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After a long career as an accomplished TV and radio journalist for programs like AM, This Day Tonight and Beyond 2000, Iain Finlay chooses to end life on his own terms with his family by his side.

The endangered little tern has experienced one of its best breeding seasons in decades, with the highest-ever number of fledglings recorded by scientists.

Tenterfield is famous for its vibrant oak trees, but a tree management plan contains a recommendation not to replace the species. 

The South Lismore Post Office has been decked out with poppies and memorabilia in commemoration of Anzac Day.

A display in a NSW post office commemorating the diggers is being celebrated for keeping the Anzac spirit alive.

Music lovers who wanted to be a part of history by attending the supposed final edition of the Bluesfest in Byron Bay are angry to hear the festival will return next year. 

A young soldier was carrying a Bible when he was hit by shrapnel at Gallipoli — it's among the items on show in Sydney to mark 110 years since the ill-fated landing.

At a private roundtable this week, senior legal, government and health leaders mapped out what it would take and why the regions can't afford to wait. 

The comment went largely unnoticed in the fast-paced environment of a federal election campaign, but in New South Wales coal-country it could cost the Coalition crucial seats.

The inaugural winner of the Sydney Royal Easter Show President's Medal has taken it home again nearly two decades later.

Police allege a 56-year-old man punched the victim as he walked his dog in a country New South Wales town and continued to hit him while he was lying on the road.

Furious Lismore locals say government buybacks of flood-damaged homes have resulted in demolition rather than relocation. A Greens politician says the situation is a "political failure" at time when housing is in short supply.

The District Exhibits at the Sydney Royal Easter Show have been bringing city and country folk together for 125 years.

A "riskier and more unpredictable" global trade landscape has Australian exporters worried, but it could present opportunities as well.

The South East Forest Rescue group alleged the Forestry Corporation of NSW did not conduct a broad area habitat search for features of habitat for three species of glider in areas of native forest logging in NSW.

By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader kill its own species.

A tiny home built by students at Lismore High School has gone under the hammer at auction.

Casey Gadaleta from Caboolture is "waiting to get back" to Ukraine, after losing a limb while fighting for the country's armed forces in February.

A dozen schools have been closed and some residents are being told to prepare for isolation ahead of flooding expected in the state's north-west.

The SES says communities in the north and west of NSW should prepare for more rain, flooding, and isolation for more than two months in some areas.