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CONVICTED: Tracy Lee King, 36, was handed a maximum of two years and three months' jail by the NSW Supreme Court last week for her role in the murder of Wagga chef Allecha Boyd in 2017. Picture: Supplied by Jamie Butler

EXCLUSIVEOffender's family says daughter's jail sentence is too soft

Gavin Dallow and his stepdaughter Zoe Hosking (R) are among Australians killed in the NZ volcano.

Seven Australians confirmed dead in NZ

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OFFICIAL OPENING: Scott Brideoake, Steph Cooke, Anthony Roberts and Managing Director The GEO Group Australia Pieter Bezuidenhout tour the new facility. Pictures: Les Smith

Behind the scenes: Junee Jail maximum security expansion

HOME GROWN TALENT: Canberra Demons recruit George Kendall will be free to return to Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes on occasions next year.

Agreement to open opportunity for Riverina talent

Nationals backbenchers are pushing for a shake up of water rules to help farmers in drought.

Nationals to push minister on water laws

Wait - what about biosecurity? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAShe'll be right mate! Or will she?

Turvey Park welcome home Ness for 2020

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Experts say region's drop in unit sales not representative of local market

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Minister lashed over regional jobs risk

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INSIDE RACING: Sutherland weighs up options for Azaryah

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EXCLUSIVEOffender's family says daughter's jail sentence is too soft

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Behind the scenes: Junee Jail maximum security expansion

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WELCOME BACK: Turvey Park co-coaches Jeremy Sykes (left) and Mark Carroll (right) welcome Matt Ness back to Maher Oval on Wednesday. Picture: Les Smith

Turvey Park welcome home Ness for 2020

FLYING: Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland with Azaryah at his stables on Wednesday after the mare won her third straight race on Tuesday. Picture: Les Smith

INSIDE RACING: Sutherland weighs up options for Azaryah

David Druitt scored a winning double at Leeton on Tuesday and is chasing more success at Wagga on Saturday.

Druitt looks to continue winning form

BACK FOR MORE: Leeton has elected for Marika Vunibaka to coach the club in 2020. It will be his second stint after guiding the club to the Southern Inland title in 2017.

Vunibaka to return to Phantoms coaching role

HOME GROWN TALENT: Canberra Demons recruit George Kendall will be free to return to Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes on occasions next year.

Agreement to open opportunity for Riverina talent

Matt Malone

NEW TIMESLOT: Cameron Hart and Peter Trevor-Jones celebrate after Beetson's victory in the Wagga Pacers Cup in April. This season's feature race will be ran in May.

Massive day created at Riverina Paceway

Courtney Rees

SELECTED: Wagga Futsal president Sam Gray (right) with head coach Sam Gray with Elena Franklin, 12, Caelan Gray, 15, and Zoe Jenkins, 15, who have all been selected to represent NSW Country and NSW Country North. Picture: Les Smith

Wagga dominates country futsal squads

Matt Malone

DROUGHT BREAKER: Wyangle, ridden by Mathew Cahill, races away with the Ted Ryder Cup Prelude at Wagga on Tuesday. Picture: Matt Malone

Widdison to pursue early Christmas gift with Wyangle | Photos

Matt Malone

How a gamer's paradise meets feeling of luxury

REVIEWHow a gamer's paradise meets feeling of luxury

Bernadette Chua

APT is ready to resume operations in Myanmar in September. Picture: Shutterstock

Voyager returns with $140 million facelift

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These amazing natural limestone structures stand as high as 3.5 metres and were formed about 25,000 to 30,000 years ago. Picture: Shutterstock

Explore the ancient wonderland in our own backyard

Bernadette Chua

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GROOVY: The Groove Factory's Dale Alison, Nathan Lamont, Andrew Heap and Dave Wall. Picture: Emma Hillier

WHAT'S ONFireworks still scheduled to welcome new year

Jessica McLaughlin

PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY: Geoff Gray says the event provides a chance to give back to the community and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Picture: Les Smith

WHAT'S ONGet ready to sing along at Christmas Carols in the Park

Annie Lewis

Time to take a bite out of annual Cherry Festival

Time to take a bite out of annual Cherry Festival

Jessica McLaughlin

GROOVY: The Groove Factory's Dale Alison, Nathan Lamont, Andrew Heap and Dave Wall. Picture: Emma Hillier

WHAT'S ONFireworks still scheduled to welcome new year

BORN TO DANCE: Amelia Brissenden, Brittney Longmore, Bree Johnston, Isabella Menzies and Nicola Edwards rehearse ahead of their end of year concert.

PHOTOSIt's that time of year where ballerinas take centre stage

Jess Whitty

FAMILY SUPPORT: Megan Gaffney with her 4 year old daughter, Lily. Picture: Jessica McLaughlin

Parents who've lost unite for festive season

Jessica McLaughlin

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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HAND UP: Collaborative AI, in which people and AI team up, will change the way we work.

Collaborate: AI can be your friend

Ben Jackson

STRENGTH: Independent property valuer Chris Egan says there is high demand in Wagga for premium, upper-end units and an oversupply of lower quality units.

Experts say region's drop in unit sales not representative of local market

Jess Whitty

HEAD NORTH-WEST: 'New additions' are opening on Coolamon's main street, which agent Errol Sutherland says is having positive flow-on effects to the town.

Coolamon's housing market thrives as business booms

Jess Whitty

LONG-TERM VISION: Damasa director Daniel Donebus says the concept plan is a long term vision that looks at improving the existing services to the community and that meets the needs of Wagga's future population. Picture: Emma Hillier

EXPLAINERIn depth: Morgan Street's $180 million concept up close

Jess Whitty

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

Lyndell Whyte

HAPPIER DAYS: Pete, Baxter, 4, Sam, 13, and Karen Rourke, in Sydney with the Ovation of the Seas in the background. Picture: PETE ROURKE

PHOTOS'I just feel helpless': Wangaratta family on board the NZ cruise as volcano erupts

Sophie Boyd

SOLD OUT: The Daily Advertiser were too slow to get a fresh picture of the tree's this year because they sold out fast, but here's Sunrise Rotary members Dave O'Grady and Bob Martin at the Bunnings car park in 2016.

'Best' Christmas trees in six years, despite the drought

Jess Whitty

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

MOMENT IN TIME: Joel Markham with his solo exhibition Heaven and Earth, 2019. He will be part of a panel discussion on the evolution of photography at the gallery on December 7. Picture: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.

Focus on developing art of photography

Caroline Geraghty

GREAT START: Some of the donations from the first week of Food for Fines at the base of the library's shelf.

Food for Fines under way at Wagga library

Peter Casey

OFFICIAL OPENING: Scott Brideoake, Steph Cooke, Anthony Roberts and Managing Director The GEO Group Australia Pieter Bezuidenhout tour the new facility. Pictures: Les Smith

Behind the scenes: Junee Jail maximum security expansion

Wait - what about biosecurity? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAShe'll be right mate! Or will she?

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

DROUGHT BREAKER: Wyangle, ridden by Mathew Cahill, races away with the Ted Ryder Cup Prelude at Wagga on Tuesday. Picture: Matt Malone

Widdison to pursue early Christmas gift with Wyangle | Photos

Muscle cars, memories and more: Yes, you can get them in regional Australia, too. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIADon't begin to think regional Australia is second-best

Sally Cripps

Ferries have been cancelled as Sydney Harbour is blanketed in smoke from bushfires.

Air quality plunges as NSW chokes on smoke

Questions are being asked about why tourists were on White Island, amid increased volcanic activity.

Why were tourists on NZ active volcano?

Police respond to an armed robbery at Lake Albert Foodworks on Monday morning. Picture: REX MARINICH

Police appeal for community help to end string of armed robberies

Rex Martinich

SCOMO MOMENT: "No, mate. You tell that little weasel to stop talking like a f****** policy wonk. Joe and Jane Average Australian aren't interested in that bull****." Photo: Gareth Gardner

SATIRECurtain pulled back: real ScoMo is revealed

Mark Bode

Wait - what about biosecurity? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAShe'll be right mate! Or will she?

Ashley Walmsley

We say: Increase in hospital visits is a symptom of GP shortage

We say: Increase in hospital visits is a symptom of GP shortage

Simple things missed in care

Simple things missed in care

Cheryl Field

Edith Cowan University's Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith shares her insights into Alzheimer's disease on the Body of Knowledge podcast.

What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease?

Geraldine Cardozo

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Eileen Wood

Gavin Dallow and his stepdaughter Zoe Hosking (R) are among Australians killed in the NZ volcano.

Seven Australians confirmed dead in NZ

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Jason Griffiths, Karla Mathews and Richard Elzer were killed in the Whakaari volcano eruption.

Seven Australians confirmed dead in NZ

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Cooler temperatures have brought some relief but the fire danger remains high across much of NSW.

More than 720 NSW homes destroyed by fire

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Thousands of climate change protesters have rallied in Sydney, after days of smoke across the city.

Thousands rally in Sydney as fires burn

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Ernest Wong says he had an alcoholic blackout after a controversial NSW Labor fundraising dinner.

Former MP cites drunken blackout at ICAC

Heather McNab
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Confessed rapist Bradley Robert Edwards is on trial in WA accused of murdering three women.

Murder suspect not seen in Claremont video

Angie Raphael and Rebecca Le May
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Victoria Police thought the George Pell case would overtake the media focus on Nicola Gobbo.

Vic cops planned to weather Lawyer X storm

Karen Sweeney
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Two Australians have been confirmed dead after New Zealand's White Island volcano erupted.

NZ volcano emergency: missing Australians

BAPTISM OF FIRE: Zhoe Hart, Jane Taylor, Julie Hinchey and Sophie Taylor rushed to help fight the Currowan blaze on December 5.

The all-female crew that just 'fell into place'

Claudia Ferguson

Professor Nick Gill - "The business of agriculture is facing a whole range of challenges including climate change and soil degradation and many farmers are looking at transforming their practices," Photo: supplied

Regenerative agriculture is an uncommon journey

Stephen Burns

All smiles as the new NSW Young Farmer of the Year, Dorrigo's Renae Connell, accepts her award from NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall and NSW Farmers' president James Jackson.

Big crowd gathers for Farmer of Year award

John Ellicott

How to get pesky insects to buzz off

How to get pesky insects to buzz off

FAST HELP: Getting help quickly can lessen the effects of a stroke.

Q: Can I prevent stroke? How is it treated?

Build-your-own taco board, a perfect taco night option. Picture: Jerelle Guy

All a-board for easy entertaining