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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?

Gazette photographer Simon Bennett was out-and-about in the Hawkesbury assessing the current lay of the land on Friday, March 4.

PICTURES | Shots from around the Hawkesbury from Friday, March 4.

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Police charged the woman with abducting a child under 16 and attempting to abduct a child under 16. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Woman charged with Darwin girl's abduction

A former Liberal staffer is doubtful the toxic culture within the NSW parliament will change. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Survivors are silenced: ex-NSW Lib staffer

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has accused the ABC of lacking fairness in its Voice referendum coverage. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

ABC on Voice 'deeply troubling': Price

Pharmacists are calling for COVID-19 antivirals to be sold over the counter. Picture: Shutterstock

Doctors and pharmacists are divided over calls to make COVID-19 antiviral treatments more accessible.

Over-the-counter antivirals divide doctors and pharmacists

Melbourne icon Lillian Frank is being remembered for her flamboyant personality and charity work. (Ellen Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Melbourne socialite Lillian Frank dies

Bligh Park Community Services is attending Hawkesbury Community Hubs fortnightly to promote preparedness and resilience.

Get help to prepare your important documents for natural disasters

Isabelle Fuhrman returns as the little sociopath Esther in prequel Orphan: First Kill. Picture: StudioCanal

New prequel film Orphan: First Kill hits cinemas on September 1, and to celebrate, Australian Community Media has 10 double passes to give away.

Score tickets to Orphan: First Kill

Local producers will tease tastebuds at Savour the Flavour. Picture: Supplied

Savour the flavours of the Hawkesbury at a new event showcasing the best produce and products our region has to offer.

Savour the flavours of the Hawkesbury at new foodie event

Water on The Terrace at Windsor during the March 2022 floods. Picture: Sarah Falson

Hawkesbury Community Alliance is inviting the community to attend a public information forum as part of a campaign to urge the NSW Government to "act now on urgent flood mitigation" before the forecast wetter-than-average spring season arrives.

Forum to urge 'urgent' flood mitigation action on Warragamba Dam

A-TEAM: (L-R back) House of Spirits bartender Angus Lewry, Copperstone Restaurant cook Liam Buchan and sous chef Alex Paterson, (L-R front) Karu assistant distiller Madison Blown, House of Spirits bar manager Irene Easton and duty manager Taylor Lang, and Copperstone Restaurant chef patron Graham Neilson. Picture: Sarah Falson

Local hospitality businesses joined with producers on the weekend to showcase food and beverage pairings that put smiles on the faces of all in attendance.

Long lunch highlights what's growing in Hawkesbury's backyard

Warragamba Dam, pictured close to full in November 2021. Picture: Simon Bennett

Hawkesbury City Council is continuing its campaign to raise the Warragamba Dam wall, but would raising the wall have the desired effect on flood mitigation in the Hawkesbury Valley?

Council says raise Warragamba Dam wall - but would it stop floods?

Former SAS commander James McMahon, Minister for Veterans David Elliott, and General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, turning the sod on the St John of God Richmond Hospital redevelopment. Picture: Peter Tabor

Construction has begun on a new Hawkesbury-based mental healthcare hospital for veterans and first responders.

Construction begins on new Hawkesbury mental health facility

On track: Jodie Amor, Pink Finss founder, pictured in 2020 when she ran 10 kilometres every day for 10 days to raise money for her charity. Picture: Geoff Jones

Hawkesbury's Jodie Amor, founder of Pink Finss charity which assists locals with cancer and their families, is a finalist in the Penrith Westfield Local Heroes competition - and you could help her win $20,000 for her charity.

Help 'local hero' Jodie win $20k for Pink Finss charity

GET INVOLVED: Hawkesbury schools have been encouraged to participate in the 2022 Prime Minister's Spelling Bee. Picture: Marina Neil.

Schools in the Hawkesbury have been urged to get involved in this year's Prime Minister's Spelling Bee to promote literacy.

Local schools encouraged to sign-up for PM's Spelling Bee

Pancreatic cancer was the third-biggest cancer killer in Australia in 2021, and a South Windsor resident is on a mission to spread awareness after losing her father to the disease in 2020.

Soccer club plays for pancreatic cancer funds in memory of local dad

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils celebrate the opening of the school's new main building. Picture: Supplied

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils have moved into a brand new school building, allowing the institution to cater for the ever-increasing population in the north-west corridor - right on the outskirts of the Hawkesbury.

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils celebrate new facility

Nominated: Bendigo MP, Lisa Chesters (left), and Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman (right), drag the new Speaker, Oxley MP, Milton Dick, to the chair on July 26. Picture: Auspic.

Federal Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman, successfully nominated the Speaker for the 47th Parliament of Australia last week.

Templeman successfully nominates Speaker for 47th Parliament

A United States Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group MC-130J Commando II lifts off from the RAAF Base Richmond runway during Exercise Teak Action 21. Picture: CPL David Said

RAAF Base Richmond will be hosting the United States Air Force (USAF) as it conducts training across NSW from August 1 to 26 for 'Exercise Teak Action 22'.

Unites States air force to conduct training out of Richmond

Greyhounds As Pets NSW General Manager, Dr Alicia Fuller, with Toast the greyhound at the official launch of the the organisation's Richmond adoption centre. Picture: Sarah Falson

A new greyhound adoption centre in Londonderry allows visitors to 'meet a greyhound' and potentially adopt one on the same day.

New 'walk-in' greyhound adoption centre opens in Londonderry

Angela Maguire is Director of The Gap Consultancy. Picture: Supplied

Working mum extraordinaire Angela Maguire is honing-in on the pool of female talent in the Hawkesbury - all while raising kids and running multiple small businesses.

'Work is my hobby': Karaoke, kids, and being a mum in business

Clockwise from top left: Roland aged 20 and his father; The New Ringer book cover; Roland with Brahman cattle; with one of the Arab mares at HAC in 1967; a HAC vet tutorial. Pictures: Supplied

Author Roland Breckwoldt has lived an extraordinary life, but if it wasn't for Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC), there wouldn't be a book telling us all about it.

Hawkesbury Ag College a turning point for author: Tell-all memoir

Do your bit: NBMLHD Clinical Nurse Consultant Organ and Tissue Donation, Jodie Cowell, is calling for local residents to sign-up as organ donors, and help save lives. Picture: Supplied

This DonateLife Week, the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is encouraging Hawkesbury residents to register as organ donors because they could save lives.

Are you an organ donor? Don't forget to tell your family

Pitt Town Public School pupils unveil their whole-school mural made for NAIDOC. Picture: Supplied

Pitt Town Public School hosted its first smoking ceremony last Friday to celebrate NAIDOC and open the school's Yarning Circle.

Pitt Town pupils open Yarning Circle during NAIDOC ceremony

Musical healing: Bells Line Music Festival organiser and head of Muso Promotions, Jed Zarb, is hoping the new festival in October will bring tourism to the area west of the river. Picture: Supplied

A new country music festival is coming to the Hawkesbury and bringing with it opportunities for the local tourism sector.

Inaugural Bells Line Country Music Festival to 'heal' community

HUMBLE HERO: Paul 'Nipper' Aquilina is pictured here doing what he does best - fishing. But when the floods come, Nipper is out helping locals. Picture: Alex Tucker/Instagram

"You take a bit from the river, you've got to give back, right?" said Paul 'Nipper' Aquilina, a professional fisherman who spent so much time helping people on his boat during the flood, that he caught the flu.

Friendly fisherman 'Nipper the flood boat guy' is a humble hero

Lead researchers Dr Jill Sheppard and Professor Ian McAllister. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

A leading election study hinted at a move away from major parties as long as 10 years ago as voters became disillusioned.

Voter disillusionment echoes back 10 years

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces his new ministry on Tuesday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The depth of Labor's talent and experience was always a campaign selling point, but the new line-up of ministers doesn't hit home on all fronts.

Albanese passes the test on new ministry, but it has an important flaw

Anthony Albanese addressed his colleagues inside the Labor caucus room on Tuesday morning. Picture: Elesa Kurtz 

The chaos of the past still fresh in his mind, Anthony Albanese is preaching unity as Labor returns to power

'You've struck gold': Labor is back in the winner's rooms

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese forms majority government. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The AEC has declared that Labor will form a majority government after hitting the required 76-seat quota.

Electoral Commission confirms Labor majority government

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says election spending should be examined. Picture: James Croucher

Senator Gallagher was chief minister when the ACT introduced limits on how much candidates could spend on their campaigns.

'You can change the campaign': Gallagher backs review into election spending caps

The Murugappan family will be allowed to return home to Biloela in Queensland.

But the new government says it is not abandoning its hardline border stance by ending years of limbo for the family

Biloela family to return home, but Labor promises to continue hardline border policy

Australians wanted to change the curtains: Former prime minister Scott Morrison. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison has sat down for his first interview since Saturday's comprehensive election loss.

'Vicious and brutal': Morrison ducks responsibility for election loss

Anthony Albanese is yet to confirm if his partner Jodie Haydon (left) will move with him into the prime minister's official residence. Picture AAP

Making Canberra the PM's full-time home would send a "powerful signal" about how Mr Albanese intended to govern, the rugby great said.

PM Albanese should live in The Lodge: Pocock

Then Liberal leader Tony Abbott tries his hand at ironing a shirt during a visit to a dry cleaner's in Queanbeyan in 2010. Picture: AAP

The Coalition's problem with female voters goes back well beyond the previous government.

Women marched in the streets, and have now marched away from the Coalition

Former PM John Howard with Ryan MP Julian Simmonds during the campaign. Mr Simmonds was defeated by the Greens. Picture: AAP

Perhaps those blaming the voters for getting it wrong should take a long, hard look at themselves.

This is what happens when you treat voters like misbehaving teenagers

Craig Holloway with a photo from the collection. Picture: Lachlan Bence.

Ballarat then and now: Photographer restores CBD images from 1901

GROWING: Erika Browne experiences an influx of social media followers over the last few weeks. Picture: Melissa Her Golden Point.

Hard work pays off on social media for Mrs Browne Bakes

COMMUNITY: Ballarat African Association's Lateef Adeleye, Rebecca Gatwech, Albert Mumba and Michael Akindeju. Picture: Luke Hemer

There is an improvement on how the wider community views Africans, a Ballarat leader says.

Ballarat's African community has gone from surviving to thriving

Josh Findlay (Learmonth) is unable to run down Waubra's Tom Nash at Waubra on Saturday. Picture: Luke Hemer 