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A program re-introducing brush-tailed bettongs to a conservation area in the Pilliga State Forest shows promise, after an east-coast extinction lasting more than 100 years.

A country NSW MP says he had been contacted by patients whose elective surgeries were suddenly cancelled by the hospital without any explanation.

Residents of a northern NSW village are raising $500,000 to save their community's central meeting place.

When Charmaine joined NSW Fire and Rescue in 2021, she was the only woman on her brigade. Now, three of the brigade's seven members are women, with more expected to sign on.

Luke Wells's family were already devastated by his death, but they received more bad news when there was a break-in where his car and other items were being stored.

This municipality in regional NSW was Australia's first to install electric streetlights right across town in 1888, but it was not an easy sell to locals.

Country town's beloved dry cleaning family to hang up the iron after 82 years of pressing jeans, removing stains and reviving antique wedding dresses.

Spring Ridge hasn't had a doctor for 30 years, but that all changed when a local farmer met a pharmacist.

Michele Bullock will be the first woman to govern the RBA. Her former teachers at Armidale High School recall she was a diligent student who was always at the top of her classes.

The mayor of Armidale fears his city has been caught in a "political sideshow" that will result in the transfer of the offices of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority back to Canberra.

Part of the federal government's changes to rules around superannuation involves a new tax on "unrealised gains", and it has farmers especially worried. 

A major grain handler has raked in an 100 per cent jump in revenue but fortunes are far more bleak for New South Wales farmers trying to salvage crops from flood disaster. 

The NSW wine industry says joining the popular recycling scheme will hurt the sector and want the state government to reconsider.

Australia's Local Hero of the Year Shanna Whan says the unexpected call prompted some panic shopping, but she feels deeply honoured at the chance to attend the historic event.

Agquip organisers have stepped up biosecurity measures to reduce the likelihood of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

Tamworth Regional Councillor and Gomeroi man Marc Sutherland says an Aboriginal child born locally is predicted to live 10 years less than a non-Aboriginal person born at the same time, but hopes a strategy adopted by his council will change that.

Tom and Carmel Bennett have kept their Glen Innes practice open to help the town with its doctor shortage but ask, "When you're in your 70s, how long do you keep working for?"

Merino wool growers have watched their fibre take centre stage as models took to the runway in wild and woolly designs in New England.

Regional house prices are still going stronger than in some capital cities, despite a slowing that charities say will do nothing to help renters in crisis.

Stories of the ancient Anaiwan people etched into granite outcrops high in northern New South Wales are set to become more accessible to the public.

Tamworth councillors, including two former Nationals heavyweights, want more detail on the proposed new Dungowan Dam, but Barnaby Joyce says he just wants the project built.

This farming community's school was put into recess after just two students enrolled for 2019, but the principal says they are here to stay.

The 50th anniversary event is still expected to go ahead, but GPs and organisers say the "timing couldn't be worse".

The NSW SES says with flood approaching, Boggabilla and Toomela residents must leave now as it will be difficult for emergency crews to get them out.

The Mayor of Gunnedah in New South Wales describes the volume of water sweeping through the region as mind boggling as rescuers deal with thousands of calls for assistance.