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Despite winning a carve-out to changes to family trusts announced in the budget, farmers are still worried about what tax reform means for them.

Phoebe Macdougall says she hated living with a mortgage, so she is trying van life instead.

High tea events around the country are helping women of all ages and cultures feel connected and heard as they grieve their pregnancy and infant loss.

An Indigenous teenager is already making a name for herself as an artist, using her work to explore her identity and experiences in the care system.

Kangaroos lying on a NSW mid north coast headland may be a "selfie" dream for tourists, but some are becoming weak from malnutrition.

A Laurieton stonemason rushed to the task of repairing a vandalised marble rifle on a NSW Mid North Coast war memorial.

The prosthetic leg has been handed to police after being discovered by a couple while they were fishing on a NSW Mid North Coast beach.

Jess Messina is an Australian champion but she has dropped a weight class to find a fight and struggles to find promoters prepared to back her financially.

A prisoner who was mistakenly released from a northern New South Wales prison this week has been returned to jail to complete his sentence.

From learning Walking in the Air on the fly to working with Leonard Bernstein, Aled Jones is currently touring Australia and shares some of his most colourful stories.

A whale stranded on a sandbar in Wallis Lake on the NSW mid north coast has been freed by marine animal rescue teams.

Police hope a $1 million reward will produce fresh information about the death of a 26-year-old Kyogle woman, who was found suffering severe burns in bushland on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Friends watched helplessly as a 32-year-old man was washed off Emerald Beach Headland, unable to swim to his rescue.

A large sea turtle, estimated to be at least 30 years old and weighing more than 50 kilograms, is recovering in a wildlife sanctuary after being spotted stuck in dunes on a northern NSW beach. 

There are only about 250 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and they have been losing their unique call, mimicking other birds instead. Conservationists say they are now successfully teaching young birds their traditional song. 

A young mother who travelled overseas for controversial stem cell therapy hopes new treatments will one day be available in Australia, but experts warn there's still a "long way" to go.

The country has come to the city for the Royal Easter Show and despite the cost of the trip blowing out amid high fuel prices, the exhibitors say they would not miss it.

Hunter was plunged into homelessness when his family lost their rental. It is an increasingly similar story to other single parents finding themselves "lifelong renters".

The sudden rise in fuel costs is forcing farmers to make difficult decisions, such as laying off workers and selling equipment to keep their businesses running.

The coronial inquest hears Dictor Dongrin, 29, was not assessed for 21 hours at Clarence Correctional Centre after he was admitted with alcohol withdrawal.