Ben Fordham has delivered a passionate defence of his campaign to support farmers after he was criticised in The Guardian. For months, Ben campaigned on behalf of farmers who were prosecuted under laws that forbid them from clearing their own land. It resulted in the NSW government announcing a reprieve for anyone currently being investigated […]

Image: Ruby Pascoe/The Macleay Argus A Ray Hadley listener has become caught up in a violent armed robbery on the NSW Mid North Coast as a police chase spilled onto his property. George phoned Ray at 9.20am to report the Crescent Head Country Club had been held up. Police confirmed they had the venue surrounded, […]

A principal from central-western NSW is completely devastated by the impact of the drought on the mental wellbeing of his students. The principal of Trundle Central School, John Southon, says he hasn’t seen his local federal member, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, face-to-face in two years. He says politicians have seemingly forgotten what’s unfolding in […]

The NSW government is calling for stamp duties to be scrapped and the goods and services tax widened in a bid to make the states less dependent on Canberra. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet established a panel to review the state’s federal financial relations, declaring the federal financial architecture “fundamentally flawed”. Former deputy prime minister John […]

Under a new plan, NSW could strengthen sexual consent laws by clarifying a person does not give consent unless they “say or do something” to communicate it. Peak bodies lobbying for changes to the law of sexual consent have welcomed the draft proposals of the NSW Law Reform Commission which would bring NSW in line […]

Australia is facing the prospect of its smallest winter crop in more than a decade as the nation struggles through drought. Agribusiness specialist Rabobank’s Australian Winter Crop Outlook suggests the winter crop could be just 27.7 million tonnes, the smallest since 2007/2008. The crop this year is 31 per cent below the five-year average. Kellogg’s […]