The Latest Breaking News from Walgett

The NSW Rural Fire Service is doing all it can to support the family of Leo Fransen, who died after being hit by a falling tree while battling a bushfire.

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recognised the aged care system has failed to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as they age. It recommended major reforms, including active partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

It's "justice for my Mum" says the killer's daughter as he is sentenced to almost certainly die in jail, but a grim question goes unanswered: where are Roxlyn Bowie's remains?

The daughter of convicted murderer John Bowie tells the NSW Supreme Court that she often still feels like "the angry little girl that lost her mum".

The Dharriwaa Elders Group say flood-struck Aboriginal communities are being forced to choose between dispossession or homelessness due to a lack of emergency accommodation.

Walgett, Collarenebri and Lightning Ridge isolated as more than 140 flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales and Victoria

A jury has heard John Bowie, who is accused of killing his wife Roxlyn 40 years ago, admitted to having affairs with other women.

The family of a severely disabled child, who is bound for a notoriously violent rural high school, fear a bump or knock could cost him his life.

There have been decades of serious problems and terrible outcomes at this outback town's only high school, but applications to attend other schools are being rejected.