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COOMA: It was a classic Mother's Day in Jindabyne on Sunday as hundreds turned out for the annual fun run to raise money for breast cancer research. Close to $10,000 was raised as part of the event.

BRAIDWOOD: Braidwood CWA ladies with knits to go north to Tennant Creek NT. Photo BRAIDWOOD TIMES.

BRAIDWOOD: Caroola Permaculture farm open day

BRAIDWOOD: Caroola Permaculture Farm open Day

COOMA: Honour of a lifetime: Inspector and commander of Cooma RFS Langdon Gould (right) congratulates Graham Povey on the award of life membership to the Colinton RFS.

COOMA: Europe was the classroom for a group of Monaro High School students, who participated in a 16 day history study tour recently combining work and fun.

COOMA: After years of waiting Snowy Mountains residents will soon have a public bus service. Pictured are Tourism Snowy Mountains board member Joan Bird with Member for Monaro John Barilaro.

COOMA: Cooma's Josh Alford picked up five gold medals at the Brazil Para Swimming Championships in Sao Paulo recently. He is pictured with his father Bob and president of the Cooma Swimming Club Donna Saddler.

COOTAMUNDRA: Sports Foundation dinner guest speaker Gordon Bray (centre), best known for calling nearly 400 rugby internationals including all seven World Cups, was at home talking football with local rugby enthusiasts Geoff Byrne (left) and Rob Brown, who attended the dinner on behalf of the Cootamundra Rugby Club.

CROOKWELL: Surrounded by friends and family Jess Hammond married her fiancé Craig Writer. Blessed with a sparkling sunny day, the couple took their vows overlooking Jess’s home on the family property “Glen Oak” at Bigga.
Much to the delight of their guests Jess arrived on her horse Tinkerbell. 

CROOKWELL: The newly built amenities block at the Laggan Memorial Hall, venue for the Laggan Markets.

CROOKWELL: Senior Constable Dave Marr, Licensing Inspector Senior Constable Phil Anderson, Senior Constable Eric Woods, Leading Senior Constable Scott Hunter, Local Area Commander Superintendant Zoran Dzevlan and Local Area Inspector Rob Post

CROOKWELL: Mr Hudson, Barry Jamieson and Mrs Needham in front of the new driver training car. The program is now in its 40th year and is the only one that has run continually throughout this time in the state. PRINCIPLE of Spackman Motors, Mr Barry Jamieson has helped to provide the Crookwell High School with a brand new driver training car for the use of students learning to drive.​ ​Mr Jamieson has been an advocate for this program for the past 40 years. 

GOULBURN: Missing fisherman Peter Oberg loved fishing from the age of three and pursued the sport nearly every weekend. He was pictured here in 2006 with a Yellow Kingfish on Beecroft Peninsula at Jervis Bay. Photo courtesy Andrew Oberg.

GOULBURN: Peter Oberg took this photo of John Keith and Damon Thorpe fishing from a calm Sugarloaf Point just one hour before being swept away by a freak wave.

GOULBURN: All the pomp and ceremony of the Masonic Debutante Ball was back last weekend. Photo DARRYL FERNANCE.

MARULAN: A truck driver was charged at an inspection station near Goulburn after cash and drugs were allegedly located in his vehicle on Sunday. Photo Andrew Micallef, Wide Area Communications. 

GOULBURN: The city bid a sad farewell to beloved teacher and cricket coach Rod McCabe this week. Photo supplied.

GOULBURN: The trailblazing U17 Goulburn girls league side in action against Gungahlin. Photo Darryl Fernance GOULBURN POST.

GOULBURN: It was chilly but had all the fun of the fair t the North Goulburn Public School family fun day and fireworks. Photo Darryl Fernance, GOULBURN POST.

GOULBURN: Member for Goulburn Pru Goward joined the Super Mother's Day Classic walk. Photo Darryl Fernance, GOULBURN POST.

HARDEN: THIS photograph of the sun with a giant ring around it was taken by Aileen Glover on Friday afternoon. The Bureau of Meteorology says the ring is called a halo, which is a coloured or whitish ring around and extending outwards from the sun (or moon) when seen through a high level ice crystal cloud.

HARDEN: Pat O'Conner, Oxton Park Pty,Ltd, says this year is shaping up as one of the best seasons seen in years.

JINDABYNE: Cheers all around at the CountryLink announcement at Jindabyne on May 9.

JINDABYNE: With a winning mix of snow, sublime music, puppets, performance, tall tales and tobogganing, Perisher is the place to be for families this June Long Weekend with all children under 15 free at Peak Festival. Pictured - Somesing Laik Zat.

HORSE riders, bushwalkers, mountain bikers and community members gathered to celebrate the formal opening of 22km of Bicentennial National Trail known as Boardmans Run which has been re-routed in Kosciuszko National Park to take it off the main road.  Riders setting out from Tom Groggin Horse Camp. Photo: Lucy Morrell.

JINDABYNE: Dalgety Women's Day guest speaker Denise Drysdale.

QUEANBEYAN: Queanbeyan Fire Station officer Mark Beachcroft (left) and firefighter Alex Bird are looking forward to meeting and educating members of the Queanbeyan community at the Fire Station Ope Day this Saturday.

QUEANBEYAN: Australia's favourite tradie and Gold Logie-winner Scott Cam will be on hand to meet new Googongians at the Googong Family Fun Day this Sunday, May 18. The new township outside Queanbeyan is now open to residents and will eventually be home to 16,000 people.

QUEANBEYAN: Carwoola mates Darren Skuse and Matt Marais are putting the 'fun' back into fundraising with their new venture, Two Blokes, travelling from Perth to Darwin in a beat-up 1984 BMW to raise money for cancer research.

YASS: Rae Burgess Centre trustee Ron Badger with Judie Stearman. The centre deals with a large number of local clients struggling with homelessness. Photo: Oliver Watson.

YASS: Yass Redbacks forward Tim Coughlan performed well during his side's 2-1 loss on Saturday. Photo: RS Williams.

YASS: After his monumental efforts organising the Woo Back Heavy Horse Ploughing world record attempt, Chris Broers was given 'Prince'. The clydesdale was previously owned by Craig Pollock and Anne Stewart. Photo: Leisa Doggett.

YASS: Murrumbateman winemaker Graeme Shaw will develop 108 lots in Murrumbateman after his application was approved at a special planning meeting on Wednesday night. Photo: Oliver Watson.

YOUNG: Jailed, then bailed: Just hours after being sentenced to nine months in prison for drug supply, with a non-parole period of two, a Young grandmother and long-time foster mother has been granted bail after lodging an appeal.

YOUNG: Junior Soccer gala day: The Young Junior Lions Soccer Club finally got the chance to host their gala day at Gus Smith Oval on the weekend, giving little Zara Hewson the opportunity to get involved. 

YOUNG: It’s been a tough couple of years for local industry in Young, but there are hopes to turn that around with the launch of a new mustard seed oil company which aims to link Young to lucrative export markets throughout Asia, generating jobs for locals in the process. 

YOUNG: Young’s Cherrypicker centre Jack Hetherington, just 17 years old, is among Group 9’s best of the best, selected to play in the Group 9 versus Group 20 rugby league match this weekend.

YOUNG: Year 2 student from St Mary's Primary School Hayley Cafe told the audience at the school's Mother’s Day morning tea last week what her mum likes. 

YOUNG: IT’S National Volunteer Week this week (May 12-18) and we thought one way to celebrate and thank all the volunteers in Young was by showcasing just some of the hundreds we have. The Southern Cross Retirement Village is one of the 22 volunteering committees local woman Helen Waugh has been involved in over the last 15 years.

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Some of the 65 newly graduated Registered Nurses who will be taking up positions throughout the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), including in Boorowa.

New Registered Nurses will commence in Cootamundra

Graduate registered nurses welcomed to Boorowa

Liberal candidate for Hume, Angus Taylor.

Taylor retains Hume

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CAMPAIGNING: Angus Taylor was returned as Hume MP with a narrowed margin at Saturday's election. He's pictured here with Goulburn MP Wendy Tuckerman and supporters.

Member returned despite swing against him in Boorowa

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REFLECTION: Michael McCormack says the Coalition would have received more votes in the federal election if was still the leader of the National Party instead of Barnaby Joyce. Picture: Madeline Begley

The Member for Riverina said he is being urged by some colleagues to reclaim the Nationals leadership.

McCormack says Coalition votes were 'much higher' when he was Nats leader

Sick opting for PCR COVID tests

Farmers action group applauds change

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The week in review in pictures, from Fairfax Media newspapers across the NSW Southern Inlands.

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ON THE LOOSE: There are two main variants of monkeypox, the more severe Central African strain and the milder West African strain.

Two people in Australia's largest cities have the virus, so is it likely to spread further?

What is 'monkeypox' and how did it arrive in Australia?

Sushannah Taylor and her six-month-old daughter Luna (right) and a tent their family of four lived in a person's backyard in Bundaberg (left).

Sushannah Taylor her husband Tristan and their two daughters have been homeless in Bundaberg, Queensland since April 10, 2022.

Mum documents family life in tents, motels amid rental crisis

Adam Bandt is prepared to back the Haines model, saying he 'doesn't care' whose name is on the bill. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The new government has promised an anti-corruption watchdog with teeth. The powerful crossbench wants it within months.

'Ready to go': Greens want ICAC before budget

Police officers at the scene after a teenager shot and killed 19 children at a Texas primary school. Photo: AP Photo

A teenage gunman has killed 18 children and three adults.

Teenager in gun massacre at Texas school

A further 1.5 million Australians will be able to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine.

The expanded advice is expected to allow more than 1.5 million additional people to receive the fourth vaccine dose.

Second COVID booster eligibility expanded

FOCUSED: Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have built a reputation of constantly evolving. Picture: Simon Eeles

The indie-rock duo are always looking towards the horizon

Holy Holy refuse to repeat themselves

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning .

A shabby, desperate ploy that sank fast

CHARISMA: Phil Jamieson will release his debut solo album Somebody Else on July 27.

Old troublemaker Phil Jamieson in solo gig

Wauchope resident Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog. Photo: Liz Langdale. 

Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog.

'Shadow is my eyes': Plea not to distract guide dogs

Voters biting the hand that never fed them

Member for Cowper, Pat Conaghan. Photo: Mardi Borg

For the first time since Federation, the seat of Cowper is in limbo

Pat Conaghan on lessons learned and being in election limbo

Hydrogen has been touted by many as the answer to climate change. So what's the deal with it?

Will hydrogen technology be the answer to Australia's emissions woes?

The interim Albanese frontbench. Picture: AAP 

Crossbenchers Rebekha Sharkie, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Helen Haines and Zali Steggall have given Labor confidence of supply.

Labor secures support for a working minority government, but hopeful of more

The May 23 post-election front pages of publisher ACM's daily newspapers in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT

From Barnaby country to Labor's heartlands: what the ACM papers say

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

The hoary old chestnut of hip-pocket politics no longer cuts it

Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as prime minister before heading to Tokyo for a Quad meeting.

Mr Albanese and Senator Wong will head to Tokyo on Monday afternoon.

Albanese sworn in as 31st prime minister

Anthony Albanese and new Labor MP for Reid Sally Sitou on Sunday morning. Picture: AAP

Labor's Sally Sitou said her own victory proved voters wanted politicians who 'reflect the community'.

Albanese takes first steps of governing, as Liberal recriminations begin

Josh Frydenberg (left) appears to be among a number unseated moderate Libs, as Simon Birmingham says the party needs to bring more women into the fold. Picture: AAP

Peter Dutton is the heir-apparent for the Liberal leadership, but moderates want someone who can bring more women into the fold.

Libs moderates seek Morrison successor to increase women in the party

It was Soctt Morrison's way or the highway. And he was wrong. Picture: AAP

Voters have given a mandate for a federal ICAC with teeth and serious climate action.

The flawed political gambit that lost the election

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins. Pictures: AAP, Karleen Minney

Every single pollster said the women were coming for Morrison. Every single pollster was right.

Women driving change: The moment that seeded a movement

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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

Looking at how the central and western NSW region voted in the same sex marriage equality survey.

Yes Vote - How central and western NSW reacted to the same sex marriage result

The results speak for themselves. Home and property values are soaring and you could benefit from this trend. Find out with a free appraisal of the value of your home.

Could you be a property millionaire?

Using her own experiences as a mum with a love of the outdoors, Tiffany Droge has created the ultimate family outing baby carrier. 

Ditch the pram and take bub with you on an adventure

Take control of your pregnancy journey

VIBRANT CULTURE: Dubai is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Photos: Supplied

Imagine that dream holiday costing you absolutely nothing - well, that could be a possibility with our latest cruise competition.

Win a seven-night Arabian Peninsular cruise for two

AESTHETICALLY PLEASING: The Samsung Galaxy A53 5G is of sleek design and comes in two stunning colours, awesome blue and black. Photo: Supplied.

Samsung is an innovation leader in the mobile tech space and have converged a lot of said innovation into the budget friendly sector, opening a whole new universe of opportunities to budget conscious shoppers with the Samsung Galaxy A Series range.

Budget can still be boujee

Strength in numbers: John Krnc, one of the founding members of Local Liquor, outside his Lyneham store.

A Canberra company that was formed to support local liquor stores to survive and thrive against increasing competition for big industry players is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Canberra's Local Liquor celebrates milestone with eyes to the future

Join The Senior Newspaper and Travelrite International on an exploration tour of these southern islands, choosing from three departures, January 18 to 28, 2023, February 8 to 18, 2023 or March 8 to 18, 2023.

An island hopping tour way down south

Image: Out There Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer Alexandra Cuthbert (left) is poised to bring all the charm and excitement that comes with making connections back to modern dating culture.

Get ready to get back 'Out There' post-COVID and rediscover all the joy and excitement that comes with connecting with people in the real world.

New dating app bringing old school dating back

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Book now for the Fall Colours fully escorted cruise to the USA and Canada from October 7 to 26, 2022.

Enjoy the colours of New York and Canada in the autumn

100 years of proud history

An Australian highlight: A trip to the Flinders Ranges ticks all the boxes as it has some of Australia's most spectacular scenery and challenging terrain.

See the sights and experience the variety on this Discovery Tour of the very best South Australia has to offer.

The many highlights of South Australia

There is no end to the limits of imaginative play time your children will enjoy in their Possum Play couch.

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