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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Here's why and what it means for next week's budget.

If the RBA's right, interest rates may not fall for another year

Emma Horn

Bec Pridham

LONG-COVID: Surveys of COVID-19 patients around the world indicate a stronger link between some genetic precursors and long-COVID development. Picture: FILE

Preliminary surveys suggest there are a few indicators of whether you might develop long-COVID.

Who's most likely to end up getting long-COVID symptoms?

Cabaca on the outside is tipped to win race 4 Benchmark 72 HCP 1600m at Wednesday's Warwick Farm meeting. Picture Bradley Photos

Racing NSW analyst with his tips and race-by-race preview of Wednesday's Warwick Farm Meeting

Gelding set to return in style at meeting: Tips and analysis for Warwick Farm races

Georgina Sebar

The Grattan Institute has recommended a tax on sugary drinks. Picture file

The tax would apply to one fifth of drinks with added sugar.

Calls for tax on sugary drinks to curb health crisis

Ben Smyth

The sign on the Princes Hwy between Bega and Narooma had reportedly been tampered with by vandals. Picture by Colin Whelan

Apparent tampering of a road sign north of Bega has been reported to police, Transport for NSW says.

Vandalised Princes Highway sign 'put lives at risk'

Last year's highly successful Wolumla Fireworks Extravaganza. It's on again this Friday, May 10. Picture supplied

Huge night of family entertainment, food and fireworks planned by small school

Wolumla festival, fireworks extravaganza returns

James Parker

Dr Olumuyiwa 'Muyi' Olowe in front of Tura Beach Medical Centre. Picture by James Parker

Tura Beach Medical Centre has welcomed a new member to the team, Dr Olumuyiwa 'Muyi' Olowe.

'I never turn back a patient,' full-time GP joins Tura Beach Medical Centre

Ayden Dawkins


Electric Fields rehearsing One Milkali (One Blood) for Australia at the Second Rehearsal of the First Semi-Final at Malm Arena. Picture by Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

The costumes, key changes and campiness are back!

All you need to know as Eurovision takes the world stage

Telstra has extended the deadline for its 3G network shutdown to August 31. Picture supplied

Farmers among customers welcoming the delay as push to upgrade devices continues.

Telstra extends 3G closure deadline to August 31

Matt Maloney

The Ladies Lounge was developed in 2020 and was the subject of an anti-discrimination complaint by an interstate tourist.

A decision to stop refusing entry to men will be challenged in court.

MONA's exclusive Ladies Lounge to close - for now

WIMMERA: Tori Phelan, 11, and Annabelle Bennett, 6, at Creekside Food Fest in Warracknabeal. Picture: Wimmera Mail Times

COOMA: South Australia School, Freeling Primary, spent one week in Canberra and were making their way down to Perisher when they stopped in Centennial Park in Cooma last week. Raina Mace relaxes as her classmates cover her in leaves. Picture: Cooma-Monaro Express

COOTAMUNDRA: Cootamundra's Rebecca Philpott runs out for her 150th game on Sunday. The girls recorded a 1-nil victory against South Wagga. Photo: Kelly Manwaring/Cootamundra Herald

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: For Peggy-Lea Napper's 80th birthday, she decided a family barbecue wasn't quite exciting enough to celebrate the milestone. Instead, she chose something "a little bit different" and will jump from a plane at 10,000 feet.

WAGGA: Getting a bird's-eye view at the poultry show at Wagga showground is three-year-old Myah Smith, who found the perfect perch on dad Mat's shoulders. Mat, from Leeton, was showing modern game birds. Picture: Kieren L Tilly/The Daily Advertiser

GOULBURN: St Nicholas church celebrated it's 150th year with a dinner at Trinity College Hall. Picture: Goulburn Post.

BORDER: North East junior under 12s players Max Beattie and Auskick player Finn Kernaghan with red arm bands for Cystic Fibrosis. Picture: DYLAN ROBINSON/Border Mail

RIVERINA: A burst water main on Griffin Avenue in Griffith caused havoc earlier in the week. Picture: Anthony Stipo/The Area News

TAMWORTH: The smoke clears after the smoking ceremony as part of National Reconciliation Week activities at Tamworth’s Ray Walsh House. Photo: Geoff O’Neill/Northern Daily Leader

CANOWINDRA: Albert Williamson may have been born in small town Canowindra, but he is now a part of a national legend. Bert Williamson is among the latest veterans to be identified at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles, and family - now living in Tamworth - has always felt his loss.

CANOWINDRA: Taste Canowindra is set to host Mic Conway's National Junk Band next month, on tour promoting their latest new studio album 'Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe'. Of the new offering, Conway says: "It's been five years since the last album from the National Junk Band, and I believe that this is my finest vocal performance, some of my best lyrics and the most musically brilliant recording I've ever been involved in."

FORBES: Garema farmer Ross Williams lost nearly an entire field of canola to cutworms. Picture: Forbes Advocate

ALBURY-WODONGA: Howard Morey, the plant manager at the Kaitlers Road gearbox factory since 2004, says: “This decision is taken with deep regret.” Picture: Border Mail

MUDGEE: Henry Lawson has a look at portraits of himself during the 2013 Henry Lawson Festival. Picture: Mudgee Guardian

BALLARAT: Sarah Klas on The Prankster at Ballarat's Friends of Woady horse trials. Pic: Jeremy Bannister/Ballarat Courier

MOUNT ISA: Bikers United Against Child Abuse Desert Chapter of Mount Isa president Ben Olesen and vice-president Shane Jennings already waiting for the Protect the Children Awareness Run to be held on June 7.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Mount Laura Waste and Resource Recovery Centre in Whyalla has a number of recycled products for sale. Pictured with clean green mulch currently being offered for free were team leader Ricki Litton and weighbridge officer Kym Taylor.

MOUNT ISA: Gidgee Healing Deadly Choices Team Glenn Clarke, Ken Leon, Jim DeBusch and Sarah Gale want to encourage more Mount Isa residents to quit smoking this weekend. Picture: North West Star

WA: Finn Cox was third in the under 14 division of the Cowaramup Bay Boardriders May competition. Photo: Nikko Design.

WA: Olio Bello general manager Brett Gaskin adds basil to one of the final olive oil pressings of the season at the region's only olive oil press. Photo: Sandy Powell/Augusta-Margaret River Mail.

WA: Margaret River illustrator Sarah Smith is launching her first exhibition at the Sugar Man art space next Saturday. Photo: Sandy Powell/Augusta-Margaret River Mail.

ESPERANCE: Five-year-old William Brenton works with big brother Leigh at Auskick training. Family and coach support is critical to ensure Esperance children are actively learning the basics of sport. Photo: Lauren Vardy/Esperance Express.

ESPERANCE: Australian comedy, folk-rock band The Beards rock out at the Pier Hotel in Esperance on Wednesday, May 28. Photo: Molly Baxter/Esperance Express.

BUNBURY: The first photo shoot for a Bunbury calendar raising money for Telethon took place at Wellington Dam on the weekend. Pictured is calendar director Kyle Johansson with French mastiff Lily. Photo: RJ Photographics.

WIMMERA: Lily Bolton at Creekside Food Fest in Warracknabeal. Picture: Wimmera Mail Times

WIMMERA: Beatrix Schellens with a leg bone at Museum Victoria Outreach Program with presenter Amy Briese at Natimuk Road Kindergarten. Picture: Wimmera Mail Times

HORSHAM: Horsham's Tracie Johnson browses through the books at the Horsham College book fair. Picture: Wimmera Mail Times

ALBURY-WODONGA: Chris Mathieson, Cr Michael Fraser and Vicdeaf officer Michael Parremore announce the Gaslight festival for deaf people, to be held on the Border next year. Picture: TARA GOONAN/Border Mail

BORDER: Wodonga Senior Secondary College student Lachlan Murdoch and Trinity Anglican College student Charles Luke got up close and personal with a 3D printed robot at the forum. Picture: JOHN RUSSELL

SOUTHERN INLANDS: Braidwood sunset. Picture: Cheryl Raper.

SOUTHERN INLANDS: Rye Park students with the Champion Small School trophy. Picture: Boorowa News.

DUBBO: Dubbo's Martin Morris, John Wherritt, Todd Nicholls, Adam Godda and Graeme Board at the showground on Monday. Picture: Belinda Soole/Daily Liberal

COOTAMUNDRA: The junior and senior Cootamundra Rugby Union Clubs will have a rare opportunity to play on the same day in Tumut this weekend, all in memory of a great bloke with ties to both communities - Tom Boatwright. Set for the day are Tricolours and Bears footy players (back, from left) Sam Gemmell with Squire Crawford on his shoulders, Alex Jones, Kerrod Wilde, Corey Nicholson with Will Crawford (front) Sam Bragg, Joe Ward and Richie Tooth all holding Tom Tooth. Picture: Cootamundra Herald

DUBBO: Dubbo's Clare Porter, Sportspower owner Anthony Barnes, Jack Eckford and Kelly Dalton were ready for the State of Origin. Picture: Belinda Soole/Daily Liberal

SOUTHERN INLANDS: Queanbeyan Whites fourth grade player Adam Res was reportedly hit in a one-punch attack by a Wests Lions player last weekend. Photo: Jeffrey Chan/Queanbeyan Age

ILLAWARRA: The truck rolled over near McDonald's at Fairy Meadow at the bottom of Mt Ousley Road. Picture: Sylvia Liber/Illawarra Mercury

NEWCASTLE: Nine-year-old Sabre Norris from Newcastle East has rocketed to global attention after becoming only the third female skateboarder in the world and the first in Australia to land a vertical 540-degree rotation manoeuvre. Picture: Dean Osland/Newcastle Herald

NEWCASTLE: UGL Rail Broadmeadow / Hunternet 3rd year apprentice Boilermaker Shaun Bourke of Taree. Picture: Dean Osland/Newcastle Herald

WAGGA: CSU Reddies players (from left) Sterling Ross, Orisi Qilai and Napolioni Naiyavalesi show off the jerseys that will be worn for the Ben Groat Cup clash against Griffith. Picture: Les Smith/The Daily Advertiser

NEWCASTLE: Tank Solutions / Hunternet 2nd year apprentice Boilermaker Emma Bunn of Charlestown. Picture: Dean Osland/Newcastle Herald

WIMMERA: William Koch at Museum Victoria Outreach Program with presenter Amy Briese at Natimuk Road Kindergarten. Picture: Wimmera Mail Times

BENDIGO: Scott O'Hare of Airstream Caravans at the first day of the Bendigo Home Expo Leaisure Roadshow on Saturday. Picture: Bendigo Advertiser

BALLARAT: Ballarat rebel elders Trevor Williams, CJ Ellis, Vic Linane and Kath Morton are recording stories around the theme of rebellion as part of the innovative program linking old and young. Picture: Jeremy Bannister/Ballarat Courier

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A dead dolphin was left tied to mangroves near Port Pirie because authorities lacked resources to remove it.

WA: Western Australian man Ian Retallack, who has a passion for family and community, passed through Kimba with his two horses and dog on an adventure around Australia to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

WA: Seth Vanhaeften shredding his way to victory in the under 14 division of the Cowaramup Bay Boardriders May competition. Photo: Nikko Design

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: South Australian bodyboarders took to the waves for the first Bodyboard Bash presented by the SA Bodyboarding Club and Steve's Place. Photo: Michael Gee Images

ORANGE: More than 70 young dancers were able to learn from one of Australia’s best when former Justice Crew member Emmanuel Rodriguez held a series of workshops at Stepping Out Dance Factory on Sunday. Better known as E-Man, Rodriguez was a member of the ARIA award-winning outfit from its formation in 2009 and its win on Australia’s Got Talent in 2010 until April this year.

WAGGA: Riverina Ski Sports owner Peter Clucas is confident an unusually warm May won't lead to a quieter-than-usual ski season. Picture: Laura Hardwick/The Daily Advertiser

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Brownlow medallist and Hawthorn premiership player Shane Crawford donned the Aldinga Sharks’ black and gold jumper for a match last weekend. After massive losses in the first few rounds of the Southern Football League, Crawford made a promise on national television that he would play for the Sharks and help them be more competitive.

MEGA GALLERY: The week in pictures

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