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The Courier’s paper runs continue to be affected by COVID, with some paper boys and girls isolating in recent weeks after testing positive to COVID-19. This week, the Wee Waa Road run will be impacted. When a run cannot be...

What next? A viral infection called monkeypox has arrived in Australia – the first ever recorded in NSW. Fortunately, it is usually a mild illness, very rare and not easily transmitted to humans. A man in his 40s was...

As the federal election looms, and some safe city seat incumbents seem inexorably destined for defeat, a reader has kindly reassured worried members of a famous old saying – ‘everything looks impossible until you do...

“One of the exasperating aspects of this modern era of phone scams is the fact that I can’t call back when I see I have a missed call from an unknown number on my mobile phone,” a reader tells Topical. “I can’t chance it, after...

An eagle-eyed reader was intrigued to see a snazzy Aston Martin at Moree airport last week waiting for a passenger. Turns out the NSW Governor was in the district for the opening of the new Warialda bypass.

The Courier’s paper runs have been impacted by COVID this week and next. The Gibbons Street run’s paperboy and his back-up are both unavailable. The Ugoa Street run is being done by a new backup, so there may be some...

This Sunday is Mother’s Day. Anna Reeves Jarvis is most often credited with founding Mother’s Day. After her mother Ann died on May 9, 1905, Jarvis set out to create a day that would honour her and mothers as a group. She began...

Narrabri Vietnam War veteran Richard Barry has some memorabilia from his days in Vietnam. “My bush hat was issued back in 1967 when I was conscripted and I wore it for two years out bush and during all my time as a Forward Scout...

“The election campaign is in full swing with an underwhelming level of substance in offerings from the major parties,” a correspondent tells Topical. “And so much time and criticism has been devoted to a very minor error by Mr...