Drought

The changed water restrictions are now in place for various areas of the Upper Hunter region. Basically, Muswellbrook including Denman, Singleton, as well as Aberdeen and Scone are now all on...

Scone and Aberdeen will be on Level 2 water restrictions from March 1st, 2020. At last night's Council meeting it was decided that from March 1st this year Scone and Aberdeen...

  Landholders and primary producers are being encouraged to nominate as a candidate in the 2020 Local Land Services (LLS) board member elections. Across all 11 Local Land Services regions, ratepayers will...

Singleton has joined Muswellbrook in implementing Level 2 water restrictions from March. Recent rainfall has done little to improve the water levels at Glennies Creek Dam, so Council decided at last...

Merriwa, Image from Mark-Jane Smith Facebook The Upper Hunter copped a drenching over the weekend.  In parts of the region, around 100ml of rain has been recorded since Thursday as an east...

The latest quarterly report shows business confidence has slumped in the Hunter.  The NSW Business Chamber's Business Conditions Survey for the December quarter shows confidence across the state and here in...

Hunter MP and Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the Drought Communities Programme is another "slap in the face" for Singleton.  The Federal Government announced another round of Councils this week...

There's a huge hay convoy making its way through the Upper Hunter to Armidale today and tomorrow.  A convoy of around 180 trucks filled with hay left Albury today to make...

Local Land Services (LLS) fees have been waived for the second year in a row as the big dry continues.  Farmers are now dealing with bushfires as well across NSW, and...

NSW Police have established a strike force to investigate numerous reports of a fraud targeting farmers across a number of districts.  Strike Force Woden has been created after police received numerous...