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Turquoise parrots were fighting back from the brink of extinction when the Black Summer bushfires wiped out much of their nesting habitat. Small populations in the Snowy Mountains survived by populating unburnt sections of bushland and now the local community is doing everything it can to help them.

After two decades the wait for specialist surgeons at this hospital has been "a long time coming", but it's still not clear what services they will provide.

With the Mad Max production bandwagon in southern NSW, it is providing Hay a much-needed economic boost after a few tough years due to drought and COVID.

While Catherine Harvie was in Uganda she gave away all her menstrual pads to women who were desperate for them. Now back in Australia, she sews reusable ones and sends them overseas to those in need.

Elaine Mewburn says that, if her husband was a child in a childcare facility, it would have been closed down, but nothing was done when she complained to the aged care watchdog

The pair believes hardware developed in their regional aerospace hub has the potential to help stricken victims during natural disasters.

Staff shortages and long waits are fuelling concerns about the future of Griffith Base Hospital in southern NSW despite the service undergoing a $250 million upgrade.

Narrandera's koala population was decimated in the 20th century, but hard work by locals is helping the marsupial to bounce back.

Wiradjuri elder and Stolen Generations survivor Isabel Reid last saw her brother when she was seven years old at Sydney's Central Station.

Faced with the sobering prospect of losing their beloved watering hole, the people of Grong Grong banded together and bought it themselves.