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Revving up the regions
21 Mar 10 | With the recreational vehicle (RV) tourism industry on the rise – growing at about 17 per cent between 2003 and 2008, or an average 3.2pc annually – communities across the State are taking steps to maximise exposure to this market through the Recreational Vehicle Friendly Town program.
Help for the bush is stuck on the road
26 Jan 10 | DOCTORS, magistrates, welfare workers and teachers are spending more time negotiating the back roads of NSW and less time in hospitals, courts, clinics and classrooms because of poor transport to remote corners of the state, official documents reveal.   | CommentsComments (1) | Buses to bring country people ... | Graduate jobs bounce back in 2009
A People's Bank could benefit the bush
29 Dec 09 | IT'S got such a simple ring to it: People's Bank. And it's not only pithy, it's also easily understandable and catchy too.  | CommentsComments (1) | Spencer vows to keep pressure ... | Coast carnage: crash kills three
The last boat-delivered mail run
22 Dec 09 | The Hawkesbury Explorer is the last remaining mail run delivered by water.  | Call to stop $450m Hunter dam | Murray-Darling to benefit from ...
Broadly speaking, 100 megabits a second may not help us
03 Nov 09 | THE productivity benefits of high-speed internet access may be a myth, says a New Zealand study that undermines part of the Federal Government's justification for the $43 billion national broadband network.  | CommentsComments (2)
National Foods chief steps down
18 Sep 09 | Chief executive officer and managing director, of big dairy processor, National Foods, Ashley Waugh, has announced he will step aside at the end of October.  | CommentsComments (2)
BHP rules out floodplain mining
18 Sep 09 | BHP Billiton has told a Senate Inquiry into food production any land outside its defined targeted area for further exploration was a ‘no go zone’ for mining of any description.  | CommentsComments (1)
Bush needs net gains
03 Sep 09 | Rural Australia must revitalise the political clout it wielded in the early days of Telstra’s privatisation and ensure it is the first priority in the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) program.
Wong faces irrigators
02 Sep 09 | MINISTER for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced $700,000 in research funding to improve knowledge and management of low river flows.  | CommentsComments (3)
03 Aug 09 | Politicians are investigating options to improve transport links between northern NSW and Queensland.
GrainCorp launches Clear market edge
23 Jul 09 | GROWERS will be able to market grain warehoused with GrainCorp through the Clear online trading platform due to a software integration agreement between the companies.
Stations dodge a bullet... but more details would be useful at Temora
08 Jul 09 | The eight staff at Temora Agricultural Research and Advisory Station appear to be safe and the station could be transferred to the community via “trust and lease arrangements”.
Flood debrief for North Coast farmers
01 Jul 09 | Flood affected farmers on the NSW north coast are being encouraged to attend one of a series of four flood recovery information days being held by NSW Department of Primary Industries this week and next.
Rural health risk is rising
08 Jun 09 | WOMEN in country NSW are more likely to contract a serious health problem following breast removal if they do not travel to cities for treatment.  | CommentsComments (3) | Country babies born by roadside | VIDEO: Dublin lambs to $149
Country babies born by roadside
08 Jun 09 | BABIES are being delivered in planes, on roadsides and in motels because there are not enough obstetric services in western NSW, say senior health professionals.  | CommentsComments (1) | Rural health risk is rising | VIDEO: Hunter Angus cows and calves to ...
08 Jun 09 | Nationals Leader, Andrew Stoner, today urged Health Minister John Della Bosca to implement the promised midwifery team model for the Bellinger River Hospital immediately.  | CommentsComments (1)
Rural hospitals to languish without federal funds
18 May 09 | THE proposed redevelopments of Dubbo, Bega, Wagga Wagga and Tamworth hospitals are in doubt because NSW failed to win a substantial share of infrastructure funding in the federal budget.
Living in the wired world
07 May 09 | CHANCES are Kevin Rudd’s idealistic plans for a National Broadband Network have permeated into most homes, exciting the technophiles, but what exactly does it mean for the everyday users? And is it about more than just downloading the latest movies 100 times faster?
Walgett, Wilcannia test resolve to close gap in health
21 Apr 09 | WALGETT and Wilcannia have been chosen as the NSW trial sites for a new Federal Government initiative to wipe out disadvantage in indigenous communities.   | Rural health may pay the price | Flying doctors get a lift from ...
Labor MP opposes Hurlstone sale
15 Apr 09 | THE State Government's plan to sell land attached to a Sydney selective high school lost its political momentum yesterday when the local Labor MP urged the Government to abandon the sale.   | MP out of loop in Hurlstone ... | Hurlstone sale to fund inquiry ...
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