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De La all done: Year 12 students from De La Salle College Cronulla, Zoe Cassar, Jack Rothfield and Gabby Ofria on their final day of HSC exams. Picture: Supplied.

MEET THE LOCALSThumbs up on final day of HSC exams

Eva Kolimar
2hrs ago

The $4.6 million seven-storey boarding house has been proposed for 42-46 Treacy Street, Hurstville.

Demand for boarding houses is sky high

Jim Gainsford

Christmas lights at the home of Max and Katy Kabilafkas in Alfords Point. Picture: supplied

PHOTOSChristmas rocks at Alfords Point with lights & music

Murray Trembath

Time to have a say on Georges River Council's Customer Experience

Time to have a say on Georges River Council's Customer Experience

Terracotta figurine of women playing knucklebones, circa 330-300 BCE, part of the Ancient Greeks exhibition at the National Museum of Australia from December 17.

SUBSCRIBERForget what you thought about the Greeks. That's ancient history

Sally Pryor

Georges River Councl wil look at permanent off-road bike infrastructure. Picted is the pump track at the Ridge. Picture: supplied

Georges River Council on track to increase bike riding facilities

Jim Gainsford

Christmas celebration: Gia, 5, Hamish 8, Gia, Archer, 6, and Marley, 3 next to the Christmas tree in the mall near Ocean Grove. Picture: John Veage

UPDATEDChange of plans for Christmas event at Cronulla

Murray Trembath

The candidates | Sutherland Shire Council election 2021

The candidates | Sutherland Shire Council election 2021

Murray Trembath

Safer school crossing at Sutherland

No deaths as NSW cases surge past 300 in Friday update

PHOTOSHospital's carers' lounge welcomed

Vision for Sans Souci Park outlined

De La all done: Year 12 students from De La Salle College Cronulla, Zoe Cassar, Jack Rothfield and Gabby Ofria on their final day of HSC exams. Picture: Supplied.

MEET THE LOCALSThumbs up on final day of HSC exams

2hrs ago

Georges River Councl wil look at permanent off-road bike infrastructure. Picted is the pump track at the Ridge. Picture: supplied

Georges River Council on track to increase bike riding facilities

New space: A special ceremony marked the opening of a new carers' lounge at Sutherland Hospital.

PHOTOSHospital's carers' lounge welcomed

Something odd in the woods: A still from Firewatch, developed by video game studio Campo Santo. Picture: Campo Santo

Another lockdown discovery: story-driven video games

David Campbell and Lucy Durack are two of the performers set for the Night at the Barracks at North Head concert series next year. Picture: Supplied

Win tickets to innovative concert series at North Head barracks

Vibrant: The photo that won the documentary category in this year's Australian Photography Awards was taken outside an apartment block at Penshurst where students from St George Girls' High School were off to their formal. Picture: Janie Barrett

PHOTOKogarah students feature in winning photo

COVID-19 boosters won't be brought forward

18m ago

No jail over Tas teacher aide's sex abuse

18m ago

Men charged over $7m Vic cigarettes theft

28m ago

NT records first COVID-19 death

34m ago

Qld premier sidesteps 'woke' DV comments

35m ago

Private beds not considered for St Basils

53m ago

Paul Kelly says there's no evidence an earlier booster dose will increase protection against Omicron

COVID-19 boosters won't be brought forward

18m ago

A former teacher's aide who sexually abused an underage past student has avoided going to jail.

No jail over Tas teacher aide's sex abuse

18m ago

Victoria Police have charged two men and seized cash and weapons over a $7m cigarette theft.

Men charged over $7m Vic cigarettes theft

28m ago

An unvaccinated woman from Binjari community has become the NT's first COVID-19 fatality.

NT records first COVID-19 death

34m ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk wouldn't criticise the police union for dismissing a domestic violence report.

Qld premier sidesteps 'woke' DV comments

Laine Clark
35m ago

The option of evacuating St Basil's residents to private hospitals was never seriously considered.

Private beds not considered for St Basils

Liz Hobday
53m ago

James Hayward has quit the WA Nationals after being charged with child sexual abuse offences.

Call for WA Nats MP to quit over charges

Michael Ramsey
56m ago

Inglewood's main street on Saturday morning.

Border villages evacuated while clean-up starts for others

Cady Biddle
56m ago

NSW confirmed four international arrivals who tested positive for COVID-19 have the Omicron variant.

No deaths as NSW cases surge past 300 in Friday update

Liberal Member for Pearce Christian Porter. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTGrey skies bring all kinds of storms

No deaths in NSW as state's COVID cases jump again

No deaths in NSW as state's COVID cases jump again

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

DIGESTSocial media giants taken to task

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

Sage Swinton

Scenes of COVID testing in NSW. Picture: File image.

DIGESTThat didn't take long, omicron

Kayla Osborne

Scenes of COVID testing from around the Hunter and Lake Macquarie. File image.

NSW Omicron COVID case visited several shops, KFC and Pizza Hut

Damon Cronshaw

Photo: File

NSW records 179 new COVID cases and three deaths

Kim Chappell

Samoan Tim Lafai will bring quality and experience to Super League side Salford Red Devils.

Super League Salford snap up Tim Lafai

Ian Laybourn

Top knock: Jarryd Biviano. Picture: Sutherland District Cricket Club

Brilliant Biviano has a big day out

Chris Boulous

Young gun: Zac Lomax. Picture: Adam McLean

Dragons brace for big start to 2022 season

Chris Boulous

Samoan Tim Lafai will bring quality and experience to Super League side Salford Red Devils.

Super League Salford snap up Tim Lafai

New era: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks head coach for 2022, Craig Fitzgibbon, and his dad Allan, who was the club's head coach from 1988 until 1991. Picture: Sharks Media.

Sharks are coming home in 2022

Chris Boulous

WINNER: Putting a vote in for Jungle Deuce was a lucky move for Cath Barrett, a local from Forbes. Picture: SUSAN HERBERT.

OPINIONUp-and-coming young trainers keep showing their mettle

Greyhound Racing NSW CEO Tony Mestrov

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

Night show: Evening entertainment will be a firecracker at the Summer Streets event.

WHAT'S ONSummer lights up the streets

Eva Kolimar

Brooke Blurton with Jamie-Lee Dayz on The Bachelorette. Pictures: Ten

St George's Jamie-Lee still looking for love after Bachelorette heartbreak

Jess Layt

Movers and shakers: Get fit with fitness.

Get fit, make a kind gesture and see an Archie

Eva Kolimar

Night show: Evening entertainment will be a firecracker at the Summer Streets event.

WHAT'S ONSummer lights up the streets

Kathrin Longhurst, Kate Cebrano.

PHOTOSArchibald portraits find wall space at Gymea

Eva Kolimar

Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss. Picture: Anna Warr

Barnesy, Diesel and more headed to Cronulla

Jess Layt

COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Fire affected Wondalga residents come together to swap stories and rekindle their community connections at a "Fire Shed Friday" event.

Local communities come together after bushfires

Become your own 'virtual power plant' and trade energy with the grid

Become your own 'virtual power plant' and trade energy with the grid

LOCAL HEROES: A brave fire fighter battles a blaze in Belmont during the horrific 2019/20 Black Summer fire season. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.

NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner warns: Don't be complacent this summer

COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Fire affected Wondalga residents come together to swap stories and rekindle their community connections at a "Fire Shed Friday" event.

Local communities come together after bushfires

Is your own apathy contributing to your hair loss?

Is your own apathy contributing to your hair loss?

TOUGH COMPETITION: MC Paul Hancock explains the judging process to the audience at last year's business awards presentation night.

Time to celebrate success

Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker's new Byron Bay digs has two decks with extensive views. Picture: Supplied

The Block's Elyse Knowles, Josh Barker buy again in Byron Bay

Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker's new Byron Bay digs has two decks with extensive views. Picture: Supplied

The Block's Elyse Knowles, Josh Barker buy again in Byron Bay

New, quick way to search the property market

New, quick way to search the property market

New, quick way to search the property market

New, quick way to search the property market

New home owner Rebekah Stanley had to make some lifestyle changes in order to achieve her ownership dreams. Picture: Supplied

Looking to buy a regional home? Here's how long it will take you to save a deposit

Jack Needham

Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker's new Byron Bay digs has two decks with extensive views. Picture: Supplied

The Block's Elyse Knowles, Josh Barker buy again in Byron Bay

Jack Needham

Picture: Mount Macedon Realty

PHOTOSThis age old bluestone mansion is up for sale again

Chris Pedler

BE WISE: Be suspicious of too-good-to-be-true offers and any sellers that ask you to pay by bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency.

All the online scams you need to avoid

1hr ago

New site: The former COVID-19 Sutherland Hospital testing clinic is moving to this location.

New home for Sutherland Hospital's COVID-19 testing clinic

Eva Kolimar

New space: A special ceremony marked the opening of a new carers' lounge at Sutherland Hospital.

PHOTOSHospital's carers' lounge welcomed

Eva Kolimar

BE WISE: Be suspicious of too-good-to-be-true offers and any sellers that ask you to pay by bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency.

All the online scams you need to avoid

1hr ago

Vibrant: The photo that won the documentary category in this year's Australian Photography Awards was taken outside an apartment block at Penshurst where students from St George Girls' High School were off to their formal. Picture: Janie Barrett

PHOTOKogarah students feature in winning photo

Eva Kolimar

Night show: Evening entertainment will be a firecracker at the Summer Streets event.

WHAT'S ONSummer lights up the streets

Eva Kolimar

Vibrant: The photo that won the documentary category in this year's Australian Photography Awards was taken outside an apartment block at Penshurst where students from St George Girls' High School were off to their formal. Picture: Janie Barrett

PHOTOKogarah students feature in winning photo

Night show: Evening entertainment will be a firecracker at the Summer Streets event.

WHAT'S ONSummer lights up the streets

Spreading the love: St George Hospital Social Work Team Leader Sylvia Vrazalica said an initiative that aims to connect patients to their loved ones is bringing comfort to families.

PHOTOSConnecting loved ones with hearts of compassion

Strong prices for coal exports helped drive Australia's Sept quarter trade surplus to a record high.

PM wants to avoid repeat of Delta response

The Omicron COVID-19 variant has been found in two overseas travellers who arrived in Sydney.

Omicron variant confirmed in NSW arrivals

Nick Gibbs and Hannah Ryan

A performer at the Shopfront Arts Co-op Foundation Ceremony in 2019. Picture: John Veage

Funding boost for Shopfront Arts

Jim Gainsford

Kathrin Longhurst, Kate Cebrano.

PHOTOSArchibald portraits find wall space at Gymea

Eva Kolimar

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard (left) said he is waiting for test results for two more students at Regents Park Christian School in south west Sydney during a press conference on Friday.

WATCHTwo more students being tested for Omicron after positive case in NSW

Shivé Prema

Chris Minns

OPINIONSt George Matters with Chris Minns: Council car park policy hurting small businesses

Chris Minns

Jan Heiler (Director of Nursing & Midwifery Services, Sutherland Hospital) and Lisa Hatton (Co-Director Nursing and Operations, Sutherland Hospital) with Mark Speakman.

OPINIONShire Matters with Mark Speakman: Hospital care vision comes true

Mark Speakman

Thanks to the SES they are unsung heroes

HAVE YOUR SAYThanks to the SES they are unsung heroes

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

STAYING CONNECTED: Lex Marinos and Patricia Amphlett take radio and podcast listeners on a romp through the perils, pitfalls and precious moments of ageing.

Radio and podcast show targets older Australians

Eileen Wood

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

Samantha Noon

Water on the road at Wertago west of White Cliffs. The station has had nearly 80mm for the month. November totals have been astonishing for many areas of the Western Division, breaking many records and ending the drought in many southern parts. Photo courtesy Stuart Anesbury.

Mitchell grass, stock choices in western glee

John Ellicott

Sustainability and preserving natural assets on farm are some of the priority areas for NSW Local Land Services in its first-ever five-year framework.

Local Land Services launches five-year focus

John Ellicott

The rotator cuff is a crucial joint in the shoulder that is often injured. Picture: Shutterstock.

Researchers look to new repair processes for shoulder joint

Ellen Phiddian
1hr ago

EVs right now have three major problems: they are very expensive; they have a relatively short range; and Australia is short of high-speed charging stations.

ADVICEDoing the sums for an eco-friendly, electric-vehicle future

Noel Whittaker

Why do we enjoy binge-watching shows?

Why do we enjoy binge-watching shows?

Deborah Devis

Canberra athlete Michael Roeger is devastated at the news the T46 men's marathon will not feature at the Paralympic's in Paris. Picture: Athletics Australia

'It's devastating': Eight Paralympic events culled for Paris 2024

Canberra athlete Michael Roeger is devastated at the news the T46 men's marathon will not feature at the Paralympic's in Paris. Picture: Athletics Australia

'It's devastating': Eight Paralympic events culled for Paris 2024

Ukraine's National Anti-Doping Centre is at the centre of a WADA probe into it's practices.

WADA accuses Ukraine of doping violations

Ukraine's National Anti-Doping Centre is at the centre of a WADA probe into it's practices.

WADA accuses Ukraine of doping violations

Russia's Igor Polyanskiy (c) has become the first Tokyo Olympian banned for doping.

Russian Tokyo Olympic doper cops ban

Russia's Igor Polyanskiy (c) has become the first Tokyo Olympian banned for doping.

Russian Tokyo Olympic doper cops ban