$23m in state government funding to tackle regional NSW youth crime
By Brigitte Murphy and Lara Webster
The funding will be used to provide more therapeutic services for young offenders as well as more caseworkers and bail accommodation in Moree.
#Crime #Police #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #CrimePrevention #Teenagers #Prisons #BrigitteMurphy #LaraWebster
NSW Northern Tablelands is the only known place on Earth this shrub grows
By Brigitte Murphy
There are signs a critically endangered plant that grows on a rural property near Armidale could have a prosperous future.
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #Plants #Droughts #BrigitteMurphy
Lynda MacCallum is saving her life in the saddle, one hoofbeat at a time
By Lara Webster and Brigitte Murphy
Told she would never ride again after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis, horse trainer Lynda MacCallum is still defying the odds seven years later.
#HorseFarming #DiseasesandDisorders #MultipleSclerosis #Equestrian #LaraWebster #BrigitteMurphy
'Good on him': Barnaby Joyce voters unfazed by One Nation flirtation
By Peter Sanders and Brigitte Murphy
Support for the politician remains strong in his electorate despite his apparent flirtation with One Nation, a party enjoying a surge in popularity in the seat of New England.
#GovernmentandPolitics #RegionalCommunities #AustralianFederalElections #NationalPartyofAustralia #MinorParties #PeterSanders #BrigitteMurphy
Patients told no doctor onsite as country hospital hits 'crisis point'
By Brigitte Murphy and James Paras
An injured farmer at a regional NSW emergency department is told to come back the next day as there is no doctor onsite, during an ongoing staff shortage local politicians say is becoming the norm.
#RuralandRemoteCommunities #HealthcareFacilities #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #BrigitteMurphy #JamesParas
Town pushes for 24/7 operations at hospital that closes at 5:30pm
By Liana Boss and Brigitte Murphy
Wee Waa residents are frustrated by a lack of detail after being told their hospital would return to 24/7 opening hours.
#PublicHealth #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LianaBoss #BrigitteMurphy
Eighty years of bull sales drives breeder's love affair with Herefords
By Lara Webster, Kim Honan, and Brigitte Murphy
The first time Roger Kneipp attended his local bull sale he was just a baby in a pram. Now 80 years old, he has seen the history of the industry play out.
#AgriculturalShowsandIndustryEvents #BeefCattleFarming #History #Agriculture #LaraWebster #KimHonan # #BrigitteMurphy
Up to 200 vehicles stuck as snow causes chaos in New England North West
By Brigitte Murphy and James Paras
Heavy snowfalls leave 200 vehicles stuck and 26 people stranded on a bus as the NSW New England North West region receives its heaviest snow in 20 years.
