Moulamein - 2733

Some are cheering the extra income from a proposed renewable energy transmission line, while others are vowing to lock their gates against electricity provider Transgrid.

These farmers' paddocks were stripped of healthy soils during the floods. Now there is hope dung beetles will help bring paddocks back to life.

As videos of massive spawning events appear on social media, there are renewed calls to release the carp herpes virus to control the invasive pest.

A six-year-old boy has died and a four-year-old is in hospital after a single-vehicle crash near Moulamein.

Two Melbourne grandparents are on a mission to buy every child from a flood-affected town in regional NSW a present, so they "know they're not forgotten" this Christmas.

Moulamein farmers in south-west NSW should be harvesting crops but instead they are working around the clock to shore up levees holding back unprecedented floodwaters, as they contemplate losses in "the millions".

Almost all residents in the now cut-off town of Moulamein in the NSW Riverina have chosen to stay and protect their community, as floodwaters continue to rise. 

The State Emergency Service is directing people in Euabalong in the state's Central West to evacuate now, as the Lachlan River rises toward a major flood peak.

About $5.5 billion in insurance claims have been lodged across NSW since the flood crisis began in February.

Residents who decide to stay in flood-affected towns along the river are warned they may be stuck for months and sewerage systems could back into homes.

Towns in the state's Central West and Riverina are monitoring hastily-built defences against major flooding while strong winds cause damage across the state. 

Five people involved in a brawl at a regional football match near Bendigo admit charges brought against them by the local league.

Morton's Lake was once a popular spot for water skiing, but since the Millennium drought water has only made its way there on three occasions. That has now changed.

Quambatook, a hamlet of 200 on north-west Victoria's Avoca River, will spend the year finding ways to preserve its social fabric, as its prepares to lose its football club after years of being unable to find players.

David's experience is echoed across the country in stories both sad and shocking at how readily we have divided into state protectorates willing to lock each other out, writes Virginia Trioli. 

Heathcote pensioner David Rourke says he has been denied a compassionate permit to return from NSW six times, despite meeting all official demands.

Australia's agricultural industry has been largely unscathed by the pandemic, but as Victoria sees out another lockdown and NSW faces indefinite restrictions, small-scale border farmers are uncertain about their future.

Two Victorian teams will travel into New South Wales red zones to play country football and netball this weekend.

Rice production is back in a big way in the New South Wales Riverina. Growers are bringing in a huge harvest – more than ten times that of last season.

Jeremy Morton harvesting rice on his property at Moulamein, NSW.

Victorian children boarding at an Agricultural College in New South Wales may have to be "billeted" out these school holidays if a special exemption is not made enabling them to return home.

Australia's largest rice processing company is standing by the price it has offered farmers to grow rice this season, despite an almost 40 per cent drop on last season's price. 

"Can you please allow our people to go to work and earn their income?": Councils plead with NSW and Victorian governments to ease border restrictions.

Despite qualifying for travel permits, some workers say the NSW-Victoria border restrictions have left them weighing up some very difficult decisions.

Residents say new border zone restrictions mean some kids won't be able to go to school, people can't go to work and businesses will have to close.