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The memory of champion racehorse will not be forgotten but his statue won't quite make full scale as a dedicated country turf club member pushes on with a hometown tribute.

A group of Yolngu elders and artists travelled from Arnhem Land to regional NSW to open an art exhibition focusing on truth telling and global warming.

From the Yirrkala Bark Petition to the Barunga Statement, Yolngu art has been a powerful political tool. Miwatj Yolngu, an art exhibition on the south coast of New South Wales, hopes to continue this legacy.

Vanessa Grady studied to become a dental nurse, but now she drives machinery for an industry ready to embrace women's contributions to construction.

Experts say the "confronting" sights that greeted NSW beachgoers was likely caused by bad weather, though other factors could also have been at play.

When the Coolagolite Road bushfire flared up on NSW's far south coast last week, residents could feel their stomachs drop with the all-too-familiar smell and sight of billowing smoke. A trauma therapist says there are ways for people to stay calm.

After 40 years of selling oysters on the New South Wales South Coast, Sally McLean says government red tape could stop customers from eating them at her farm.

Emergency services discovered her body beneath the popular scenic spot this afternoon.

A jury hears a frantic emergency call made by a woman trying to save the life of a man allegedly stabbed to death by Raymond Allen, 41, on the New South Wales South Coast. 

The NSW government moves to restrict holiday letting in most areas of the Byron Shire to just 60 days per year.

An investigation is underway after a six-year-old boy was bitten by a support dog at his South Coast school, with reports he was attempting to give the labradoodle a cuddle.

When Ron Mason and Norm Patten were charged with the possession of undersized lobster in 1982, their defence relied on a legal argument that would finally be recognised with the Mabo decision a decade later.

The Australian government will spend $124 million on upgrading naval air base HMAS Albatross, ahead of 13 additional US aircraft bound for the New South Wales' South Coast by mid-2025.

After two years of hearings, 44,000 pages of evidence and 190 witnesses, the coroner leading the inquiry into the Black Summer bushfires in NSW withdraws to consider her recommendations.

Police say their early investigations indicate the cyclist may have ridden through a red light at Nowra before a collision with a four-wheel drive.

Several women reveal their birth traumas at an event in Wollongong, saying the experiences left them suffering "flashbacks and nightmares" and unwilling to have more children.

Visiting members of Japan's Self Defence Force will this week conduct live firing of its most advanced anti-ship missile in Jervis Bay south of Sydney, ahead of large-scale international military exercises in Queensland.

Brendan Thomas Doolan, a 33-year-old father of three, is sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of murder in the Supreme Court earlier this year.

Kiama MP Gareth Ward has used parliamentary privilege to accuse the founder of a collapsed Australian waste operator, Bioelektra Australia, of "duping" a NSW council. 

A warning is in place for parts of southern NSW as emergency services and power providers are working to repair damage caused by gale-force wind. 

William Kamm, who refers to himself as "Little Pebble" and founded a notorious doomsday cult on the NSW South Coast, applies for bail in the Supreme Court.

Councils in tourism hotspots around NSW are watching with interest as Byron Shire Council pushes ahead with plans for a 60-day annual cap on short-term holiday letting.

A recycling company headquartered in Warsaw is working to distance itself from Bioelektra Australia, after the local business announced it had entered voluntary administration.

A 27-year-old Nowra man has been banned from driving as part of his bail conditions after he was accused of running over two men while under the influence of alcohol.

The NSW bushfire inquiry hears the use of back-burning was an appropriate fire containment strategy despite claims spotting from the fires may have destroyed homes and killed three people.