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Wine tours without alcohol? Newcastle company launches a Hunter Valley first

BUSINESS | Sober curious? There are options when it comes to wine tours.

Newcastle Herald

'Significant spikes': servos to face huge gouging fines

Service stations could face $100 million fines for intentionally ripping off customers as panic buying places consumers under pressure at the pump.

AAP

'Changed forever': disaster zones face long recovery

With hundreds of structures destroyed and livestock lost in fires and floods, large parts of rural Australia will never be the same amid ongoing disasters.

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Few claims coming for Qld floods, as Katter wants dams

Insurers are yet to see a deluge of claims from the northwest Queensland floods, reflecting the predicament of under-insured farmers and producers.

AAP

Mates' smiling faces a window into life on the land

Images of old friends chatting in a paddock, worn-out work boots, kelpie pups and striking starry night skies have won a rural photography competition.

AAP

Drought and taxes pile on mental pressure for farmers

The ongoing challenges of extreme weather and new emergency services taxes are making the mental pressures experienced by farmers harder to bear.

AAP

‘Getting barer by the day’: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust

Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised winter rain is pushed back until June

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‘They can’t drink water. They can’t flush the toilet’: low rainfall in the Adelaide Hills has left thousands on the brink

The driest conditions in nearly two decades have left some South Australians reliant on water carters. Others have been forced to leave their homes

The Guardian - AU

'We can't buy rain': drought taking a toll on farmers

The dams are empty, the crops are struggling and the livestock are hungry, as farmers in southern Australia live through one of the driest seasons in memory.

AAP

'Standing with our mates in the bush': volunteers lend a hand on the farm

'The Hunter is one of the driest farming regions in the country right now.'

Newcastle Herald

Farmer says 'it's all starting again' as dams run dry

With the effects of El Nino already being felt a leading rural charity says they're already seeing a marked increase in demand for their services.

AAP

'From mud to concrete' farmers feeling the El Nino heat

With drier and hotter weather patterns confirmed some Aussie farmers are already in drought.

AAP

Best brewery awards: Modus Brewing Merewether a hit with Wotif voters

Modus Cerveza in a glass and a market first: spiked tepache.

Newcastle Herald

Hydro panels create sustainable water source at country school south-west of Mackay

Despite living in a First World country, young students at a small school in Queensland have gone without a basic human right — until now.

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Hay help for farmers waiting for rain

Nor-for-profit group Rural Aid is dropping hay to dozens of South Australian farmers doing it tough and trying to feed stock in parts of the state.

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