Man, 74, thrown from crashed car
Police have seized the car of a man who died in a crash in north western New South Wales yesterday afternoon.
View ArticleRescued teens 'tried to cross flooded causeway'
Three Victorian teenagers had to be rescued after their car was swept off a causeway during heavy storms in northern New South Wales overnight.
View ArticleTerry Hie Hie residents told not to be alarmed by smoke
A Hazard reduction burn operation is underway in two Aboriginal areas close to Terry Hie Hie, north east of Narrabri
View ArticleChris Hartcher gazettes PEL 470
A petroleum exploration licence covering Bellata, Gurley and Terry Hie Hie has been renewed until April 2018 by the New South Wales government.
View ArticleBurke changes federal laws for CSG approvals
The Commonwealth is extending its powers to approve, or reject, coal mines and coal seam gas projects.
View ArticleADM takeover "substantial opportunity": GrainCorp bosses
Shares in GrainCorp reached record highs on Friday after Australia's last publicly-listed grain company announced it had accepted a takeover offer from American grain giant, Archer Daniels Midland.
View ArticlePlanet Gas pulls out of NSW
Coal seam gas explorer, Planet Gas, has announced it's pulling out of New South Wales.
View ArticleNSW CSG regulations "untenable": Planet Gas CEO
Coal seam gas explorer, Planet Gas, says it quit its activities in New South Wales because the O'Farrell government has made CSG exploration untenable.
View Article$3-billion takeover for GrainCorp gets nod from ACCC
Australia's competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, says it won't oppose the $3-billion takeover bid of GrainCorp by US-company Archer Daniels Midland.
View ArticleCrop fires in north west NSW are a common occurrence
Farmers say a string of crop fires during harvest in north west NSW is not uncommon.
View ArticleFarmers reflect on fighting fires in bumper crops
They're sitting around the kitchen table on 'Richmond', a mixed farming property at Pallamallawa in north-west NSW, chuckling and telling tales about 'the time that fire got away'.
View ArticleFarmers reflect on fighting crop fires in north-west NSW
Farmers say crop fires are something they just have to deal with in north-west NSW. Rowan Pearse, Col Pring and Greg Fing all agree that having firefighting equipment on hand during harvest is...
View ArticleTreasurer stops ADM take-over of GrainCorp
The federal government has rejected a foreign take-over bid for Australia's east coast grain handler, GrainCorp.
View ArticleFarmers demand the right to say no to mining companies
The State Government insists its tighter rules for coal seam gas and coal mining will protect farmers, despite ultimate land access rights remaining with exploration companies.
View ArticleProgress on controversial land access agreements
There appears to be progress in a coal seam gas company's controversial efforts to carry out exploration on agricultural land in the state's north west.
View ArticleADM takeover "substantial opportunity": GrainCorp bosses
Shares in GrainCorp reached record highs on Friday after Australia's last publicly-listed grain company announced it had accepted a takeover offer from American grain giant, Archer Daniels Midland.
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