The Latest Breaking News from Bourke

A teen died and three others were injured after a police pursuit of an allegedly stolen car ended in tragedy in an outback town.

Inexperienced police are being sent to rural and regional areas while governments struggle to address the root causes of crime, an inquiry has been told.

Kenneth James Knight will spend time behind bars for the murder of his partner in remote western New South Wales. A judge described the murder as an "impulsive and spontaneous" act in which Knight had no intention to kill.

A man will face a sentence hearing in March after pleading guilty to the domestic-violence related murder of a woman in Bourke.

Fewer backpackers will mean higher labour costs for farmers. Are you ready to pay more for food?

Many people are unaware of the history of the Afghan cameleers in Australia and their early contribution to society.

While summer flooding has caused much heartache, for a group of paddlers, it's meant the realisation of a 10-year dream: to paddle more than 200 kilometres down the flooded Darling River.

There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

A new era of cooperation between the New South Wales Department of Education and rural parents is set to begin, according to the head of the newly-formed Regional, Rural and Remote Education Policy Unit.