Monty Jacka

Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.

A teenage birdwatcher is calling for the  better management of wetlands and animal safety after regularly finding needle packaging and discarded rubbish at both Nericon and Campbell's wetlands, north of Griffith.

As people reportedly wait months just to get approval to build sheds and signs, councils across NSW look to jump on board an artificial intelligence program that aims to revolutionise the development process. 

Emily McLaren needs $12,000 to go to an American space camp. Recycling about 60,000 containers will help her save for half of it. 

Shannon James Doble, 42, appeared via video-link less than 12 hours after his mother, Nerol, died from injuries suffered in the blaze in southern New South Wales.

The woman was treated by paramedics at the Coffs Harbour care home before being taken to hospital with minor injuries and is now in the care of her family. Police have charged a 29-year-old man over the alleged attack.

The project involves the construction of 208 wind turbines, each with a maximum height of 270 metres, on the outskirts of Jerilderie in New South Wales' Riverina region.

87-year-old Betty Murphy is "frightened and upset" after gifts for her family and friends were stolen during the night from her unit in a retirement home. 

The black-and-white ruffed lemur triplets will undergo DNA testing after zookeepers at Altina Wildlife Park in southern NSW were caught "very unaware" by their arrival.

Mothers have cried while telling a NSW inquiry into birth trauma of being ignored and mistreated by hospital staff.

At Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, 70 per cent of First Nations women opt for formula for their babies over breastfeeding. The city's Indigenous community is trying to tackle the issue.

Tanya Murphy and three boys were killed in a single-vehicle crash which occurred just 15 minutes after the domestic violence offences.

Female motorcyclists are outnumbered by their male counterparts in New South Wales, but the gap is becoming smaller each year, which some have credited to riding groups and social media.

Irrigators who have for more than a decade been fighting "death by 1,000 cuts" water buybacks say it won't just be those on farms who are hurt by proposed changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

While growing up in India, Shanul Sharma was teased by classmates for his high-pitched voice. After a brief stint in heavy metal, he's now using that voice to star in opera performances across the world.

The NSW pricing regulator has released a final report into its rate peg review. It comes as rising rates add to the cost of living crisis. 

Corrective Services NSW has turned off three websites, including two news sites, as prisoners use a function on their tablets to search inmates' crimes and carry out violence.

Bob Holder, also known as "the Cootamundra Cat", won his first event in 1945 when he was 14. Now 92, he rides in an arena that was named in his honour.

Deniliquin has become sister cities with a Ukrainian agricultural hub, thanks to a passionate plea from a local who urged his council to support the war-ravaged nation.

Southern Cross Care is closing its facility at Moama in the southern Riverina, leaving residents devastated.

Chemical run-off from the Forest Hill RAAF base has been found just 650 metres from Wagga Wagga's water supply, despite recent studies by Defence claiming it would take at least 50 years to reach the bores.

Two critically endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs named Tsiky and Kintana are paired together at a zoo in southern NSW, in the hopes they will breed and help preserve their "stunning" species.

A critic says the commercialisation of the drug is potentially dangerous and culturally insensitive, but others say the "great alternative to alcohol" has never been hard to source in the west.

Acrobatic dismounts, dramatic handovers and furious galloping are common in this niche sport, which is being played regional Victoria right now as part of a world championship event.

Some in the state have endured the driest periods in decades and say the falls will put them in good stead for the summer to come.