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The first property to be developed under the Resilient Lands Program will not come onto the market until 2026, four years after devastating floods left thousands looking for somewhere safer to live.

An extensive marine search for what was mistakenly thought to be two missing paddleboarders on the New South Wales Mid North Coast has sparked calls for greater safety protocols around the emerging water sport of hydrofoiling.

An investigation is underway after the body of a motorcycle rider was found on the M1 Motorway.

The oily substance that washed ashore in northern New South Wales has people asking if it is the highly sought-after substance from a sperm whale's digestive system, or pollution from ship deck getting washed down.

More than 300,000 claims were lodged after the 2022 floods, but consumer groups say that is no excuse for what has been described as "appalling behaviour" by the insurance industry.

Police say the man had been jumping with a group of men from the 30-metre-high falls and failed to resurface. It is the second death at a swimming hole in the region this month.

Indigenous people from different backgrounds and generations mark Australia Day in their own way, with some needing more time to reflect on last year's No vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum.

Former Australian captain Lyn Larsen reflects on her career highlights as she is inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

Lyn Larsen receives one on the highest honours in Australian cricket, after captaining the women's team to some of its biggest wins in the 1980s and 90s, but says none of it could have happened without her teammates.

NSW government to review recommendations to ensure safety of  vulnerable women and children.

As a young opera singer, First Nations soprano Nina Korbe thrifted for gowns to perform in. Now she's taking to some of the world's most renowned stages in designer dresses.

A gardener has been attacked by fire ants after disturbing a nest at a flood pod village. The find has raised questions around how the ants were introduced into the area.

His hens have laid more than a million eggs over the past five years, but Fabian Fabbro on the New South Wales North Coast has never seen anything quite like this.

A NSW magistrate says climate protesters who stopped coal ships during a blockade of the Port of Newcastle in 2023 acted out of "genuine" concern for the environment.

An unlikely friendship between an ecologist and a landowner/developer wanting to subdivide proves to be the best chance of preserving a population of glossy black cockatoos in northern NSW. 

The desperation and despair of flood victims has been laid bare by submissions to a federal inquiry into the insurance industry's response to the 2022 floods, which resulted in claims worth a total $7.4 billion being lodged.

A NSW council says unregulated camping on private land was a disaster waiting to happen, after more than a dozen campers were caught out by rising floodwaters.

When a trailer of hens overturned on a NSW highway, it was up to the RFS and two animal lovers to rescue them, dodging B-double trucks and crawling through thick undergrowth.

The SES warns motorists about flooding dangers after extraordinary footage emerges of a car towing a trailer through floodwater in NSW before a bridge is swept away by raging torrent. 

The new year has got off to a dramatic start in northern New South Wales with heavy rain causing waterways across the Tweed to break their banks overnight.

It is a wet end to the year on the NSW Coffs Coast, with floodwater inundating car parks and apartment buildings, and a New Year's Eve event being cancelled.

Police say the child was given CPR by family members after being found in the water at Whian Whian, north of Lismore, but could not be revived.

The cicada's distinctive courtship call is the soundtrack to an Australian summer and in parts of the country it's the most penetrating it's been in years. Just look out for "cicada rain".

The animal has been identified as a fin whale, one of the largest cetaceans in the world, and a species rarely seen in NSW waters.

Beekeepers call for education and training as they make decisions about rebuilding their hives and living with varroa mite.