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Hunter MP and Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon is asking why Singleton has been snubbed for drought funding.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a further $100 million drought assistance package for...

  So far 14 kilometres of the Scone to Murrurundi pipeline has been laid, and meantime 4 to 6 truckloads of water is being brought into town each day. The $14.2 million...

Barnaby Joyce says there are heaps of reports and they’re all in his office. Labor has been calling for the Coalition to release said reports after lashing out last week at...

Water restrictions are getting even tougher in the New England region.  From now Tamworth, Moonbi and Kootingal are moving to Level 5 water restrictions. This level is triggered by the Chaffey Dam...

Time is running out to nominate for the NSW Farmer of the Year and NSW Young Farmer of the Year. Upper Hunter MP, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Resources Michael...

It's costing nearly $10,000 per day to maintain unsealed roads in the Upper Hunter Shire, thanks to the drought.  There are 954 kilometres of unsealed roads in the Shire and the...

The water wise message is flowing through the Upper Hunter Shire.  Residential water use has dropped in Aberdeen, Merriwa and Scone in the last year compared to some very high levels...

It's now easier for landholders to eradicate deer.  Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall made the announcement that following a regulation change removing the games species classification from deer meaning anyone with a firearm...

Water restrictions will soon be introduced in the Lower Hunter. For the first time in 25 years in what is the worst drought on record for NSW, the Level 1 water...

The "community has had a gutful" of protesters trespassing on farmers' property and now those who do will face the toughest penalties in the country.  The NSW Nationals have this week...