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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

Motherhood is not a particularly glamorous thing and we love these shows for telling it like it is.

Which working mother are you? TV's best mums

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Jenny Morrison and Liberal candidate for Blair Sam Biggins at Springfield Rise Display Village. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison's unrelenting election focus on outer suburban seats could remake the Liberals.

Morrison bets Coalition's future on suburban gambit

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail. Pictures: Facebook, Steve Evans

Who shines out on the road with press pack in tow - and does it really matter?

The bizarre rituals of the campaign trail

Australia, Italy, Sweden, the UK, Spain, Portugal and the US are dealing with monkeypox outbreaks

A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Victoria.

Confirmed monkeypox case in Australia

A still from Everything Went Fine. Picture: Sharmill Films

Ozon has often had a happy knack for getting to the heart of the matter with his deceptively simple intimate dramas.

Everything Went Fine a challenging take on end of life

Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese listens to former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard speak to the media during a press conference in Adelaide on Friday. Picture: AAP

Australia's first female prime minister has been out campaigning with Anthony Albanese as the race tightens a day out from polling day.

'He's ready': Gillard seeks the national female vote for Albanese

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Prime Minister has walked around national security comments over revelations the government voted down aid funding to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific.

PM denies leak on Pacific aid cut

March4Justice rally. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Plans to better support working women and keep vulnerable women and girls safe have never been so keenly sought.

What the major parties are doing to woo women

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

Will Morrison soar like an eagle once again?

The wickedly funny world that Dahl created seems much of the time at arm's length.

To Olivia: A surface-only look at Roald Dahl's grief

As leader, Anthony Albanese has had leeway his predecessor Bill Shorten wouldn't have had. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison is perfectly correct in arguing that if you change the government, you change the country. People must decide that they want that, from the evidence they have been presented.

There is plenty of room for scapegoats if Labor loses

Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at a press conference at the Michael Clarke Recreation Centre on Day 39 of the 2022 federal election campaign. Picture: AAP

Local MPs 'best people' to determine grants merits, the Prime Minister says.

'Looking at bits of paper': PM slams APS advice on grants

A still from How To Please A Woman. Picture: Supplied

Sally Phillips brings this comedic sensibility and panache to this new Aussie independent comedy.

How to Please a Woman a safe exploration of suburban sex work

There are 133,158 active cases across the state.

NSW COVID-19 hospitalisations drop as 10 lives are lost

Bridget Archer says she doesnt have a view on Scott Morrison remaining leader after the election, whatever happens. Picture: Finn McHugh

Stay tuned in here for all the developments as Australians turn out to decide who will lead the Parliament and the nation for the next three years.

As it happened: 'At the moment, Scott Morrison is taking us to this election...': Lib MP

Telephone voting for Australians who contracted COVID will be expanded.

Phone voting expanded to allow more people with COVID to vote

BEST: Lindsay Bourke's honey has been titles the best in the world. Picture: File

Today is World Bee Day, a chance to celebrate the importance of our 'most important insects'.

World Bee Day honours our tiny pollinators

Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their commitments to the top 10 issues according to our readers. Pictures: AAP

Before the election campaign, ACM readers told us the issues most likely to decide their vote. Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their promises.

Federal election scorecard: What the Coalition and Labor have promised

Whether he's crash-tackling under-eight soccer players or disappointing women voters, you can't deny Scott Morrison has form. Picture: James Croucher

How is it possible that Allegra Spender is not the local Liberal candidate for Wentworth?

It's time women started signing up for the Liberal Party

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CHARGED: Matthew Daniel allegedly made threats over a banking dispute. 

Customer allegedly threatened to "bring a gun in and rob the place'

Man threatens to bring gun to Albury bank over dispute, court told

Dr Alison Lam joined the Mercy Health team a year ago as their full-time physician.

Mercy Health and Albury Wodonga Health demystify palliative care

Wrap-around model of care factors in many different stages and ages

Ballot chasing: Sussan Ley offers her how-to-vote cards to constituents at the Albury prepoll hub on Friday. Picture: ASH SMITH

Farrer election rivals give assessment on the fate of the Coalition federal government in Saturday's election

Ley bullish about government's return but rivals expect a change

IOC President Thomas Bach said bans protect, not punish, Russian athletes.

Russia ban to protect athletes: IOC's Bach

ROLLING THROUGH GOALS: Border resident Kate Fiedler will perform in the This Is My Brave production to share her experiences as a person who uses a wheelchair, as part of a submission to the disability Royal Commission. Picture: SUPPLIED

'This is a chance for them to be in the spotlight and have their voices heard'

'It's not fair': Residents bare all in disability Commission theatre

JOY: Eskdale's Emily Mikschi operates the Kenyan Top Bar Hive with her daughter, Olive Caparra, 3. 

The delights of natural bee-keeping have been shared at a new festival

One woman on quest to save bees, and out to create a buzz

URGENT: GP Lachlan McKeeman and general surgeon Daniel Chubb joined about 20 medicos calling for all levels of government to commit to a new, single-site hospital on the Border. Picture: MARK JESSER

Clinicians having to choose between kids' emergencies is an example of pressure

'It is that stretched:' Medicos state urgent need for new hospital

COOL: James and Sam Gallimore, with Otis, 10 months, welcome an audit of council's play spaces such as Oddies Creek Park to determine the amount of shade coverage. Findings will come to the May meeting. Picture: ASH SMITH

Findings will be used to recommend options for shade sails or tree plantings

Cool move by council to audit the amount of shade at playgrounds

More than 1000 people gathered at Lavington Sportsground to celebrate the life of Matthew Griffiths. Pictures: MARK JESSER

Family and friends have gathered en masse to farewell the much-loved Albury father

A life 'of absolute exposure', Matt Griffiths lived to the fullest

Bounty results took a hit with COVID but could increase with fewer restrictions in 2022

Fox, wild dog bounty collections restart in Victoria

Fox and wild dog bounty collections restart today in Victoria

The Albury Entertainment Centre upgrades will be decided by a panel separate from council

Parking flagged in independent assessment of AEC upgrade plans

There will be a new addition to the precinct, which has been the subject of master-planning

St Ives future confirmed - eyes on Gateway Island potential

SOUNDS: Lauren Murphy of Thurgoona enjoys a drumming workshop with Oakley Jenkins, 1, Leo Emslie, 3 and Wren Jenkins, 3 at the Riverside Vibes Festival. Pictures: MARK JESSER

The event centred around a sculpture walk drew at least 3000

Did you get to Riverside Vibes? Culture and colour light up trail

SPEAKING UP: Albury-Wodonga joined the first national "3.8 with a mate" walk for Myeloma Australia, walking from River Deck to Sumsion Gardens. John and Sue Vandeven (far left) and Linda and Steve Hogg (far right) shared their experiences with the cancer. Picture: ASH SMITH

Thirty-eight people are diganosed with myeloma in Australia each week