The Latest Breaking News from Hawkesbury

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

Wet and windy weather has returned to Sydney after a deluge overflowed the city's main reservoir, as the government weighs options to mitigate future flooding.

The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales has flooded multiple times since the last state election. As voters prepare to head to the polls this month, debate rages about how to manage future floods for those residents determined to stay.

From the Hawkesbury to the Queensland border - the state's Northern Region Police Command has traditionally had a lot going for it when it comes to organised crime.

An alliance of local and national environment groups have called for a moratorium on land clearing across 810,000 hectares between Barrington Tops and Hawkesbury River.

A community in the Hawkesbury is struggling to access clean drinking water months after floods destroyed critical infrastructure, including a heritage-listed bridge which is the main entry point into the area.

The flood-ravaged region in Sydney's north-west is facing a significant, and expensive, challenge to repair roads damaged by flooding amid ongoing wet weather and a lack of available workers due to high demand.

MORNING BRIEFING: Detectives reveal CCTV footage of Hongli Qi's movements in May, after his decomposed body was found by council workers in bushland in the Hawkesbury.

Three-year-old colt Magic, a close second to Best Of Bordeaux in the group 2 Silver Slipper in February, travels to Newcastle on Tuesday for his second start this preparation. Magic resumed on August 18 in an 1100m Hawkesbury maiden on a Good 4 track and settled a long way back…