As tourist bodies await calls on the reopening of region-to-region tourism, there is optimism that an untapped market could be a key driver in the return of the industry.

Do you think these ideas will help fill the ag labour shortage?

One group had no work, one group had no workers, so linking agriculture and aviation workers makes perfect sense.

CSU's Bede Harris says COVID-19 has shown arbitrary state borders are nonsensical.

Australia agriculture can grow output by $15.6 billion a year through wider use of internet-enabled digital technology says a report released by the NBN.

Without sustainable funding for news, newspapers will continue to die, leaving communities with fewer local news options.

Demand for metals is increasing rapidly in the metals-based economy.

The big concern is extinctions and the need for biodiversity for life to survive.

Four months ago Mudgee's Jackie Trott started the Mudgee Bee Project, aiming to educate residents about the critical role bees play in the region and our lives around Australia.

Northern Regional Councillor Charles Lynch said land won back in the Tamworth area could be used for "commercial development or residential development" to help address housing insecurity in the community.

A vision of a rebuilt retail sector on Cobargo's main street, devastated in the New Year's Eve bushfire, has been presented to council.

The shows must go on, but they will be vastly different and without rides and sideshow alley.

World-first technology that combines solar energy with water harvested from the air to create low-cost 'green hydrogen' has been mastered at the University of Newcastle.

A University of Newcastle-created material capable of revolutionising energy storage systems is about to be produced on a commercial scale.

Three Hunter projects with the capacity to generate billions of dollars and create more than 20,000 new jobs have been identified as priorities for federal government support over the next 12 months.