As the United States marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, Australia’s spy chief has warned that international terrorism is again a significant security concern. Former Prime Minister John Howard has also reflected on the attacks that transformed Australia’s alliance with the US.
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Posted inCrime, Feature, Federal Politics, National News
Chaffey urges tobacco excise cut to break black market’s grip on New England
Parkes MP Jamie Chaffey says a 30 per cent rise in tobacco use proves Labor’s approach has failed, as he pushes an 80 per cent excise cut to smash the New England North West’s black market.
Posted inEducation, Health, National News
Pharmacists take on bigger role as GP shortages bite
GP shortages are pushing pharmacists into new territory – but we’re running out of pharmacists too. A new course and scholarship from CSU is aimed to help address that.
Posted inAgriculture, Animals, Emergency management, Feature, National News, NSW News
Bird flu funding boost branded thin
A $145 million bird flu funding boost has been branded “deeply unserious” by conservationists, as the virus reaches a dolphin for the first time and NSW rolls out a native bird vaccine trial.
Posted inNational News, Obituary
‘We will always love you’, world mourns Dolly Parton
Flags across the USA will fly half mast for a week as the world mourns the loss of the queen of country music Dolly Parton, who has died of cancer in Nashville.
Posted inFederal Politics, National News, New England Electorate, What's on, Woolbrook
New Englanders to get some answers from ‘King Rat’ Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Joyce will address his dramatic defection from the Nationals and his new political partnership with Pauline Hanson in an Australian Story episode airing on Monday night.
Posted inAgriculture, Feature, Federal Politics, Immigration, Local News, National News, New England Electorate
One Nation’s real migration plans revealed to be bigger than Labor’s
One Nation’s promise to “slash” migration to 130,000 has become a policy to increase migration to at least 230,000, live on national TV.
Posted inAgriculture, Money, National News
Biggest goat levy shakeup in 30 years
Goat producers are being urged to vote after workshops across the country backed the biggest shakeup to their industry levy since 1997, more than doubling what they pay per transaction.
Posted inAgriculture, Environment, National News
New environmental standards, guide, leave farmers with more questions than answers
Farmers are being asked to work under a new set of national environmental rules that the NFF says is too complex and uncertain to use with confidence
Posted inAgriculture, National News, Science and Research
Canola crush growth hinges on meal, not just oil
Australia could double its canola crush, but Rabobank says it all comes down to one thing: finding buyers for the leftover meal. NSW growers and graziers are in the mix.