

INQUIRY: New England Joint Organisation chair Michael Pearce.

Drought inquiry reveals regional communities need more support

WATER BILL: Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Helen Dalton moved two amendments to a water transparency bill. Photo: File

State politicians to declare water licences and trade with new bill

WATER BILL: Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Helen Dalton moved two amendments to a water transparency bill. Photo: File

State politicians to declare water licences and trade with new bill

OPPORTUNITY: Tamworth Regional Council acting mayor Phil Betts said the dam build was a great opportunity. Photo: Peter Hardin 170620PHB053

Flood gates open for local businesses to pitch in on $480m dam build

OPPORTUNITY: Tamworth Regional Council acting mayor Phil Betts said the dam build was a great opportunity. Photo: Peter Hardin 170620PHB053

Flood gates open for local businesses to pitch in on $480m dam build