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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 · Aug 18

'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 · Mar 10

'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.

AAP · Jan 13

‘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 · Mar 1, 2025

'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 · Nov 29, 2024

'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 · Oct 31, 2023

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 · Oct 14, 2023

'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 · Sep 19, 2023

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

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

Newcastle Herald · Sep 5, 2023

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.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022