MURDERS have spiked in Australia’s most populous state, driven by multiple-victim homicides including a shopping centre massacre in which six people were killed. A total of 85 people were murdered in NSW in 2024, up from 56 in the previous year and the highest toll since 2014, the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reports. […]
The agricultural sector is facing a mental health crisis.
A COALITION of rural organisations has called for immediate action to address the mental health crisis in agriculture. More than 30 rural and healthcare organisations launched a joint statement to address the crisis this week. Ahead of a federal budget and election, the group is calling on the Government to make an immediate investment of […]
A Red imported fire ant raft. Photo: Invasive Species Council.
THE state’s peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. On Friday NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced measures to keep Red Imported Fire Ants out, with a temporary ban on soil and hay coming into the state from infested areas in southeast Queensland. “We’ve […]
Under the program, vets are now eligible to receive assistance with sourcing housing, childcare and other services when moving to rural NSW. Photos: supplied.
THE state’s peak farm body has welcomed a new government initiative to address acute shortages of vets across rural NSW. Under the NSW Government’s Welcome Experience program, vets, vet nurses, vet technicians and their families are now eligible to receive assistance with sourcing housing, childcare and other services when moving to rural NSW. NSW Farmers’ […]
Campaigning by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is heating up. Photo: Diego Fedele, Dominic Giannini/AAP PHOTOS.
EARLY campaigning ahead of a federal election is giving insight into what voters will be pitched, with energy and leadership quality dominating the discussion. The political tussle last week largely focused on respective energy policies with Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton each painting themselves as the best chance to take Australia forward and address the […]
