Rural

Mackay Sugar tells growers it is aiming to restart cane processing early next week, after a cyber attack forced it to stop on Wednesday. 

While training in a small NSW country town, cold-water swimmer Peta Bradley is preparing to tackle one of the world's most demanding open-water challenges, a 45-kilometre circumnavigation of Manhattan Island.

The trophy features a sculpture that includes a 24-carat gold merino sheep and a weaving loom made of silver and platinum, with its theft last year captured on CCTV.

Sugarcane growers near Cairns say urban expansion is reducing farmland and putting the region's sugar industry at risk. 

Red meat is expected to become more expensive starting this month as higher diesel prices have filtered through the supply chain.

Iron ore mining company Nathan River Resources has gone into voluntary administration owing at least $300 million in debt, unpaid wages and royalties.