New South Wales Country Hour
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- Hunter Inquiry into mine
- Mining Court case
- Lease land changes
- Skills tested at sheepdog trials
- Flood warnings
- Mulesing alternative needs more work
- Landcare model works internationally
- Dead fish cleanup deposits 6 tonnes of salmon at south coast tip
- Soil carbon win win for beef producers
- Cowal expansion likely to go ahead
More from the New South Wales Country Hour
National News
Gillard defends regional Youth Allowance boundaries
Education Minister Julia Gillard has defended the Federal Government's decision to draw lines on maps to determine Youth Allowance eligibility.
Federal Opposition wants tighter controls on coal mining near aquifers
The Federal Opposition will move to protect irrigation farms in the Murray Darling Basin from the adverse impacts of coal mining.
NSW gold mine expansion conditionally approved
Plans for a $58 million expansion of a gold mine near West Wyalong in Central West NSW have been conditionally approved.
AWI reconsiders board election process, while another exec resigns
Australian Wool Innovation, the wool industry's research and development body, has agreed to change the way directors are elected to its board.
This El Nino 'not typical'
A climate academic says the current El Nino weather pattern has been very unusual.
More National Rural News
New South Wales Features
Skills tested at sheepdog trials
Hundreds of dogs and their handlers have converged on Molong for the NSW Sheepdog Championship Trials.
Sweet smell of success sours
Australia's largest continuously-generating renewable power project has been given a sweet reprieve.. for now.
IPSTAR satellite broadband problems
Overseas communications company IPSTAR says it's addressing problems with its satellite broadband service in the bush, and will continue to replace faulty equipment for free, after users complained of drop-outs and poor service.
Water flows into Lake Menindee
The gates to Lake Menindee, in far west New South Wales, have been opened for the first time in 8 years.
Mass fish deaths at Tathra
Beachgoers were shocked and surprised to see 2,000 large dead fish wash up onto several beaches in the Bega region on Sunday. Fisheries authorities are now investigating the unnatural death and beaching of six tonnes of Australian salmon.
Bundarra farmers face bleak winter
Farmers in the Bundarra region don't know how they'll get through the winter now their exceptional circumstances application has been denied.
What's old is new again in The Silver City
One of Broken Hill's most iconic mine sites will soon be back in production.
Trees used to generate electricity
More than 200,000 trees are to be planted in NSW as part of a project to generate electricity using renewable fuel.
A shed to build bridges
A group of men in Dubbo are working hard to bridge prejudice in thier community.
Up the river without a paddle
A Canberra journalist has explored the rivers that make up the great Murray Darling basin, from the trickle high in the Snowy Mountains to the muddy reaches of the Murray. His book The River explores the views of communities struggling with drought.
