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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie
Homes have been inundated and people are on their roofs as record flooding swamps the New South Wales Mid North Coast. The Manning River is flooding at a level never seen before at Taree, surpassing the 1929 record of 6 metres early this morning, and is still rising. During the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) responded to 887 incidents, including 118 flood rescues.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hannah Palmer |Max Tillman
Authorities are investigating how a load of turf laden with fire ants was certified as treated and clear before being delivered to a property on the NSW north coast. The ants, including six queens, were found at Eureka in the Byron Shire, 53 kilometres from the Queensland border. A landscaper discovered the ants on Tuesday in turf delivered by a South-East QLD supplier.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |Emma Rennie
When 17-year-old Nikolas Leimanis-Budden collapsed into a seizure at his local gym, the first thing staff did was call for an ambulance. His mother Julia Leimanis who was at the gym with her son at the time described it as "terrifying". "I thought Nik was dying. [He'd] never experienced anything like that before," she said. After waiting more than half an hour for the sound of sirens, Ms Leimanis grew more desperate.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | James Paras |Max Tillman
A friend of a teenager whose body was found on train tracks 36 years ago has told a coroner his then-girlfriend is scared to come forward with details about what happened on the night before his death. Mark Haines' name and photo have been used with the permission of his family. Mark Anthony Haines's body was found on train tracks eight kilometres south of Tamworth on the morning of January 16, 1988. He had suffered a head injury.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Elloise Farrow-Smith |Max Tillman
Rainfall is already breaking records on the NSW north coast. The SES is asking people to prepare their homes and check their emergency plans as a trough moves along the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast. Predictions are that another 100mm could fall in the state's north across Wednesday before the trough moves offshore. Record-breaking rain has fallen in northern New South Wales as emergency services prepare for further falls in an already soaked catchment.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |Bridie Tanner
A juvenile humpback whale was rescued after it was pinned to the ocean floor by a wire cable off the New South Wales coast for up to eight days. Heavy seas made the rescue mission perilous for trained divers. The whale is expected to continue its northerly migration, but it may not survive. Dangerous seas threatened to capsize a rescue boat that came to the aid of a humpback whale 'anchored to the ocean floor' off the New South Wales North Coast.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |Miranda Saunders
In short: Overseas backpackers and itinerant workers are squatting in flood-damaged Lismore homes. The houses were bought back by the NSW Reconstruction Authority after catastrophic flooding in 2022. What's next? The Reconstruction Authority is offering the squatters alternative accommodation. Overseas backpackers and itinerant workers are heading to Lismore to squat in flood-affected houses.
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May 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |Miranda Saunders
In short: Staff at the new Tweed Valley Hospital say a lack of car parking spaces is forcing them to arrive hours early for shifts, and causing patients to be late for appointments. NSW Premier Chris Minns believes the parking issue is just a "teething problem" with the new hospital. What's next? Mr Minns says he will keep a close eye on the issue over the next few months.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |James Paras
The inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines has been adjourned for six months after possible new evidence has emerged. Almost four decade on from his death, the adjournment adds to his family's long wait for answers. The 17-year-old's body was discovered on train tracks eight kilometres south of Tamworth on the morning of January 16, 1988. The same morning, a crashed white Torana was found 1.5 kilometres from the scene.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Tillman |James Paras
Mark Haines' name and photo has been used with the permission of his family. An inquest into the 1988 death of Mark Anthony Haines has heard one of his friends told another man "I think I killed him" on the morning the Gomeroi teenager's body was found. Mark's body was discovered on rail tracks south of Tamworth on January 16, 1988. The same morning, a crashed white Torana was found 1.5 kilometres from the scene.
