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Insectivorous bats are tiny, quiet and worth about $63 million to the cotton industry. A study of the creatures, some of which are under threat, has been expanded in NSW.

Australia's legacy cotton country is once again bone-dry, but some of the area's largest growers have set their sights on an unlikely part of Australia where the grass might just be greener.

Over $7bn has been spent trying to increase the amount of water going to parts of the Murray-Darling basin, but scientists say not enough is getting there.

A group of scientists finds despite billions of dollars spent on the Murray Darling Basin Plan, many of the indicators used to measure whether the environment is receiving enough water have been getting worse.

For five generations the Amos family has bred merino sheep on the same property on the New South Wales-Queensland border — but that is about to change.

Peter Rafter spends eight months on the road in the 'Caravan of Courage', clocking up 45,000 kilometres each year, to promote the game.

No strangers to isolation, this community has come up with a novel way to use their time creatively and lift the spirits of their town.

A farmer in New South Wales has boated his cotton seed in for planting thanks to flooding — but industry leaders remain optimistic for a good season.

A farmer is shipping bags of cotton seed through flood ways. He's weaving in between gum trees. The window to plant the cotton is quickly closing.

While some regional communities begin the latest round of post-flooding clean-up others are still waiting for the water to arrive.

Indigenous communities can be left behind in natural disaster preparedness but SES volunteer Marley Blair has pledged not to let that happen to the small border town of Mungindi, which could soon be cut off for up to three weeks.

After fertiliser costs doubled and diesel hit $2.40 a litre, many wheat growers will lose this year's harvest to flooding, stirring concerns for the financial and emotional wellbeing of those heavily invested in the crop.

After drought, fire, lockdowns and floods devastate a remote southern Queensland township, five local women buy a coffee shop to help their community rebuild. 

Rebecca Ellison has lived the past two years in a state of limbo, despite her small rural community crying out for her to stay.

Dissenting crossbenchers argued the regulation did not do enough to protect the environment or downstream users.

Two years ago, boats sat on the dry Darling River in Bourke. Now floodwaters have arrived, bringing hope to the town.

A Sydney couple are "happy to be alive" after escaping with their dog from raging floodwaters in northern New South Wales. Their caravan was lost and others also had to be rescued from the torrents.

Thirty-three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Moree Plains LGA in the latest reporting period from 8pm Wednesday night.

The Mungindi Community Store is set up in the town's RSL and bowling club, providing locals with the opportunity to get essential goods as border closures drag on.

Experts have significant concerns about the plague exploding again with mouse numbers reported in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and WA.

Plans to grow thousands of hectares of cotton on the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory have been referred to the Environment Protection Authority.

The Queensland government has allowed staff working at the Mungindi hospital to cross into the state from New South Wales almost a week after they were told to stay at home.

The NSW Cross-Border Commissioner says discussions with Queensland bureaucrats have been positive with 'reasonably rapid' border changes possible, but that community expectations should be measured.

A Queensland Health decision to reduce services at Mungindi's local hospital and tell staff based in New South Wales to stay at home sparks community anger in the border town, with the move being labelled "cruel and unnecessary". 

The small border community of Mungindi has been sawn in half by Queensland’s strict border with New South Wales. Locals cannot get a loaf of bread or bottle of milk without mandatory quarantine.