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Hot, dry weather has forced the RFS to issue a severe fire danger rating for five NSW areas.

Fatigued NSW firefighters will battle on

AAP reporters

A BlazeAid camp will be set up at the Wingham Showground.

BlazeAid volunteers on the way to Wingham

Sam Brownrigg

The depot has been established at Wingham Showground. Photo: Scott Calvin.

Emergency fodder available at Wingham Showground

It's business as usual in Wingham despite the bushfire smoke. Photo: Scott Calvin

Wingham is not in imminent threat - RFS frustrated by rumours

Julia Driscoll

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Gemma Purves

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

Scott Calvin

John Wooldridge from Wingham volunteering his time to help bushfire victims at Wingham Showground.

Just doing our bit: Volunteers at Wingham Showground | Photos and video

Sam Brownrigg

Hot, dry weather has forced the RFS to issue a severe fire danger rating for five NSW areas.

Fatigued NSW firefighters will battle on

AAP reporters

A BlazeAid camp will be set up at the Wingham Showground.

BlazeAid volunteers on the way to Wingham

Sam Brownrigg

Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

Kerry Fischer, Jenny Hartland, Gayle Mepham, Sandra Harvey and Dena Webster all from Target

All the glitz and glamour from Melbourne Cup Day meet in Taree

Rob Douglas

Wingham AMIEU Under 14s at Bulahdelah.

Wingham defeated despite best efforts

Michael Roohan

Michael Rees

Scowen stars for Wingham

Wayne Smoothy

Kerry Fischer, Jenny Hartland, Gayle Mepham, Sandra Harvey and Dena Webster all from Target

All the glitz and glamour from Melbourne Cup Day meet in Taree

Women's Premier League squads for 2020 named

Women's Premier League squads for 2020 named

Wingham's Paris Faugeras evades a Taree Panthers player during the Group Three Junior Rugby League's girl's league tag gala day earlier this year.

Developing girls game high on Warren's agenda

Rob Douglas

Collaboration: Lynne Barnes and Faye Collier during the first week of the community weaving project underway at the Manning Regional Art Gallery, which continues this Saturday. Photo: Scott Calvin.

WHAT'S ONMarkets, arts and more

In September, protesters in Taree joined a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a UN summit in New York.

WHAT'S ONClimate action forum at Taree

Romance writer to speak at Mid Coast libraries

WHAT'S ONRomance writer to speak at Mid Coast libraries

Collaboration: Lynne Barnes and Faye Collier during the first week of the community weaving project underway at the Manning Regional Art Gallery, which continues this Saturday. Photo: Scott Calvin.

WHAT'S ONMarkets, arts and more

Art and Soul mentors Jillian Oliver and Ron Hindmarsh

Special art, special artists

Brownyn Wallace is holding her fundraiser for the Unicorn Foundation at sass@bowers.

WHAT'S ONHigh Tea for Unicorn Foundation

Julia Driscoll

One of the greatest benefits of the digital health industry will be unprecedented equity in the services and level of patient care available.

Closing the gap

Lyndell Whyte

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Gemma Purves

One of the greatest benefits of the digital health industry will be unprecedented equity in the services and level of patient care available.

Closing the gap

Local vets with a lifelong love of animals

Local vets with a lifelong love of animals

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Keeping you on the road: Daryl Stuart is the owner Stuart Power Steering and Suspension where you can find a choice for every budget as well as the best products at competitive prices. Just visit 15 Elizabeth Avenue, Taree.

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Ruth Lewis

Designed for style and coastal living

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A perfect glance back in time

A perfect glance back in time

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#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Gemma Purves

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

Scott Calvin

Natalie Muenger and Sophie

WHAT'S ONFrom our archives: Bulahdelah show 2018 | Photos and video

Scott Calvin

#TrainHack participants will travel to Armidale on the XPT train.

Inaugural #Trainhack postponed due to bushfires

Who will it be for 2020?: 2019 Australian of the Year award winners. Photo: Salty Dingo

32 great Aussies vying for national honours

Wingham Memorial Services Club secretary manager Dan McCarthy hands over a cheque to Jillian Oliver of Art and Soul. The paintings behind them were created by veterans who are members of the art therapy group. Photo: Julia Driscoll

Art and Soul gifted with funds to buy art materials

Julia Driscoll

The long form TV style gives time for the exploration of landscape, stories, culture and history. Picture: Supplied.

The outback uses 'slow TV' to share stories, culture

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

Smoke in Wingham | Photos

John Wooldridge from Wingham volunteering his time to help bushfire victims at Wingham Showground.

Just doing our bit: Volunteers at Wingham Showground | Photos and video

A tale to tell: North Haven residents Jodie and Nathan Gardner present day (left) and the Port News photo after Nathan's birth in 2009 (right).

Were you involved in a highway delivery 10 years ago?

Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

Janine Graham

REGULAR DONOR: Paul McLean donates plasma fortnightly at the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service in Warrnambool.

South-west Victorians urged to give blood as fires rage

Kimberley Price

Ex-cop rescues koala as northern NSW burns

Ex-cop rescues koala as northern NSW burns

Ben Smyth

Stitching together the fabric of localism

REAL AUSTRALIAStitching together the fabric of localism

Preparing teens for jobs that don't exist yet

OPINIONPreparing teens for jobs that don't exist yet

Brent Lehmann

'Pray for rain, pray harder for leadership'

OPINION'Pray for rain, pray harder for leadership'

Badja Sparks

Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

Janine Graham

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Polio survivors at Polio Australia's 2017 health and wellness retreat on the Sunshine Coast.

Demanding action for polio survivors

Rowan Cowley

OUCH: Corticosteroid injections versus orthotics.

Heel pain: to jab or not to jab?

RAINBOW RIBBON: Queensland AIDS Council CEO Rebecca Reynolds, Arcare CEO Colin Singh, Local Liberal state member for Bonney, Sam OConnor at the opening of Arcare Parkwood.

Queensland's first LGBTI aged care opens

Andrew Hastie, and colleague James Paterson, will need to "repent" if they want to visit China.

'Repent and redress' China tells Lib MPs

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Greens MP Adam Bandt has defended Jordon Steele-John's spray over climate change.

Greens MP backs senator's 'arsonist' spray

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Fire conditions in Queensland are becoming more grim as the weekend goes on.

Extreme fire conditions for parts of Qld

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The fire danger in northern NSW and Sydney will increase as conditions worsen this week.

Bushfire crews backburn to protect homes

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Senator James Paterson will continue to speak out about China despite being barred from the country.

Lib MPs must 'repent and redress': China

Colin Brinsden and Benita Kolovos

The weather bureau says fire conditions will continue to deteriorate in Queensland over the weekend.

Warnings to flee fire in grim day for Qld

Sonia Kohlbacher

Daniel Andrews has announced a new fund to support families of Victorian tradies who die on the job.

Vic fund for families of killed tradies

Georgie Moore

Education Minister Dan Tehan is making an official visit to both Malaysia and India.

Minister Tehan heading to Malaysia, India

Colin Brinsden

Home on the range where the bore water is forever on tap. This unique property is up for sale.

A farm where the water never runs out

John Ellicott
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Recovering from the fires can also be a personal journey as well.

'Fire trauma can creep up once adrenalin dies down'

John Ellicott
26m ago

The link between climate change and Australia's worsening bushfires can't be ignored, mayors say.

Mayors make climate change demand to govt

Miranda Forster
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Our team took blood samples, four DNA samples and imbedded two GPS tracking devices while myself and eight others worked hard to keep the animal upright. Photos: Scott McRae

Combining conservation with wanderlust

Scott McRae

Working out how to switch off all the lights in a hotel room shouldn't be that difficult ... should it? Picture: Supplied

Room for improvement: What hotels could be doing better

Michael Turtle

Wineglass Bay: Guests will learn about the unique animals that live there and the peninsula's history, including the pink granite peaks of the Hazards Mountains.

Have wanderlust? Here are travel news bites

COLOUR POP: Next year's hottest colours reflect everything from our current faves to environmental concerns. All furniture available at essentialhome.eu.

Take a seat and check out the colour trends for 2020

Paul said the owners are especially happy with the rich internal palette. Images: andymacphersonstudio.com

Built to blend into Byron Bay

The plastics and metals used to make mobile phones are valuable resources that can be recovered and made into new products, reducing the need to mine.

How is your Recycling Week going?