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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?

IN THE GROOVE: More than 600 people took part in the Mundi Undi Fun Run to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Picture: Matt Williams

MUNDI MUNDI BASH - 19.08.2022 - Matt Williams - HIGH RES-1056.jpg

The bush bash that will help save lives across Australia.

Forget the cold, pull on your best undies to help save country lives

WINNERS: The six Book of the Year winners. Pictures: CBCA

The six must-have books for your children.

How an 'angry woman' moment helped score a book of the year award

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (left) and photographer Janita Autio (right) at Flow Festival in Helsinki on August 13, 2022. Photo: Instagram @janitaautio

Calls mount for Finland's PM to be drugs tested after video emerges online of her partying.

Drug testing a PM: Good times haven't finished for Gen Z leader as leak emerges

Lismore flooding in March. Photo: Lismore City News.

Over the past 18 months, many communities have been hit by floods - some more than once.

A third straight La Nina is likely - here's how you and your family can prepare

Images from Sunday, August 14 on the refurbishment of the Kingscote main jetty that  was due to be completed by late 2022. Picture: Stan Gorton

Department working with the contractor to determine affect the project completion date.

Material supply impacts on Kingscote jetty refurbishment

Bluey. Source: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

It isn't the first time Disney+ has censored the show.

Fans outraged as Bluey episode gets banned

Vietnam veterans Ken Pitt, Dave Mancer, who received a Military Medal in 1968, and Peter Hankel at the Vietnam Veteran's Day ceremony on Kangaroo Island on August 18, 2022. Picture: Stan Gorton 

Photos and a video from the Vietnam Veteran's Day ceremony at Kingscote.

Vietnam Veteran's Day observed on Kangaroo Island for 2022

BIG AND LITTLE CHANGE: If Australia became a republic nation and left the Commonwealth, there may be some significant changes to the Constitution, government, and currency. 

From constitutional change to a new face on our currency. Some things would look different if Australia became a republic.

What would change if Australia left the Commonwealth?

COMING BACK. Freshwater class ferry, the MV Queenscliff, will be operating on Sydney Harbour from early September. Picture: Manly Drone

Freshwater ferries will return to Sydney Harbour in a NSW Government backflip.

No longer a fairytale, as iconic ferries finally return to Sydney Harbour

Kangaroo Island RSL sub-branch president Peter Denholm with Bernie and Peter Hupfeld and retired Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld's flying suit at the Vietnam Veteran's Day ceremony on Kangaroo Island on August 18, 2022. Picture: Stan Gorton 

Parents of former Chief of Air Force unveil his flying suit, now be on permanent display in the hall.

Air Marshal's flying suit unveiled on Vietnam Veteran's Day on KI

DOOR OPENS: Canadian singer-songwriter Frazey Ford will be the first international artist to play at Dashville since the pandemic. 

Frazey Ford finds her groove in taking her own sweet time.

Frazey Ford is driving in her own lane

More problematic than the prequel issue, is the whole fantasy thing. Picture HBO/Binge

Towards the end, our relationship with Game of Thrones resembled a young romance which had run its course.

House of the Dragon breaks two of three golden rules

Tourists look at at lava flowing from a heart-shaped crater at the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland on Monday, August 15, 2022. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images.

An ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland serves as a reminder of Australia's not-so-distant volcanic past.

Iceland volcanic eruption a reminder of Australia's explosive past

SOARING HIGH: Alex The Astronaut performing on top of Australia's tallest building, SkyPoint, on the Gold Coast. Picture: Mitch Fresta

Alex The Astronaut rockets into greater space

Rhainer Lawrence with a photo of her late twin sister Skylar who died of meningococcal disease aged 33 months. 

Five years after losing their young daughter to a 'silent killer', a family is speaking about their heartbreak.

'None of us could comprehend she was gone': Family shares heartbreak of losing tiny twin

Deadly Science CEO Corey Tutt with resources bound for schools. Picture: Supplied

From Lego bricks to telescopes, Deadly Science sends packages to spark curiosity and learning, addressing wide-spread under-resourcing at rural schools

How Deadly Science connects students to Australia's first scientists

More than $675 million worth of methamphetamine was found in shipping containers at Port Botany. (Craig Golding/AAP PHOTOS)

The methylamphetamine was concealed in marble tiles.

Massive 750 kilograms of drug ice found in marble tiles

Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The Albanese government can and must immediately implement the recommendations of this interim report, to ensure the inquiry is a success.

We need action, not lip service, on veteran suicides

A defiant Scott Morrison has rejected calls for his resignation, but could face a parliamentary probe. Picture: James Croucher

The Governor-General says he had 'no reason' to believe Scott Morrison's appointments would be kept secret.

Morrison could be referred to a powerful parliamentary committee

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FIT AND HEALTHY: Deniliquin residents Terry and Pam Jones have praised Deniliquin Hospital's NSW Telestroke Service, which saw Mrs Jones make an excellent recovery after her stroke. Picture: SUPPLIED

'How grateful am I? Well as grateful as I can be'

Pam Jones is lucky to be alive thanks to a video call with an expert

NSW beekeepers impacted by the varroa mite will get financial relief from the state government. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW beekeepers get funds after mite fight

Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor has quit after revelations of his comments came to light. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Senior Qld cop resigns over lewd comments

Christopher Jensen left court with fiancee Tayla Made, having been given a suspended sentence. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

Drug-dealing reality TV star avoids jail

Kangaroo Island landowner Robert A. Smith's farm firefighting rig is a sight to behold, capable of pumping out 200 litres a minute from its bull-bar mounted nozzle. Picture: Stan Gorton 

Applications for farmers to apply for essential farm firefighting unit funding close this Sunday.

Last chance for SA farmers to apply for essential firefighting grants

Country Fire Service volunteer Haydn McComas helped fight the Black Summer Fires in 2019-2020, and is pictured near Glen Innes, NSW. Picture supplied

Country Fire Service volunteer Haydn McComas helped fight the Black Summer Fires in 2019-2020.

CFS volunteer researches leadership around world thanks to Churchill Trust

A Kangaroo Island dunnart makes its home in the Western River Refuge safe from feral cats. Picture: Brad Leue/Australian Wildlife Conservancy 

Money could be better spent on protecting the many endangered species in Australia, including those on KI.

Conservationists saving endangered KI dunnart question thylacine project

Ozone Triples Bowls winners (52 pts) on Aug. 13, 2022 were K. Jarman, C. Jarman and F. Muller, who took home the Ozone vouchers. Picture: Brenda Beal 

Lawn bowlers at Birchmore Bowling Club organise a pizza night to raise more funds.

Ozone Triples bowls raises funds for Nic Tremaine's Distance 4 Dementia

When only the best will do. Mother-and-daughter team Eliza and Sophie Sheridan with the awards received by Emu Bay Lavender back in 2019. Picture: Stan Gorton

There were five sore bums by the time we finished back at the Lavender Farm where we enjoyed a great lunch.

'Elite' KI BUG bike riders enjoy Emu Bay Lavender lunch

FLAMES: Smoke and flames pour off the oil pit where the blaze started at Whyalla steelworks on Thursday, August 18.

Fire under control, impacted operations in the area

Fire breaks out at Whyalla steelworks in process wash oil pit

New measures are being looked at to increase recycling

South Australia's container deposit scheme put under microscope

Port Lincoln High School acquaculture teacher Chris McGowan with student Jesse Sewer and Claire Scriven. Picture: Supplied

Training students for future careers in aquaculture

School aquaculture programs set to have licence fee waived

GOOD CAUSE: Kate Strong and Claire Harris are travelling around Australia for 10 months, teaching line dancing to anyone, anywhere and raising money for rural charities. Photo: JACKSON MADDERS

Former Stock Journal journalist Claire Harris is on a bootscooting charity mission with friend Kate Strong

Ladies bootscoot into regional SA to raise money for charity

Twelve kowaris have been relocated from Clifton Hills Station to a new conserve to help protect the species Photos: Ines Badman

An endangered marsupial on the edge of extinction has been translocated from the Birdsville Track to a reserve in South Australia.

Endangered marsupial relocated from Birdsville Track to SA

The Local Government Association banner encouraging locals to nominate themselves and run for office. Picture supplied 

A guide how to run as a councillor or mayor in your local government election.

How to run for your council in South Australia

A new service to support South Australia's small and family business sector has just been launched by the State Government. Picture: Shutterstock 

The Office for Small and Family Business was launched by Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs Andrea Michaels on Tuesday, August 16.

State Government launches new office to support small and family business

A letter encouraging young people (anyone under 50) to run for local government.

Youngsters (50 and under) please run for your council

Regular swimmer Michael Amor is calling for a more permanent access solution to Emu Bay beach to overcome ongoing erosion. Picture: Michael Amor 

A letter to the editor about the need for an indestructible, sloped-concrete entrance to the beach at Emu Bay.

Emu Bay beach erosion solution | Letter

The SA Water desalination expansion is taking place on Hog Bay Road, at the bottom of the Penneshaw hill, adjacent to the truck turn-out and cemetery. Picture: Stan Gorton.

Work on the project has halted while local residents negotiate a redesign with SA Water.

KI Council discusses desalination plant, progress at meeting

Penneshaw land to be sold to a developer would be "excised" from the 28-acre golf course and visitor centre land. Picture: KI Council agenda

The council receives third party interest in acquiring land next to the visitor's centre, which overlooks Christmas Cove.

Penneshaw golf land discussion held off at KI Council meeting

The Islander canvasses current council members on whether they will run again, or are undecided.

Three Kangaroo Island councillors to run again, others undecided

Marinus Link is estimated to cost $3.5 million.

Bowen suggest Marinus Link is key to nation's renewable energy transition

Tasmania was the last state to repeal the discriminatory laws on May 1, 1997

It is 25 years since homosexuality was illegal

Senator Jacqui Lambie has accused One Nation leader Pauline Hanson of spitting the dummy.

Lambie rejects preference deal claim by One Nation

The housing advocacy body says renters have been dudded by the government.

Budget initiatives only serve prospective home buyers says housing advocacy body

Senator Jacqui Lambie has broken her silence on the deal, amid threats it would be torn up if she did.

Lambie comes clean on secret deal with Morrison Government

The government will commit $20 million towards electronic monitoring of high-risk family violence offenders.

Family violence prevention initiative to be taken nationwide

Mr Gutwein has told a media pack that he was assaulted by a teacher when he was 16.

Tasmanian Premier opens up about his child sexual abuse

King Island's sheelite mine will be reopened 32 years after it closed due to low tungsten prices.

The mine was closed in 1990 due to low tungsten prices though that now has turned around.