Rachel Holdsworth

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Flood-hit NSW residents say insurance unaffordable as premiums skyrocket

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth |Emma Siossian

Farmers and home owners on the Mid North Coast unable to afford skyrocketing insurance premiums are beginning to clean up their properties. Insurers say a record number of weather events and claims along with rising inflation have caused a increased the cost of insurance. They are calling on governments to invest in a "flood-defence fund" for levees, house raising, waterproofing and buybacks.
Farmers sell off record numbers of stock as southern NSW drought bites

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth |Emily Doak |Cara Jeffery

Sheep and cattle farmers are selling off stock, and crop farmers are dry sowing, as southern NSW's drought begins to take hold. The drought is not having an impact on the health of livestock, with farmers using feed supplements. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a higher chance of rain in June in some parts of the Riverina. Dams have dried up and the paddocks of Yvette McKenzie's New South Wales Riverina sheep farm are dry and bare.
Six new AusPost distribution sites announced for regional NSW

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

Australia Post has announced six new distribution sites across regional and rural NSW to meet the growing demand from online shopping. The new facilities will be based in Tumut, Leeton, Deniliquin, Forbes, Casino and Byron Bay. Construction will begin later this year and early 2026. Australia Post will be expanding its distribution sites across regional and rural New South Wales as online shopping increases.
Sussan Ley's leadership push met with support and reservations in Farrer

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Alice Walker |Rachel Holdsworth |Sarah Krieg

The electorate of Farrer does not like change. Named after wheat breeder William James Farrer, the seat covers more than 12,500 square kilometres of sparsely populated southern New South Wales, skirting most of the Victorian border. Since its establishment in 1949, it has had just four members, all from the Coalition.
Police arrest man over death of four-week-old baby in 2023

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

A man has been arrested over the death of a four-week-old baby in southern NSW. Child abuse squad detectives were notified after the baby was taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in a critical condition on July 27, 2023. Unexplained serious physical injuries were identified in the boy. He was transferred to Sydney's Children's Hospital where he died on July 31. Detectives attached to State Crime Command's child abuse squad established Strike Force Wighton to investigate the infant's death.
Nationals weigh up increased Coalition role after federal election

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jess Scully |Rachel Holdsworth

Senior Nationals members say their party deserves a greater role in the Coalition after it fared better than the Liberals overall in the election. Nationals MPs retained all of their seats in the House of Representatives and achieved a swing towards the party in Bendigo. The party has so far secured 14 lower house seats, including five from the Queensland-based Liberal National Party (LNP). The Liberals had secured 39 seats but were ahead in a further three.
Federal election candidate Richard Foley labels voters 'dumbest on this planet'

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

A federal candidate for the Riverina is standing by since-deleted social media comments in which he labelled people in the electorate as "the dumbest walking on this planet". Australian Citizens Party candidate and Wagga Wagga City councillor, Richard Foley, took to Facebook on Wednesday night, slamming people within the Riverina electorate over their voting behaviours.
McCormack slams posters of himself, Dutton, Rinehart and Palmer in Nazi uniforms

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Gary-Jon Lysaght |Rachel Holdsworth

Former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack has slammed images depicting himself, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Clive Palmer and Gina Rheinhart as Nazis. The member for Riverina described posters in the front window of a Wagga Wagga shop as "evil" and "vile". NSW Police are investigating the incident. Police are investigating a display in a storefront window in southern New South Wales that depicts Coalition politicians and billionaires as Nazis.
Freak storm adds to rental crisis in Harden as 12 homes become uninhabitable

Mar 23, 2025 | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

In a town where the rental vacancy rate was already less than 1 per cent, the last thing locals needed was a destructive storm. But that is exactly what Mother Nature dished up to a small community in the NSW Riverina last month. Harden, north-west of Canberra and with a population of about 2,000, faced the brunt of a storm during the early hours of February 9. It caused severe flash flooding and left a dozen homes uninhabitable.
ACT visitor dies after contracting Japanese encephalitis in Murrumbidgee region

Mar 13, 2025 | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

A man has died after contracting Japanese encephalitis on holiday in Southern NSW. It is the second death in NSW this year from the virus. NSW Health has confirmed the man, aged in his 70s, from the ACT, died on March 6 in a Canberra hospital while being treated for Japanese encephalitis. He was reported to have acquired the mosquito-borne disease in the NSW Murrumbidgee region.