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'HUMILIATING': Tegan is a single mother who has applied for hundreds of rental properties but is still yet to find a home. Picture: Anthony Brady

'Deep rental crisis': After 200 property applications, Tegan still can't find a home

Monique Patterson
Jessica Howard

South West Healthcare's 10-bed COVID ward was stretched to 12 patients over the weekend. Picture: Morgan Hancock

UPDATEDSouth West Healthcare's COVID ward stretched over the weekend

Ben Silvester
Kyra Gillespie

COUNTDOWN: Joe McKinnon (North Warrnambool Eagles), Sam Gordon (Camperdown) and Amy Wormald (Warrnambool) will play key roles for their sides in season 2022. Pictures: Chris Doheny, Morgan Hancock

Who plays where?: Hampden league unveils 2022 draw

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Disappointed: Moyne Shire Mayor Ian Smith said it was a shame to move the ceremony online, but he was sticking by the decision. Picture: Morgan Hancock.

Moyne Shire Council moves Australia Day celebration online

Ben Silvester

SUPPORT LOCAL: Ben Pohlner from Volcano Produce in Illowa says supply chain issues have highlighted the importance of small business. Picture: Anthony Brady

Supply chain squeeze a fruitful lesson in supporting local

Jessica Greenan

Delayed: The Melbourne to Warrnambool train service was replaced by a coach on Monday night after a fault was caused when the train hit a kangaroo at Colac. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Passengers delayed as coach replaces train after fault

Madeleine McNeil

DOUBLE-HEADER: In addition to his commitment to speedway, Richard also finds time to run his own business, which he started 35 years ago with the late Clive Tasker. Picture: Anthony Brady

The roar of the speedway gets Richard all revved up

Tim Auld

REOPENED: Oak and Anchor Hotel Port Fairy staff members Toni Plummer and Shaluka Silva are serving up drinks after COVID-19 closed the business. Picture: Chris Doheny

South-west businesses re-opening after COVID-19 shut downs

Lillian Altman

'Timing couldn't be better': Tanker rollout set to hose down fire risk

Commonwealth Games bowler's passion endless

Alleged victim of attempted carjacking left fearing for life

Man who twice assaulted wife could avoid conviction

'HUMILIATING': Tegan is a single mother who has applied for hundreds of rental properties but is still yet to find a home. Picture: Anthony Brady

'Deep rental crisis': After 200 property applications, Tegan still can't find a home

Experienced heads spearhead under 14 country week

Experienced heads spearhead under 14 country week

Patrons enjoy Loch Hart Music Festival. Picture: Kyra Gillespie

Loch Hart Music Festival proves popular

HOME TRACK: Warrnambool racer Grant Stansfield is excited to compete in the classic. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Rivals inspire Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic racer

ZOOM ZOOM: Jordyn Charge loves racing his Victorian 60 sprintcar. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Making a Charge: Classic the ideal competition for racer

Photo: File

No evidence healthy kids need booster: WHO

Scrap international testing: Vic airport

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WATCHBumper breeding season for endangered green turtles

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Suspended driver falls asleep at wheel, rolls vehicle

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Omicron-related deaths 'are yet to peak'

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Swimming team excited for challenge

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Australian relief ship departs for Tonga

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MILDURA BOUND: The Warrnambool Swimming Club is heading to the Victorian Country Long Course Championships. Picture: Anthony Brady

Swimming team excited for challenge

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RISING STAR: Cooper Hoffmann has been a regular at Warrnambool's pre-season training sessions, with more senior opportunities in his sights. Picture: Meg Saultry

Blues warm up ahead of Reid Oval return

Bowl on: the legendary Margaret Sumner is still as passionate as ever. Picture: Anthony Brady

Commonwealth Games bowler's passion endless

COUNTDOWN: Joe McKinnon (North Warrnambool Eagles), Sam Gordon (Camperdown) and Amy Wormald (Warrnambool) will play key roles for their sides in season 2022. Pictures: Chris Doheny, Morgan Hancock

Who plays where?: Hampden league unveils 2022 draw

Experienced heads spearhead under 14 country week

Experienced heads spearhead under 14 country week

Meg Saultry

DOUBLE-HEADER: In addition to his commitment to speedway, Richard also finds time to run his own business, which he started 35 years ago with the late Clive Tasker. Picture: Anthony Brady

The roar of the speedway gets Richard all revved up

Tim Auld

HOME TRACK: Warrnambool racer Grant Stansfield is excited to compete in the classic. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Rivals inspire Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic racer

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

IN RHYTHM: Jeanette Sandeman follows through on a shot during one of her games.

Gallery: Croquet players travel far and wide to compete

Photo: File

NSW records 32 deaths, 32,297 new COVID-19 cases

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South West Healthcare's 10-bed COVID ward was stretched to 12 patients over the weekend. Picture: Morgan Hancock

UPDATEDSouth West Healthcare's COVID ward stretched over the weekend

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered

Photo: File

WATCHCOVID emergency declared in Victorian hospitals

COVID testing underway. Photo: Marina Neil

NSW records its deadliest pandemic day with 36 lives lost

Kim Chappell

Rapid antigen test results are not included in localised state figures. Picture: Katrina Lovell

Region's COVID-19 cases could be double with RAT results not yet counted

Kyra Gillespie

Photo: File

WATCHNSW records 29,504 new COVID cases, 17 deaths

Hannah Ryan

Children aged between five and 11 can now be vaccinated. Picture: Shutterstock

How to prepare your autistic child for COVID vaccinations and tests

Hannah Neale

New music: 'Slow' is the first release from Warrnambool artist Gub, since his debut EP in 2020.

LISTENNew music from south-west collaboration

New music: 'Slow' is the first release from Warrnambool artist Gub, since his debut EP in 2020.

LISTENNew music from south-west collaboration

PODCAST: The Booletin and Beyond

LISTENPODCAST: The Booletin and Beyond

PODCAST: The Booletin and Beyond

LISTENPODCAST: The Booletin and Beyond

Recognition for south-west Gunditjmara war heroes

LISTENRecognition for south-west Gunditjmara war heroes

Recognition for south-west Gunditjmara war heroes

LISTENRecognition for south-west Gunditjmara war heroes

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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VINTAGE: Head on down to the Orford Vintage Rally this weekend to check out some vintage vehicles of all types. Picture: Christine Ansorge

BeachFest, Loch Hart Music Festival and a vintage rally among this weekend's activities in the south-west

Lillian Altman

New music: 'Slow' is the first release from Warrnambool artist Gub, since his debut EP in 2020.

LISTENNew music from south-west collaboration

Kyra Gillespie

'We are devastated': homegrown music festival cancelled

'We are devastated': homegrown music festival cancelled

Kyra Gillespie

Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club president John McNeil.

Surf clubs scale back as COVID continues to bite

Anthony Brady

SHUT FOR NOW: Koroit Lions Club Op Shop manager Marg Everard in more certain times when the shop was open for business. Picture: Anthony Brady

Caution the road best taken as op shop closes

Anthony Brady

MUSIC MAN: Jack McNamara playing at last year's shortened Port Fairy Jazz Festival on Fiddler's Green. It is hoped the festival will proceed in full this year and not be diminished by COVID concerns. Picture: Anthony Brady

Hopes are high for music festival to go ahead

Anthony Brady

Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club president John McNeil.

Surf clubs scale back as COVID continues to bite

KEEP GOING: Moyneyana Festival president Neil Hedger is guiding the annual event through the latest COVID surge. Picture: Anthony Brady

Quieter days but festival is soldiering on

Anthony Brady

A mask on Warrnambool Beach.

Pandemic protection having impact on the environment

Anthony Brady

Commitment to customer experience continues to drive growth for car finance start-up

Commitment to customer experience continues to drive growth for car finance start-up

Experience the planet's most awe inspiring landscapes

Experience the planet's most awe inspiring landscapes

Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

Sleep troubles? Take action to get the rest your body needs

Commitment to customer experience continues to drive growth for car finance start-up

Commitment to customer experience continues to drive growth for car finance start-up

STUNNING: The tour will end in beautiful Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast. James Davis Photography / Shutterstock.com

Discover the beauty and wonders of Regional NSW

Under attack: As cyber crime incidences rise, more businesses are taking out insurance to protect from losses.

Cyber crime a growing business threat

A true hidden oasis in Warrnambool

A true hidden oasis in Warrnambool

Elizabeth Habermann

Former convent is a distinctive property

Former convent is a distinctive property

Dawn Rasmussen

Photo: James Kol Creative

Garden makeover reveals a true Warrnambool beauty | Real Estate View this Summer

Linley Wilkie

AMPHIBIAN OASIS: One of the best things you can do is create a frog pond or a frog hotel where our croaky friends can live and thrive. Picture: Dr Laura Grogan

Hop to it ... Aussie frogs are in trouble and need your help

Josie Humphries, Steve Molan and Dr Laura Grogan, Griffith University

If it sounds too good to be true, it is

If it sounds too good to be true, it is

Port Fairy's chief executive has resigned after more than four years in the job. Picture: Anthony Brady

Port Fairy hospital chief executive resigns

Kyra Gillespie

AMPHIBIAN OASIS: One of the best things you can do is create a frog pond or a frog hotel where our croaky friends can live and thrive. Picture: Dr Laura Grogan

Hop to it ... Aussie frogs are in trouble and need your help

MY WHY: Steffanie says her children are her motivation. Photo: Amy Maree Photography.

'Helping my family make money is nice': The rise of mum-fluencers

Samantha Ferguson

Concerned residents vow to fight proposed new wind farm

Concerned residents vow to fight proposed new wind farm

Kyra Gillespie

Conservationists have worked to restore the Raine Island population of endangered green turtles. Picture: Great Barrier Reef Foundation (supplied)

WATCHBumper breeding season for endangered green turtles

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There are moments that if handled more adroitly could have been deeply affecting. Picture: Rialto

REVIEWPixaresque animation lacks depth

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NSW records 32 deaths, 32,297 new COVID-19 cases

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No evidence healthy kids need booster: WHO

A tsunami crashes through a fence in Tonga after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted at 3.10pm AEST on Saturday, January 17.

WATCHHow the Tonga eruption and tsunami impacts Australia

Shivé Prema

South West Healthcare's 10-bed COVID ward was stretched to 12 patients over the weekend. Picture: Morgan Hancock

UPDATEDSouth West Healthcare's COVID ward stretched over the weekend

Ben Silvester
Kyra Gillespie

DEPLOYED: HMAS Adelaide has been sent to provide humanitarian support to the Tongan Government. Picture: Australian Defence Force Military (supplied)

WATCHNavy, air force deployed to aid Tongan tsunami recovery

Emma Horn

An RAF P-8 Poseidon aircraft was sent to assist the Tonga government after the volcanic eruption.

Tsunami toll rises as Tonga assesses needs

Andrew Brown

Woodbine House

HAVE YOUR SAYLetters: The iconic area being 'vandalised' by council

Warrnambool's foreshore

HAVE YOUR SAYLetters: Ideas for foreshore worth talking about

Letters: Planned new housing estate 'inappropriate'

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? Advocates concerned labour shortages will impact access to home care packages.

Worker shortage as home care list drops

Eileen Wood

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

The fully vaccinated shouldn't need a COVID test before flying to Australia, Melbourne Airport says.

Scrap international testing: Vic airport

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Conservationists have worked to restore the Raine Island population of endangered green turtles. Picture: Great Barrier Reef Foundation (supplied)

WATCHBumper breeding season for endangered green turtles

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The winter months could bring a fresh surge of COVID cases, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly warns.

Omicron-related deaths 'are yet to peak'

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HMAS Adelaide is bound for Tonga, where the extent of damage from a tsunami is still unknown.

Australian relief ship departs for Tonga

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NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says booster shots would reduce hospitalisation and deaths.

NSW reports 32 deaths, 32,000 virus cases

Luke Costin and Tiffanie Turnbull
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A "code brown" emergency has been declared in all Melbourne hospitals and six in the regions.

Vic records 20,769 virus cases, 18 deaths

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More than 19,000 cannabis plants have been seized from a massive illegal operation in western NSW.

Record $67m cannabis bust in western NSW

Tiffanie Turnbull
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NSW records 32 deaths, 32,297 new COVID-19 cases

Kim Chappell
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GRASS MOWERS: Mike Palmer and son Magnus, 5, bought shedding sheep at Mount Pleasant, SA, to put on their seven acres at Brukunga, SA.

Rain causes complications for sheep producers in eastern Australia

Leann Dax
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FAMILY FARM: Tim and Rob Hayes' focus on breeding Hereford bulls with leading calving ease, carcase and fertility traits has been a global drawcard for the Ruffy-based stud.

Tarcombe genetics go global

Annabelle Cleeland

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: Lisette Mill has formulated a plan to boost native plant production.

A new way to get native seeds into hard to reach places

Lisette Mill, Landcare Facilitator and Agvocate, SW Victoria

Compare your sim performances to other players, not to real life lap times or races.

Stop claiming you beat IRL with a sim, because you didn't

Sam Hollier
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Why are some people readily infected after an exposure, while others remain untouched? Picture: Shutterstock.

Does the common cold provide defence against COVID?

Jamie Priest

Basic planning can minimise the cost of death tax

Basic planning can minimise the cost of death tax

Noel Whittaker