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  • 8th Jul 2020 12:14 PM
A man who won a bravery award twice and survived the ill-fated Sea Rogue sinking will be sentenced this month for sexually assaulting a woman.

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News A man who won a bravery award twice and survived the ill-fated Sea Rogue sinking will be sentenced this month for sexually assaulting a woman.

Lees pulled two top gallopers but still has high hopes across a number of races this week

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Horses Lees pulled two top gallopers but still has high hopes across a number of races this week

  • 8th Jul 2020 11:00 AM
Here’s what you need to know before you pack up the car and head off into the wilderness of our national parks

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Travel Here’s what you need to know before you pack up the car and head off into the wilderness of our national parks

  • 8th Jul 2020 12:00 PM
A GRAFTON man has been sentenced for stealing the car of a man who offered him a place to stay and a job mowing his lawn.

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Crime A GRAFTON man has been sentenced for stealing the car of a man who offered him a place to stay and a job mowing his lawn.

PUTTS N PARS: Coastal club gearing up for Pro-Am

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Golf The competition will be the first major in many months after a prolonged period of...

  • 8th Jul 2020 12:00 PM
Ramornie three-peat slips through Edmonds’ fingers

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Horses The Gold Coast trainer went with his gut in pulling out as a strong field looks to...

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Daily Catch-up: July 8, 2020

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Schmidt looks to stable Star for carnival glory

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Horses HYPERION Star carries the hopes of Grafton in the 3YO Guineas.

Virus number that’s worrying the experts

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Health The key number in Victoria’s COVID-19 cases that has experts worried

  • 8th Jul 2020 11:39 AM
Aussie surfer kidnapped, raped for months

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Surfing Aussie surfer Carmen Greentree was kidnapped, raped in India aged 22

  • 8th Jul 2020 11:06 AM
Aussies to get big tax cuts early

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News Treasurer reveals $20 billion tax cuts will be fast-tracked amid pandemic

  • 8th Jul 2020 11:04 AM
Mick Fanning’s fiance makes ‘desperate’ plea

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  • 8th Jul 2020 10:59 AM
Drug supply ring accused enter pleas

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Crime FOUR men accused of being members of a drug supply ring enter pleas.

IN COURT: 34 people appearing in Grafton court

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Crime Here's a list of everyone appearing in Grafton court today, July 8

‘I know I’ll be over’: Drink driver busted four times limit

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Crime COURT BRIEFS: A high range drink driver was among the offenders convicted in...

IN COURT: 21 people facing criminal court today

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Crime Here's a list of everyone appearing in Grafton court today, July 7

EXPLAINER: Two funeral homes vying for Maclean real estate

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Council reveals $70.6M spending plan

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Clarence roads in line for $4.7M upgrade

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News Funding boost part of plan to turbocharge Fixing Local Roads program

Council's $2.5M plan to upgrade Clarence Way

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Environment IT WAS an idea to help heal the land and community after bushfires, and 5000 trees later it has blossomed

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Maclean Services Club’s fate in the hands of administrators

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    • 8th Jul 2020 12:33 PM
    Inside Queensland’s two remaining COVID-19 cases

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    • 8th Jul 2020 12:16 PM
    Victoria records 134 new virus cases

    Victoria records 134 new virus cases

    Health Victoria has recorded another spike in virus cases as five million prepare to go...

    • 8th Jul 2020 10:57 AM
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    Health Sydney Airport filled with police as NSW borders close to Victoria

    • 8th Jul 2020 10:42 AM
    No new cases as hundreds turned back from border

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    Health Queensland has reported no new COVID-19 cases overnight as hundreds of people have...

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      AFTER winning just about everything else on offer, leading Northern Rivers trainer Matthew Dunn is ready to go big at the July Carnival.

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      Horses AFTER winning just about everything else on offer, leading Northern Rivers trainer Matthew Dunn is ready to go big at the July Carnival.

      Former Grafton jockey in fight to save career

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      Horses ADAM Hyeronimus is alleged to have placed bets on horses he was riding and in other...

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      FROM THE GRANDSTAND: Clarence footy clubs invest in big idea

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        Titanic $1.1m offer as Fifita backflips on quitting Broncos

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        • 8th Jul 2020 10:59 AM
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          $200K raised to assist Clarence disaster and crisis recovery

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          Gillwinga farewells much-loved teacher

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          News Gillwinga Public School farewell teacher Maree Davis, but not without a proper...

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                  • 8th Jul 2020 11:09 AM
                  ‘UNBELIEVABLE’: Victoria accused of ‘catastrophic’ bungle

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                  News Coles and Woolworths reinstate buying limits in Victorian supermarkets

                  Staggering cost of new lockdown rules

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