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ON TRACK: Corryong-born and Riverina-raised country music legend Lee Kernaghan is the focus on a new film Boy From The Bush, a documentary meets road movie, which is out in cinemas nationwide on Thursday.

Lee Kernaghan's new documentary road movie delves into the hitmaker's storied career

Boy From The Bush lights up the silver screen

FEELING THE PINCH: Median weekly rent costs have risen more than 20 per cent in some regional cities while wages continue to stagnate.

Some areas have seen prices jump by more than 20 per cent in the past year.

Weekly rent costs rise to new heights as wages stagnate

IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN: About one in 20 will experience some sort of long-COVID symptoms. Picture: iStock/Mladen Zivkovic

Around one in 20 people will experience long COVID, but experts are still learning what it is.

The rise of 'Flurona': Long-COVID increases risk of experiencing flu and coronavirus together

The way to stop inflation isn't straightforward. Picture:Shutterstock

A survey of leading economists has found the path isn't quite clear

'It's important not to overreact': Australia's top economists on how to fix high inflation

Women protest in the streets of Kabul ahead of the first anniversary of the Taliban returning to power. Picture: Getty Images

In the words of our now Prime Minister, the government can "take action commensurate with the gravity of the situation."

Don't hide behind bureaucracy, Prime Minister. You can help Afghanistan now

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan still has a way to go. Picture: Shutterstock

Recovery of target volumes of water is presented as the only measure of success. This game is increasingly detached from environmental outcomes.

Simplistic numbers game doesn't convey how far basin plan has come

Carl Hamilton and Daniel Knol huddled behind a customer service desk. Picture: Keegan Carroll

"This can't be right. This is Canberra, things like this don't happen."

'Things like this don't happen': witnesses share stories of airport shooting chaos

Anthony Corso (10) scored both of Cobram's goals on Sunday. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Cobram needed a goal with less than two minutes left and he delivered.

Super Sunday looms as last-gasp Cobram keep the title race alive

A scene from The Conference. Picture: Supplied

The banality of evil is made chillingly contemporary.

Subtle, painstaking and precise

Totes AUKUS. America has been some friend to Australia with its Taiwan intervention.

Rage against reason: Rippling effect of US decline leaves Australia exposed

Capturing a journey: Jason van Genderen and his mum, Hendrika, featuring in Everybody's Oma, screening Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at Event Cinemas, Kotara.

Van Genderen, a pioneer in shooting films on iPhones, shot this film of his mum with the help of his family members - wife Megan, and their children.

Everybody's Oma: Emotional lockdown dementia journey captured on film

FRIENDS: The aim is for Nina (right) to ride the final kilometre to complete the journey with Karen. Picture: Facebook.

An epic journey for health and friendship is about to hit the road.

Two women with the 'wheelpower' to tackle cancer

SOUTHPAWS UNITE: August 13 is celebrated each year by left-handers and their allies.

In most languages, the word for 'lefthandedness' is synonomous with evil and suspicion. But throughout history there have been areas were left-handers have excelled!

The history of 'wrong-handedness': International Lefthanders Day

Hendrika Genderen in a scene from Everybody's Oma. Picture: Bonsai Films

Documentary maker Jason Van Genderen tells his family's story in this warm, emotional story of family love and resilience.

An emotional story of familial love

6 Festivals features music and performances by a handful of current headline bands. Picture: Supplied

Canberra producer Shannon Wilson-McClinton is confident the film hits the right note.

A coming-of-age story set to the soundtrack of music festivals

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack get to know each other in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Picture: Supplied

Why do we deprive ourselves of pleasure, she asks.

Why Emma Thompson wants us to talk about sex

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

Poliovirus has been detected in sewage in parts of London and New York. Should the world be concerned of its spread?

Polio vaccine campaign launched in UK for first time in 40 years

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare arriving at a press conference to address teacher shortages with state and territory education ministers. Picture: James Croucher

A priority national action plan is to be developed by year's end to address the nation's teacher shortage crisis.

'Screaming out for reform', ministers seek urgent teacher action plan

HALLUCINATING: The female juvenile bear was found to be under the influence of a psychotropic honey. Picture: supplied

The bear can be seen wobbling, whining, and panting heavily under the intoxicating influence of "mad honey".

Watch: Bear staggers under influence of hallucinogenic honey

Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian was reserved in his comments at the National Press Club this week. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

You'll hear it in Beijing: Taiwan is not really part of China. But a key voice is going unheard in the conversation

How Chinese think about Taiwan

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FLASHPOINT: Junction Place has been a headache for Wodonga Council and at the centre of controversial projects such as the scrapped Dan Murphy's bottle shop proposal. 

Pressure mounts with Junction Place on agenda for Wodonga Council meeting

Magistrate says parents shouldn't discipline their kids in anger

Boy bit sister, dad charged after biting boy to teach him a lesson

FLASHBACK: Walla's Andrew Kotzur and Minister for Multiculturalism Mark Coure launching the NSW Growing Regions of Welcome pilot program in Walla earlier this year. Picture: MARK JESSER

Another information session will be held at the Holbrook Library on Tuesday August 23 from 7pm

Curiosity about migrant resettlement continues to GROW in Greater Hume

A SOUTH COAST mother has spoken of living with the “monster that is ice” and how the drug, widely available in the local area, has affected her family.

When a child falls victim to ice

CLANDESTINE COOKS: Methamphetamine is a white to light brown crystalline powder or clear, crystal-like chunks that resemble ice. Although Tammi snorted and ate the high potency stimulant, it can also be administered intravenously. Pictures: RAQUEL MUSTILLO Image for illustrative purposes only and does not show drug use. 

THE dehumanising effect of the illicit drug ice can only be measured by those who have fallen down the "meth hole", according to former addict Tammi Siwes.

Inside ice addiction

"Steve" was handed a bag of ice in 2007 by another person undergoing rehab, then it "hit the fan". PICTURE: FILE IMAGE

A DRUG addict for almost 25 years, Steve blew his father's $50,000 inheritance on ice. 

Addict spent dad's $50,000 inheritance on ice

WANGARATTA residents thought a bad element had come to town - but the element was home-grown.

FOCUS | Poisonous ice web ensnares children of town's most respected families

LACK of numbers is threatening the survival of the Wimmera's ice family support group

Wimmera's ice family support group lacks numbers

SERIOUS BUSINESS: Senior Constable Andrew Neil and Kerang Football Club president, Andrew Gray are urging citizens to attend one of the drug forums over the next two weeks.

DEALING with a loved one affected by the illicit drug "ice" has been described by a local parent as one of life's hardest struggles.

Ice addiction 'one of life's hardest struggles'

Victorian Law Reform, Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee members Ben Carroll, chairman Simon Ramsay, Johan Scheffer, David Southwick and Tim McCurdy take evidence yesterday. Picture: DAVID THORPE

MOUNT Beauty mother distraught with worry but unsure how to help drug-addicted daughter.

'There’s just no support for them'

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A FAMILY forum about crystal methamphetamine use confirmed what Wimmera authorities already suspected – Wimmera families are being torn apart by ice.

Wimmera families torn apart by ice

A MOTHER’S STORY: A Horsham mother whose son is a recovering ice user has followed the Mail-Times series, Breaking the Ice. She has shared her story in the hope of helping other parents. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

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A MOTHER'S love is unconditional, but a devastating ice addiction can test its boundaries.

Horsham mother's fight against ice | Breaking the Ice

A BENDIGO mother has expressed fears her paramedic daughter is being put into life-threatening situations by ice users.