Ondine Slack-Smith
Dubbo, NSW
Ondine Slack-Smith is a rural reporter with ABC Western Plains, based in Dubbo.
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Perfect Match helped them find each other 31 years ago. Now they're facing their greatest challenge
When George Isbester appeared on a 1980s television dating show, he never imagined it would later lead to him finding his wife on the other side of the world.
After half a century, a community is nearing victory over the dreaded Hudson pear
A weed that can penetrate the toughest of footwear and car tyres had spread across roads and property for decades around Quanda in NSW. With it now contained to just 28 hectares, the Hudson Pear Taskforce dreams of eradication.
If foot and mouth disease reaches Australia, could we contain it?
Off the back of Australia's failed eradication of varroa mite, researchers are testing the country's ability to control an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among the feral pig population. The results are troubling.
The cost of meat is starting to come down, but not as quickly as farmers would like
Farmers say modest falls in retail prices over the past 12 months are nothing compared to the collapse in livestock prices, and supermarkets should have discounted meat sooner.
Outback club investigated over race meeting needed to boost community morale
A race club that staged a successful stockhorse event at the weekend in a town immortalised in verse by Banjo Patterson faces an investigation by the state's thoroughbred racing regulator.
Races providing much-needed 'outlet' for farmers scratched as drought threatens regional NSW
NSW Racing cancels two country race meetings due to safety concerns over dry tracks, angering a community struggling with the looming prospect of drought.
Sheep prices crash as farmers sell their poorest stock for as little as $1
Sheep producers are selling their poorest stock for as little as a few dollars a head as meat markets continue their freefall.