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Virgin Australia cuts 5 routes, launches budget holidays | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (131+ words) Virgin Australia cancels five key routes including some to Uluru and Launceston due to jet fuel costs, but unveils new budget holidays....
Israel free to act against threats Netanyahu told Trump
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (325+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Donald Trump Israel would remain free to act against threats "in Lebanon during a phone call about an emerging agreement between Washington and Iran. Trump said Washington and Iran had "largely…...
Dozens killed in huge bomb blast near Pakistani train
15+ hour, 58+ min ago (252+ words) At least 30 people are dead and more than 100 wounded in a powerful blast targeting a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan amid a surge in terror incidents in the nation. The incident took place in Quetta, provincial capital of the restive…...
Pauline Hanson won't tie One Nation to coalition 'dog"
17+ hour, 21+ min ago (489+ words) Pauline Hanson has offered an olive branch to the coalition over a potential team-up but has rejected compromising One Nation's right-wing policies to strike a deal. Polling from Red Bridge Group and Accent Research shows One Nation could win up…...
Barcelona crush Lyonnes to win Women's Champions League | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (19+ words) Barcelona have hammered OL Lyonnes 4-0 in the final of the Women's Champions League to secure the title. .....
Mark Kenny | Barnaby Joyce is Australia's smartest politician - get used to hearing it | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (484+ words) A new Redbridge poll reveals a potential cataclysm in Australian politics, showing One Nation could win 59 seats. See what it means for Labor and Liberals....
Warriors 'wait and see' on Tuivasa-Sheck's injury | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (19+ words) Warriors club legend Roger Tuivasa-Sheck will require scans to determine the severity of a knee injury suffered against. .....
As cemeteries fill, Australians choose forests
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (668+ words) When Helen Rafferty succumbed to a five-year illness on the eve of the first COVID-19 lockdown, her husband Michael had to act fast to farewell his "darling wife of 44 years". Three days after she died, borders closed, cities emptied and…...
Gunman shot dead at White House checkpoint
20+ hour, 23+ min ago (549+ words) A man has died after opening fire at a White House "security checkpoint, in a dramatic incident that sent the area into lockdown. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past…...
'Special': Walker's path to Maroons with 'big brother' | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (854+ words) Sam Walker will reunite with lifelong friend Kurt Capewell in his Queensland Origin debut after forging a career at the Sydney Roosters club he joined due to the foresight of club supremo Nick Politis. From Ipswich, where Politis also grew…...