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A Wagga property in 2017.

Call to disperse social housing throughout city's suburbs

MATCH WINNER: Hanwood's Joey Schirripa (left) celebrates with teammates after his second goal of the Pascoe Cup grand final. Picture: Les Smith

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Every photo from Football Wagga grand finals 2019

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Your photos of Wagga's weekend dust storm

TASTE OF HOME: Kamal Gundor, Nazi Perabo and Diyana Gundor at their food stall at the Riverina Producers' Market.

Tastes of Wagga: building a home through language of food

DROP AND DO FIVE: Sergeant Nathan Maxwell says some people do not realise just how fit they need to be to pass the testing. Picture: Emma Hillier

Do you have what it takes to become a police officer?

Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the arrivals

Call to disperse social housing throughout city's suburbs

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Wagga could be set to host AFL pre-season match next year

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Talent reward for big season on track

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Maiden success for Group Nine in tackle format

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Giant final task for Perryman

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Courthouses gain security boost with more sheriff's officers

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BIG EFFORT: Cameron Hart celebrates after being named NSW champion junior driver at the Harness Racing NSW awards on Saturday night.

Talent reward for big season on track

Bailey Porter had a strong game for Group Nine's women's side on Saturday.

Maiden success for Group Nine in tackle format

BIG MOMENT: Collingullie product Harry Perryman is looking to help Greater Western Sydney to their first AFL premiership on Saturday.

Giant final task for Perryman

CELEBRATION TIME: Captain Marty Bahr (holding cup) and the Osborne Tigers premiership-winning team on Monday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Monday's fun day for the victorious Tigers

PREMERSHIP DEFENDED: Harlequins secured a third straight Wagga Hockey men's division one premiership with a 3-0 grand final win over Royals.

Harlequins retain crown

Jon Tuxworth

SURROUNDED: Reginald Burton tries to break out of the Group Seven defence during Group Nine's under 15s cup semi-final loss on Sunday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Wild weather for southern zone championships

Courtney Rees

MATCH WINNER: Hanwood's Joey Schirripa (left) celebrates with teammates after his second goal of the Pascoe Cup grand final. Picture: Les Smith

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Every photo from Football Wagga grand finals 2019

Daisy Huntly

Wagga RSL are preparing for three of their biggests tournaments next month.

Busy time for Wagga RSL

Courtney Rees

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Lily Lagan gets into her favourite songs played like she's never heard them.

Coolamon Central hosts musical mental health outreach

Emma Horn

TASTE OF HOME: Kamal Gundor, Nazi Perabo and Diyana Gundor at their food stall at the Riverina Producers' Market.

Tastes of Wagga: building a home through language of food

Annie Lewis

Joshua Rubio, Anabellk Beattie and Nina Bell

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All the action from the field at the 2019 Ag Races

Emma Horn

Lily Lagan gets into her favourite songs played like she's never heard them.

Coolamon Central hosts musical mental health outreach

READY FOR 2020: Organiser Holly Conroy and Charles Sturt University's John Germov signed the new sponsorship agreement for Wagga's Mardi Gras. Picture: Les Smith

Charles Sturt backs second Wagga Mardi Gras

Annie Lewis

DRESSED TO THE NINES: Sophie Heffernan, Courtney Stubberfield, Stephanie Judd, Ali McQuire and Bonnie Pincini enjoying the Ag Race Day.

Everything you need to know for the Ag Races

Annie Lewis

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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The amazing Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca.

Soak up the spicy scents on this amazing tour

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

As seen from above, the Henty Machinery Field Days is the single largest agricultural and open-air event which is set to run over two massive days from September 17 to September 19.

Henty boasts biggest field days in Southern Australia

Kate Stark

Popular home design on display in Gobbagombalin

Popular home design on display in Gobbagombalin

Feature property: Sought-after location | 7 Fox Street Central Wagga

Feature property: Sought-after location | 7 Fox Street Central Wagga

House of the week: Popular lifestyle in Springvale | 52 Lloyd Road

House of the week: Popular lifestyle in Springvale | 52 Lloyd Road

HOME: Wagga-born actor Lex Marinos is returning home for a one-show only performance of Sunset Strip.

Finding humour in tragedy

Tracey Simond

ON THE JOB: Workers at the Docker Street rail crossing. Notice the crossing gates and in the background Calvary Hospital. Photo: Lennon Collection

It's a McFirst for Forsyth Street cafe | In the Past

BUSY: Central residents have raised concerns over the intersection of Docker, Morgan and Bolton streets, but Forest Hill resident Ken Young says the increase of traffic is inevitable.

Stop 'whinging' and start supporting high density living, says resident

Jess Whitty

HOME: Wagga-born actor Lex Marinos is returning home for a one-show only performance of Sunset Strip.

Finding humour in tragedy

LOYAL STAFF: Manager Julie Logan and finance officer Sharon Froon celebrate a combined 50 years of dedication to Wagga's Meals and Wheels.

Two women recognised for five decades of loyalty to Meals on Wheels

Jess Whitty

BOOSTING BRAIN: A singer all her life, Lin Harding decided it was time to learn an instrument and says ever since she picked up the viola she feels more alert in daily tasks.

Music is becoming a 'powerful' activity for seniors

Jess Whitty

Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the arrivals

SURROUNDED: Reginald Burton tries to break out of the Group Seven defence during Group Nine's under 15s cup semi-final loss on Sunday. Picture: Emma Hillier

Wild weather for southern zone championships

A passenger holds the wheel while the driver uses their phone. Picture: Supplied

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Drivers flouting laws face penalties if caught on new cameras

MATCH WINNER: Hanwood's Joey Schirripa (left) celebrates with teammates after his second goal of the Pascoe Cup grand final. Picture: Les Smith

PHOTOS
Every photo from Football Wagga grand finals 2019

Barely on the right side of the road - with centimetres to spare. Photo: Scree grab from NT Police supplied dashcam video

Stolen ute v NT fuel road train: Watch the dashcam footage

Chris McLennan

TASTE OF HOME: Kamal Gundor, Nazi Perabo and Diyana Gundor at their food stall at the Riverina Producers' Market.

Tastes of Wagga: building a home through language of food

Annie Lewis

MATCH WINNER: Hanwood's Joey Schirripa (left) celebrates with teammates after his second goal of the Pascoe Cup grand final. Picture: Les Smith

Hanwood's 'here to stay' after title glory

Jonathon Tuxworth

Five people, five challenges. Photo: Shutterstock

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Challenges, we all have them. Here are five

BARRAGE: We have seen a influx of negative stories about trans people, ranging from safe schools arguments to gender free toilets.

OPINION
Stick to the facts: quit parroting gender untruths | Opinion

Ray Goodlass

STANDARDISED: Most teachers will agree that classrooms just aren't structured to teach everybody.

OPINION
Empower children to celebrate individuality

Zoë Wundenberg

Nick Kyrgios plays tennis with young fans in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINION
Why Nick Kyrgios gets under our skin

Kim Huynh

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Scott Morrison say they share many of the same beliefs.

Trump has tremendous support: Morrison

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NSW Finance Minister Damien Tudehope hopes the upper house abortion debate will finish this week.

Abortion debate to resume in upper house

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Petrol prices are already on the rise and are expected to go higher as school holidays start.

Petrol prices set to rise over holidays

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The AMWU says proposed laws will make it harder for unions to win better conditions for workers.

Unions, business at odds over new laws

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Sarah Budge will have to wait another day to hear the jury's verdict on her firearms charge.

Budge awaits verdict in weapons trial

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A legal challenge against the election of Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg is due back in court.

Treasurer, MP election challenge in court

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Shane Graham has pleaded not guilty to match fixing charges stemming from a race in 2017.

Trial of Brisbane harness driver continues

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US President Donald Trump has lauded PM Scott Morrison as a "man of titanium" during his US visit.

Treat China like a grown-up, says Morrison

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

Tucker time at Cooma Correctional Centre's lamb program.

Prison inmates caring for orphaned lambs to help drought-stricken farmers

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Damian Roach, Landmark Cooma, Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma with his $12,500 purchase paraded by Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa.

Tara Park Merinos to $12,500

Stephen Burns

The top priced ram with Michael Glasser, GTSM, Ricky Connor, Lucknow who purchased the ram on behalf of Dean Fredericksen, Orange and stud principals Andrew and Jody Green, Aloeburn Poll Merinos, Boree Creek.

Aloeburn Poll Merino rams average $1426

Olivia Calver

Local history: The Lady Denman comes back to where she was made.

NSW South Coast isn't just about the whitest sand

John Rozentals

Looking down onto Positano from Montepertuso.

Walking the Path of the Gods, and how to make Limoncello like a Nonna

Kathy Sharpe

Are long queues at American airports putting off potential tourists? Picture: Getty

Why are tourists deserting the US?

Michael Turtle

What can you see?: Google Earth has provided solutions to several crime puzzles.

What on earth is that?

Mathew Dickerson

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

If you are prone to having a mostly black array of clothing, opt for a light and bright internal colour such as Laminex's Just Rose

Does your wardrobe spark joy?