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It's a 320 kilometre walk to help drought-affected farmers in the Upper Hunter. Harrison Badger from Ireland is walking from Coffs Harbour to the Gold Coast in a bid to raise...

Emergency test bore drilling is underway at Murrurundi as water supplies severely dwindle.  The township is still on level 6 water restrictions, one level away from emergency measures which include trucking...

Farmers gathered at Scone Polo Fields yesterday to touch base with services face-to-face, but also just as importantly catch up and also simply share a laugh with one another. Hunter Local...

NSW Government announces changes to transporting hay The NSW Government has announced some changes to the transportation of hay across the state. From August 15, a Class 3 Drought Assistance Dimension Exemption...

Muswellbrook truckie Len Kelman is heading back up the Upper Hunter to help drought-stricken farmers. Len was a part of the last convoy of trucks that made their way to Victoria...

The price of hay and feed is going up, up, up in New South Wales if you can even get your hands on it. Worse still, hay could run out in...

Belltrees farmer Anto White in Scone with Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen. As drought conditions in the Upper Hunter worsen, Belltrees farmer Anto White believes now...

All of NSW, 100 per cent of it is now in drought.  The Department of Primary Industries has updated their drought indicator this week which shows 62 per cent of NSW is...

Chezzi Denyer and her husband Grant are ambassadors for Rural Aid and they've been on the ground helping out wherever they can.  The issue of mental health has increased dramatically in...

Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon has welcomed the drought support for the few farmers he says it will assist. The Turnbull Government announced over the weekend a $190 million package which includes...