Elloise Farrow-Smith

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Elloise Farrow-Smith

Tensions are high in the northern NSW seat of Richmond where nurses handing out flyers at pre-poll booths say they are under pressure from their former allies, the Labor party. The seat sits on the NSW-Queensland border and in recent years has experienced an exodus of nurses to the Queensland in pursuit of better pay and conditions. "I have seen the frustration of nurses being betrayed by the Labor government and our fight for equal pay," nurse Ian Abaolos said.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elloise Farrow-Smith |Bridie Tanner

Charmaine Hatch never imagined getting hitched would involve so many hitches. But that was what happened when Tropical Cyclone Alfred became an unwanted guest at her wedding on the NSW north coast. The Narrabri woman had meticulously planned her Yamba wedding, arriving a week before their big day, only to see their plans crumble. One by one, accommodation providers began to cancel her wedding guests' reservations. Ms Hatch began to panic.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elloise Farrow-Smith |Bridie Tanner

Charmaine Hatch never imagined getting hitched would involve so many hitches. But that was what happened when Tropical Cyclone Alfred became an unwanted guest at her wedding on the NSW north coast. The Narrabri woman had meticulously planned her Yamba wedding, arriving a week before their big day, only to see their plans crumble. One by one, accommodation providers began to cancel her wedding guests' reservations. Ms Hatch began to panic.

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Elloise Farrow-Smith

By Elloise Farrow-Smith, ABCEx-Cyclone Alfred is stirring up the past with stormy seas at Ballina uncovering a ship from the 1890s. It's believed the ship, uncovered at a popular swimming beach, is the remnants of a paddle steamer The Comet. Curator and manager of the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum, Ron Creber, said the area around Ballina and Byron Bay were shipwreck graveyards, and The Comet could be the first of many to be uncovered by the wild seas whipped up by Cyclone Alfred.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elloise Farrow-Smith

Police will allege a man who crashed a car onto the roof of a house on the NSW Mid-North Coast refused to take a breath test. Officers were called to Hindman Street in Port Macquarie at about 9:30pm last night, where they allegedly found a 38-year-old man still trapped in the vehicle. Police said the car crashed through a safety barrier and boundary fence before flying through the air and smashing onto the house. A 62-year-old man who was inside the home was not injured.