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A look at&nbsp;photos&nbsp;taken by Fairfax photographers across Australia.

BUSSELTON: The Supermoon brought stargazers out in numbers on Monday night. Photo: Jeremy Hedley

BALLARAT: Ballarat Cup runner Taiyoo with fashions on the field judge Bonnie Ziegeler.

BALLARAT: Rafferty Ryan, 2 with his new baby sister Polly Ryan. Photo: Kate Healy.

BALLARAT: Lip Laboratory model Kimberly Teoh promoting Ballarat Cup fashion. Photo: Kate Healy

COWRA: Yabbie races. Photo by Kelsey Sutor

YOUNG: Senior cyclists on track. Photo by Elouise Hawkey

TAREE: Supermoon rising on Old Bar Beach. Photo by Julia Driscoll.

WAGGA: Greg Conkey, Andrew Bell, Wagga MP Daryl Maguire and Tony Turner from the clay target club hope to attract the Invictus Games to the city. Picture Kieren L Tilly.

WAGGA:  Diabetes educators Jodie Godfrey and Debbie Scadden host a diabetes booth at Wagga Hospital to raise awareness of the illness.

PORT MACQUARIE: Anne Dyball relives Kundabung bushfire threat.  Photo by Ivan Sajko.

FORSTER: A seal rests up on the breakwall. Photo by Judy Butler

WAGGA: Thousands turned out for the Rock at the Races.

TAMWORTH HEALTHY GROWTH: From left Movember misters and sister Richard Squires, Dan Whale, Adrian Doss, Steph Bull, Ross Briggs and front Steve Livingstone. Photo: Gareth Gardner

SCONE: After 8800km, across four states, and facing some of the worst conditions he’s ever had to ride, Scone’s Sam Noonan has agonizingly missed a national crown

WARRNAMBOOL: Koroit's Mary Fiorini-Lowell has led an amazing life. Picture Rob Gunstone

TAMWORTH PASSION: Ray Hull has looked after bees all his life. Photo Gareth Gardner

TAMWORTH: Murray and Jayden Hansford are gearing up for auction day on Saturday. Photo Gareth Gardner.

MUSWELLBROOK: Emily Fear, Taylah Spicer, Millie Christensen, Amy Foster, Nicole Benge, and Tiarne Forder from Expressions School of Dance

MANDURAH: Things are heating up at the Ravenswood tavern on November 26, where the inaugural Ravenswood Chilli Festival (Extra Spicy) is set to sizzle. Photo: Jess Cockerill.

MANDURAH: A Mandurah primary school has introduced buddy benches in its playground to foster friendship and kindness. Photo: Ivy James

MAITLAND: The Maitland Blood Donor Centre celebrated one year in its stand-alone premises on Wednesday.

LITHGOW: Lighting the Night Julie and Nigel Hughan. PHOTO: Jacob Gillard.

LAKE MACQUARIE: Tanekah Griffin meets a blue tongue lizard presented by Rebecca Brunner of Blackbutt Reserve as part of International Day of People with a Disability at Speers Point Park in 2011. Picture by David Stewart

HUNTER:  Nathan Tinkler 'may be fortunate enough to get a job' if Anglo American mine approved over Hunter horse industry objections. Picture: Michael McGowan

WARRNAMBOOL sprintcar driver Jamie Veal has been putting his car back together for another Speedway season, with the help of his dogs Zeus and Baxter. Picture Rob Gunstone

WARRNAMBOOL Russells Creek club president Nathan Divall will play his 300th game for the club this weekend, with his children l-r Ruby, 3, Oscar, 3, and Isabel, 5. Picture Rob Gunstone

WARRNAMBOOL Koroit Show. Peter Hicks Judge from Nhill with the champion Hard Feather Bantam. Picture Vicky Hughson

CESSNOCK:  Huntlee Academy employees John Adams and Anthony Rankin, LWP managing director Danny Murphy, Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon and Huntlee Academy employees Simon Hurn and Mark Brown at the academy launch on November 16. Picture: Krystal Sellars

WAGGA: NSW Farmers president Derek Schoen says he understands the worries of farmers whose land will be cut by the rail trail, but experience shows they work well.

WAGGA: Former Australian cricketer and Wagga boy, Geoff Lawson, has donated a signed bat from his collection for sick Wagga child Ethan Barrell. Picture: Les Smith

TAREE: Manning Regional Art Gallery acting director Rachel Piercy and assistant director Jane Hosking with a portrait by Anh Do, which has been gifted to the gallery. Photo by Scott Calvin.

PORT STEPHENS: Raymond Terrace Men's Shed welcomes Boomerang Park progress.

PARKES Up to 190 swimmers from around the region descend on the Parkes Swimming Pool for the Parkes Sharks annual swimming carnival held over two days. Photo PARKES CHAMPION POST

PARKES: A bruised and battered Banjo is recovering well from his ordeal thanks to Parkes veterinarian Daryl Elphick. Photo: Barbara Watt

NEWCASTLE: A sinkhole swalled a car in Wickham this week.

MAITLAND: Maitland Historical Socety open day, fundraising sale and membership drive. Picture: Perry Duffin.

KEMPSEY: Dr Katie De Luca with her husband, Troy, and children Ivy, Marcus and Alex on her graduation night.

BLAYNEY: Alex Webster executes a perfect backflip under the supervision and training of his father Charlie. Photo: Mark Logan.

DUNGOG: Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins has recognised the bravery of Dungog fire fighters and police officers during the April 2015 storms.

DUBBO: Taronga Western Plains Zoo senior keeper Gregory Kirk with a non-venomous children's python. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: McHappy Day coordinator and Ronald McDonald House volunteer Fleur Pors. Photo: PAIGE WILLIAMS.

CESSNOCK: Drop the Beat hosts silent disco at Kurri High School for domestic violence awareness.

WAGGA Tahj Thompson, 3, cools off at Amy Hurd Learning Centre as a five-day hot spell hits Wagga.

CANBERRA: Chris Smith will auction one of Australia's largest private car collections from the estate of a philanthropic doctor of Indian history. Photo: Jay Cronan.

WAGGA: Heidi Carter, 10, with Erin Stephenson, 4, at the Yandarra festival.

WAGGA: Glenfield resident Grant Higginson caught thieves on his CCTV. Within hours of posting footage to social media, there was a breakthrough in the case.

PORT STEPHENS: Port Stephens Koalas joey care coordinator Sue Swain not only gives her time to koala rescue but her own 4WD too. Soon, these dedicated volunteers will get a dedicated 4WD. Picture: Sam Norris.

NEWCASTLE: Marcie Cheers, of Mayfield, with her two-year-old maltese shih tzu cross PoppySeed at Newcastle's Horseshoe beach on Tuesday. Dog owners' groups have called for fenced dog parks across the city. Picture: Tim Connell

MUDGEE: Hannah Stevenson and Emily Rayner as bridesmaids Lucy and Angela with Kristy West as Meg Bacon, the bride-to-be. Photos: Hans Staub.

BRIDGETOWN: Blues at Bridgetown 2016 saw the small South West town buzzing with three full days of amazing international acts perform alongside established festival favourites and Bridgetown first timers. Photo: Lee Steinbacher.

HUNTER: William Kelly is 10 months old and already has levels of firefighting chemicals in his blood three times higher than his mother Samantha. The distraught family plan to abandon their home. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

GRIFFITH: Injured jockey John Kissick relaxes at home in Griffith after breaking his back riding a steer. Picture: Anthony Stipo

PORT STEPHENS: Williamtown farmer Len O'Connell was stunned to learn the results of his blood tests. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

ORANGE: Orange budgie breeder Lindsay Fardell with one of his prize-winning birds ahead of Saturday's show. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

BUSSELTON: People were out in numbers to see Monday night's Supermoon. Photo: Jeremy Hedley

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Warren Acott was greeted by Anthony Albanese after a cross-country lawn mower ride to Canberra. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The prime minister congratulated him for 'amazing achievement'.

From Toolleen to Canberra - Wozza's lawnmower ride delivers message on MND

Anna McGuinness

One Night Stand is returning in 2024 after a five-year break amid a difficult time for Australia's live music industry. Picture by Mark Jesser

Here's how your town can host the returning music festival.

One Night Stand music festival calls for regional host

Karen Barlow

Peter Angelopoulos

Ayden Dawkins

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Dawn Singleton, Ashlee Good, Yixuan Cheng, Faraz Tahir, Jade Young and Pikria Darchia have been identified as the victims of the Bondi stabbing attack on April 13. Pictures supplied/Linkedin//Nine News

Six people remain in hospital after the attack at Westfield.

Westfield Bondi announces reopening plan after attacks

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Telstra customers can now send a free text to receive information about whether they are affected by the closure of 3G in June 2024. Picture supplied

Photos of the week | November 19, 2016