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Help on way as farmers grapple with sweeping drought

Financial support and extra pest control are on the way for farmers in one state as severe rainfall shortages create tough conditions.

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Boy, 12, fights for life after shark mauls both legs at Sydney beach

Five friends watched in horror as attack unfolded at popular Nielsen Park before desperately trying to help

Evening Standard

Jail time for leaving dogs in cars under broad changes

Australia's most populous state is cracking down on people who leave their dogs in cars and use painful collars in proposed changes to animal welfare laws.

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Regional jobs axed in public sector 'coward cuts'

The decision to cut 228 roles from a state's regional public sector has sparked outrage from unions, who say the move will come at a cost to primary industries.

AAP

Why AI-powered cameras are watching Australian forests

Artificial intelligence technology will be deployed in more Australian forests in an investment inspired by the devastating Black Summer bushfires.

AAP

Farmers still waiting on flood 'rapid' recovery grants

A state agriculture minister has conceded the government's delivery of financial aid to farmers hit by May's devastating floods has been too slow.

AAP

Trial to remove shark nets from three Sydney and Central Coast beaches a good first step, scientists say

Experts welcome move by NSW government, saying nets are ineffective at preventing shark bites and ‘indiscriminately’ kill marine life

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Animal cruelty action dogged by tight leash on funds

Advocates say animals will suffer after a cruelty investigator had to cut its operations, but a state government says there's no "endless supply" of funds.

AAP

NSW bans hay imports from south-east Queensland amid fear of fire ants after Cyclone Alfred

Invasive Species Council says moratorium a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to inadequacy of national eradication program

The Guardian - AU

Reconnection close after extensive power outage

Federal support payments are being offered to people in far western NSW following power outages, with reconnection to the grid expected within 24 hours.

AAP

Puppy farms put on short leash with legal crackdown

Tighter rules are in the pipeline as NSW moves on large-scale puppy farms, which have increased in the state since Victoria introduced stricter regulations.

AAP

'Crisis point': NSW government tackles shortage threatening aircraft safety

New recruits needed for a crucial trade that aims for the sky.

Newcastle Herald

Hundreds of baby seahorses released into 'seahorse hotels' at popular beach

Despite its name, the White Seahorse can be yellow.

Newcastle Herald

Selection-panel member ends up with key biosecurity job

A NSW minister has defended appointing a biosecurity expert to a $200,000 executive role after she ran a recruitment process that found no suitable candidate.

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Local skaters hope Olympics inspire more to take up the sport

Australia took home two gold medals for skateboarding.

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Forestry heads summoned to meeting after trees felled

The upper branch of a state-owned corporation with "a significant history" of unlawful operations has been summoned to a meeting following its latest fine.

Newcastle Herald

Maitland fire specialist joins Canadian wildfire fighting effort

Maitland fire specialist joints Canadian wildfire fighting effort.

AAP

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.

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Mass bird-cull ordered to stop flu at second NSW farm

The highly contagious and deadly H7N8 strain of bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Hawkesbury region, NSW's health minister says.

The Guardian - AU

Bird flu detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

Avian influenza virus identified as H7N8 strain – different from outbreaks of H7N3 and H7N9 first detected in Victoria a month ago

The Independent UK

20 kids fall ill after ‘decades-old’ tear gas is used by police in training exercise near school

Students and one teacher reported burning eyes, noses and throats as the tear gas blew towards their school

Newcastle Herald

Legal battle loomed behind closed doors over sand on Stockton Beach

Documents reveal how ongoing ownership stoush put project at risk

Newcastle Herald

'We are still destroying forests': Newcastle rally calls for end to logging

'We're at a point of climate and ecological collapse.'

AAP

Cousins promises all-out campaign to end native logging

Businessman and environmental activist Geoff Cousins expects a public campaign to end native forest logging in NSW to be an easy sell.

Newcastle Herald

How Hunter could be hemp industry heartland, as cannabis stigma eases

Industrial hemp conference to be held at Pokolbin in April.

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