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The 29-year-old was reported missing two days before he was found dead on a property near Bourke, NSW, in 2019. A coroner has found "more should have been done" to find him.

Michelle Bromley thought giving birth 18 months ago would spell the end for her Paris Olympics dream. But tonight the table tennis player from Gulgong begins her Games campaign, with her family in tow.

Traditional owners from the Murray-Darling Basin say the buying power of $100 million for Aboriginal Water Entitlements has already begun to fall, just eight months after the federal funding was announced. 

The biggest regional airline in the country, Rex, will make an announcement tomorrow about its operations after suspending trading on the stock exchange.

Regional Australian airline Rex suspends trading on the Australian stock market and the airline's website is no longer taking bookings for flights between metropolitan areas. 

Many people in regional Australia want an end to daylight saving, including those who passed a motion this week at the NSW Farmers Conference, and there is growing evidence to support them.

There are concerns one of the largest remaining semi-permanent wetlands in southern Australia could be under threat after mining company was granted approval to explore the land for copper and gold.

There are fears GP cash incentives worth $40,000 in Victoria and Queensland are luring trainees away from the New South Wales country towns which desperately need them.

July 11 marks the inaugural Middle East Area of Operations Commemoration day, dedicated to Australians who lost their lives between 2001 and 2021 and those who served alongside them.

A victim of domestic violence shares her story of survival, as lawyers and academics warn governments that rural communities are "drowning in" family abuse cases. 

A unique NSW program aims to put the brakes on youth crime by rewarding good behaviour with a positive experience that involves police while passing on valuable life lessons. 

Frontline services for domestic violence victims say women in rural areas often fear "if they return home they will be killed"  but there is nowhere safe for them to go. They say more funding is vital to save women's lives. 

The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone becomes the first in Australia to secure planning approval for the transmission lines that will link renewable projects to the electricity grid. Some residents say their concerns have been "overlooked".

In the midst of a housing crisis, an explosion of renewable energy projects, and the expansion of nearby coal mines, residents in Wollar, population 52, say the community will cease to exist in the next decade.

Self-proclaimed nerd Laura Portelli has owned Total Tabletop — a game store on the main street of Dubbo — for more than a year, and aims to make people feel welcome and safe in a world where goblins might be fighting off three-headed monsters.

The Narromine man had previously been placed on a child protection register.

The residents of Rainbow Lodge have committed multiple crimes and been in and out of prison for decades. For many, its program is their last chance to take responsibility for their actions and prove they're ready for the outside world – but one slip-up could land them back inside.

Some producers fear potential fee hikes at the Dubbo Regional Livestock Market as privatisation is considered by council.

The fear of losing his sweetheart inspired Arthur Butler to make a record-breaking flight from England to Australia in 1931. Now his grandson is fighting to preserve his legacy in Tooraweenah, the town his flight made famous.

An Australian aviation startup on a mission to decarbonise air travel is developing a battery that could power a small aircraft to travel 1,000 km using hydrogen, and it already has a customer.