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Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.

Vision impaired teacher Gary Morton wants a national approach to pedestrian safety after struggling to cross a street in Wagga Wagga's CBD.

A major casual teacher shortage means almost 10,000 lessons are happening without adequate educational support in public schools across New South Wales every day. Here's how it could affect your child's school.

Fifty firefighters rushed to the scene to try to contain a fire at a petrol station before it reached fuel tanks.

The 56-year-old says people with disabilities should be given clearer information about in-home services.

Protecting rhinos from armed poachers isn't a typical assignment for the president of a historic battle re-enactment troop in Gundagai — but his unique skill set is required in South Africa.

Footage emerges of the moment a prolonged pursuit across southern NSW came to a sudden end, after a 17-year-old covered almost 400km in a car police allege was stolen from Nowra.

Two men will face court today after police allegedly seized $15 million worth of drugs after a pursuit in southern NSW.

From the Pilbara to Broken Hill, a team of volunteer tradeswomen is conducting workshops teaching young women how to use tools in the hope they will consider a trade — and it's working.

A much-loved regional horse racing meet will go ahead this week, despite the host track being flooded just days ago. "When a job needs to be done … people just turn up," the club's president says.

Residents in Gunnedah, Wagga Wagga and Forbes are being ordered to leave their homes.

Heavy rain and strong winds cause dangerous flash flooding and rapid river rises in parts of central and southern NSW.

The body is yet to be formally identified, but police believe it may be that of a man who went missing late last week. Meanwhile, flooding continues in many NSW areas.

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW residents are being warned to brace for more rainfall from tomorrow as a band of bad weather sweeps across the state. 

Two-thirds of the state's major regional dams above capacity, with some spilling for the first time in decades.

Harald Murphy and Pete Petrovsky set off from Perth in opposite directions in electric cars before reuniting in the Northern Territory.

A growing number of farmers are turning to sheep handlers to help with vaccinating, drenching, marking and attaching ear tags.

 A Gundagai legend who was the last postie in Australia to deliver mail using a horse, after refusing to switch to a motorcycle, has died.

Australia's last mounted postman Bruce Dennis was featured in this episode of 'Ask the Leyland Brothers' which aired on the Nine Network in the 1970s and 80s.

After years of issues and financial woes, Minister for Local Government Wendy Tuckerman has announced Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council has been successful in its second attempt to demerge.

Water NSW is increasing releases from Burrinjuck Dam into the Murrumbidgee River to 98,000ML a day after it it received 'record' inflows amid heavy rain. Downstream at Gundagai locals are on alert.

The Burrinjuck Dam began spilling this morning after more than 230,000ML, a quarter of its capacity, flowed in from various tributaries overnight.

A regional NSW council knew its budget was in the red following a forced merger, but a new report has shown just how bad the financial situation is. The report recommended councillors be given basic financial training.

In a bark canoe and a rowboat, Yarri and Jacky Jacky risked their lives to save people during the great flood of Gundagai in 1852. Lessons are still being learned from their heroic act, 170 years on.

Wiradjuri heroes Yarri and Jacky Jacky risked their lives in a canoe made of bark to save people during Australia's deadliest flood in 1852, but lessons are still being learned.