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Farmers Judy Cardwell from Mitta Mitta and Belinda Pearce of the Kiewa Valley lead a protest to Melbourne last year over the issue of camping on licensed Crown river frontages. Picture: Mark Jesser

Public land where cows graze has been opened up for camping causing conflict between farmers who manage the land and fishers who want access to the river.

Farmers and fishers feud over riverside camping in Victoria

A home on Richmond Street, Woodburn. The flood damaged contents piled up on the nature strip. Thursday 7th April 2022 // PHOTO BY MARINA NEIL // NEWCASTLE HERALD // NRFLOODS22

We travelled up and down the east coast talking to people who have lost everything as we try to figure out how to live in a Disaster Country.

Living with climate disasters

Grumpy Goat Co in Smithton Tasmania holds goat yoga sessions. Picture: Meg Whitfield

We did yoga with goats to see how Smithton is providing mental health support where official channels fall short.

Goat yoga sets the baa for mental health care

Melissa's son Jacob, 8, has been deferred four times from a support class. Picture: Eva Baxter

We talk to parents, educators, and an autistic woman to examine the unique challenges and benefits of growing up different in the bush.

Finding a place for autistic kids in regional Australia

Carbon farmers believe it could help save the world from climate change, but others say it is distracting us from the real work of reducing carbon emissions.

Carbon farming for big and small change

Tarago locals say if the incinerator isn't good enough for Sydney it's not good enough for their town. Photo: John Hanscombe

One solution to our growing waste crisis is to burn it and use the heat to produce electricity, but people living near these proposed incinerators are fearful about what they mean for their communities.

Should we turn waste into watts?

Warrick Jordan co-ordinator Hunter Jobs Alliance. Picture: Simone De Peak / ACM / Newcastle Herald

Power and passion in a fading coal industry

Will the Hunter Valley be ready when the change comes?

Clergy abuse survivor Stephen Woods says his perpetrators tried to make him believe the abuse was his fault. 

School should be a safe space, not a peadophile's playground.

Sins of the Fathers: Clergy abuse weighs on western Victoria

The website for Don Hearn's cabins reads: "This is a different kind of place it suits some people and definitely does not suit others." Photo: Kathy Sharpe


Surfers keep returning to Don Hearn's Cabins for more than just a break

Waves of nostalgia at legendary South Coast break

Lydia Roberts

Hurricane Fall band members Pepper Deroy, Jesse Vee, Lachlan Coffey, Tim Hickey and Luke Wheeldon.

Hurricane Fall aim to deliver a whirlwind live act, with heavy metal overtones crashing through their country-rock performance.

The country lads who are kicking up a storm

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Unusually wet weather is forecast for NSW, South Australia, Queensland and the NT this winter, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's Winter 2022 Climate Outlook, which was released on Thursday.

Unusually wet weather is forecast for NSW, South Australia, Queensland and the NT.

Above average rainfall, temperatures forecast this winter

One of the best ways for households to shave money off their electricity bill is to contact their retailer and ask for the best deal available.

It pays to shop around when it comes to energy prices

Incoming energy minister Chris Bowen. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Chris Bowen says coming price rises are the legacy of the Coalition government, but claimed Labor's vision to invest in renewables would bring down prices in the long term.

'Nine years of neglect': Labor blames Coalition for energy price rises

Aussie Joel Edgerton gets a call-back as Uncle Owen. Picture: Disney+

It's a no-brainer Disney continues to mine that galaxy far, far away for guaranteed streaming spice.

Disney's Obi-Wan Kenobi comes with two telling decisions

If you are unclear on exactly what the Uluru Statement of the Heart is and what it calls for, we have your questions answered.

What is the Uluru Statement and an Indigenous Voice to Parliament?

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

PAST WINNER: The 2018 winner, trailblazing biodynamic farmer and grazier Charlie Arnott, Boorowa, NSW, used his prize money to launch his highly successful podcast The Regenerative Journey.

Time is running out to nominate for the 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award.

$50,000 in store for Landcare champion

COST OF LIVING: Inflation is a normal part of a functioning economy, but problems begin when the cost of living is rising faster than wages can grow.

The cost of living has been a huge talking point over the past few months.

Inflation, interest rates, wage growth, cost of living: How does it all work?

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

Sushannah Taylor and her six-month-old daughter Luna (right) and a tent their family of four lived in a person's backyard in Bundaberg (left).

Sushannah Taylor her husband Tristan and their two daughters have been homeless in Bundaberg, Queensland since April 10, 2022.

Mum documents family life in tents, motels amid rental crisis

Adam Bandt is prepared to back the Haines model, saying he 'doesn't care' whose name is on the bill. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The new government has promised an anti-corruption watchdog with teeth. The powerful crossbench wants it within months.

'Ready to go': Greens want ICAC before budget

Police officers at the scene after a teenager shot and killed 19 children at a Texas primary school. Photo: AP Photo

A teenage gunman has killed 18 children and three adults.

Teenager in gun massacre at Texas school

A further 1.5 million Australians will be able to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine.

The expanded advice is expected to allow more than 1.5 million additional people to receive the fourth vaccine dose.

Second COVID booster eligibility expanded

ON THE LOOSE: There are two main variants of monkeypox, the more severe Central African strain and the milder West African strain.

Two people in Australia's largest cities have the virus, so is it likely to spread further?

What is 'monkeypox' and how did it arrive in Australia?

FOCUSED: Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have built a reputation of constantly evolving. Picture: Simon Eeles

The indie-rock duo are always looking towards the horizon

Holy Holy refuse to repeat themselves

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning .

A shabby, desperate ploy that sank fast

CHARISMA: Phil Jamieson will release his debut solo album Somebody Else on July 27.

Old troublemaker Phil Jamieson in solo gig

Wauchope resident Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog. Photo: Liz Langdale. 

Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog.

'Shadow is my eyes': Plea not to distract guide dogs

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Member for Cowper, Pat Conaghan. Photo: Mardi Borg

For the first time since Federation, the seat of Cowper is in limbo

Pat Conaghan on lessons learned and being in election limbo

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George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Young people know what matters to them. Will Anthony Albanese and his government listen? Picture: AAP

Whether in metro, regional, or rural Australia, young people are demanding accountability from the government.

What the election result means for the youth of Australia

Labor's commitment to a referendum on a Voice to Parliament was supported at the election. Let's make a Yes vote happen. Picture: AAP

A Voice to Parliament is a modest but very meaningful change to Australia's constitution. Let's embrace it.

Australia is ready to take the next step on the path to reconciliation

The latest episode of ACM's Echidna podcast looks ahead for Labor and Liberals as both face dilemmas and choices.

Should the Libs shift leftwards? Should Labor trim its policy for government?

SMALL BUT MIGHTY: the second generation ipod shuffle, Apple's most compact version, was released in late 2006 and came in different colours. Picture: Petula Bowa

Nostalgia flows as Apple announces the end of the iPod.

The end of the iPod marks the end of an era

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning through the election period.

Why the old petty feuding days need to end

Incoming Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney. Picture: AAP

Raising the age is a reform which is not only long overdue, but is also widely supported by the community.

On National Sorry Day, let's not forsake another generation

CUT ABOVE: Rohan Connolly says no other team is even close to the Demons at this stage of the season. Picture: Mike Owen/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

No one comes even close to Melbourne, according to Rohan Connolly.

Can any AFL team exorcise their Demons this season?

MONKEY BUSINESS: The Japanese macaques are a pride and joy of the Launceston community. Picture: Paul Scambler

Ask a local about the monkeys, and they'll barely bat an eyelid.

Why are there monkeys in the middle of Launceston's City Park?

MARKET DAY: A file image from the catwalk at Griffith sheep and lamb sale. 

Demand solid at Griffith sheep and lamb sale.

Griffith prices improve by $10

Vendors to sell 46,500 sheep

Keen demand at Corowa lamb market

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

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, is all smiles as he joins the leaders of the United States, India and Japan at the Quad meeting. Picture: AAP

Here's what the new PM needs to do straight away to set things on the right path.

Albanese has a national security nightmare on his hands

Albanese's proposal to back a modest rise in the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation saw him labelled a "loose unit". Picture: AAP

Here's why the Fair Work Commission should get on board with Anthony Albanese's suggestion.

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless - it's what low earners need

Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she offered to show her body to prove she was a female.

Caster Semenya: I offered to show my body

INSIGHTS: More than 120 people gather in Wagga for the Forging New Horizons conference. Pictures: Nikki Reynolds

Producers gather to learn about world markets.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlights importance of agriculture

One in two Australians are diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85.

Tea off on cancer this May

Peter Dutton is the best choice for Liberal leader, former education minister Stuart Robert (l) says

Dutton on standby as Libs review defeat

The pandemic saw three times more Australians call a national hotline about risky drinking levels.

Alcohol health services see pandemic spike

Revealing the interception was "entire abuse of proper processes", Anthony Albanese says.

Boat publication disgraceful act, says PM

Police Minister Mark Ryan says Queensland media laws protecting reporters are a first step.

Qld journalists sources partially shielded

Thick fog has created commuter difficulties for Sydney.