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For women setting out by themselves to experience regional Australia, adventure is calling, along with growing confidence in going it alone.

A mould infestation at a Broken Hill high school is so severe the NSW Department of Education has declared it too dangerous for students to return, forcing them to start term one scattered around different campuses.

The mould is so serious that school building may need to be demolished.

Landholders in eastern parts of the country are still in shock after ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused a year's worth of rain to fall in just two days, drenching their properties.

Questions remain about how long a mould infestation discovered at Broken Hill's Willyama High School last month has been growing, and whether the health of children and staff has been compromised.

Towns in SA, NSW and Queensland continue to feel the effects of the cyclone, which is bringing rain and wind to isolated areas.

As its new school year is set to begin, plans are being drawn up to cater for students and staff who cannot enter grounds which may be beyond salvation.

Hundreds of students and staff from a regional public high school will be relocated for the beginning of Term 1 next week due to mould detection in multiple buildings.

Darren and Deana Tangey were looking for a career change when they decided to take on the challenge of running two outback pubs.

A full year after pharmacy assistant Trang Nguyen moved to the remote community of Wilcannia with her husband and toddler son, the sight of her young family still stirs up curiosity.   

The current heatwave is set to see the warmest temperature recorded in NSW since 2020, before a southerly buster brings relief.

A severe heatwave coming from the west will bring the hottest weather in four years to parts of New South Wales this week.

Only a few dozen footballers from across the country are selected in the AFL draft each year. For those who miss out, like Broken Hill's Jackson Savage, you can either give up or do everything you can to make that dream a reality.

This 64-year-old outback man recently had skin cancer removed from the top of his head.  It is one of hundreds he has had after a youth spent in the sun. 

Corrective Services NSW have launched a full investigation into how the 24-year-old was able to escape the local courthouse.

People in far west New South Wales have been without power for more than two days after extreme weather. After several delays accessing the damaged site, crews are hopeful services will be restored later today.

An outback library service provides a sense of connection to remote residents living hundreds of kilometres from any town.

A Greens MP is pushing for more to be done to combat problem gambling ahead of a cashless gaming trial in New South Wales.

Adrian Wells aims to ignite a passion for the environment and break down stereotypes that city people might have about farming communities.

Broken Hill's wettest January day on record leaves a clear view of the cosmos in its wake, exciting tourists and locals keen to catch a glimpse.

Salvation Army staff arrived at work this week to find all their food spoiled after Broken Hill's weekend electrical storm. But when the call went out for help to replace it, locals did not disappoint.

An electrical storm descends on Broken Hill.

The outback city received close to half its average yearly rainfall total on the weekend.

Australia's largest rail freight operator calls for a national summit on level crossing safety, following a crash that killed two train drivers near the South Australian and New South Wales border on New Year's Eve.

When Kymm Apostolides was a teenager and living in a small regional town, he was administered electric aversion therapy when he began wearing his sister's clothes. Fifty years later, he's a vital part of the mid-north community.