Toby Hemmings

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Toby Hemmings |Claire Simmonds

By Toby Hemmings and Claire Simmonds, ABCRecord-breaking flooding created unprecedented traffic chaos on New South Wales roads last week, costing tens of millions of dollars and casting a cloud of uncertainty over the road's flood resilience. Most notably, flooding closed a 20-kilometre stretch of the Pacific Highway dual carriageway between Coopernook and South Taree for almost five days.

1 month ago | radionz.co.nz | Toby Hemmings |Claire Simmonds

By Toby Hemmings and Claire Simmonds, ABCRecord-breaking flooding created unprecedented traffic chaos on New South Wales roads last week, costing tens of millions of dollars and casting a cloud of uncertainty over the road's flood resilience. Most notably, flooding closed a 20-kilometre stretch of the Pacific Highway dual carriageway between Coopernook and South Taree for almost five days.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Toby Hemmings |Claire Simmonds

Record-breaking flooding created unprecedented traffic chaos on New South Wales roads last week, costing tens of millions of dollars and casting a cloud of uncertainty over the road's flood resilience. Most notably, flooding closed a 20-kilometre stretch of the Pacific Highway dual carriageway between Coopernook and South Taree for almost five days. Michael Atkinson was one of the motorists frustrated on Wednesday when he was returning home from Maclean in the Clarence Valley.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Toby Hemmings

Experts say time is running out to address a looming waste crisis in New South Wales. This week state Environment Minister Penny Sharpe repeated a dire forecast that many landfill sites are projected to be at capacity in five years. She said at the current rate of waste disposal red bins would not be able to be collected in Sydney and parts of regional NSW by 2030. "We'll have over two million tonnes worth of residual waste that has nowhere to go," she told ABC Radio Sydney.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Toby Hemmings

A 31-year-old deputy mayor and mother of three has resigned from her regional council claiming it was costing her money to represent her community. Ellie Tree announced she was stepping down from Bellingen Shire Council on the New South Wales Mid North Coast after a three-month leave of absence. She said she was unable to balance the workload between family, full-time employment and postgraduate study. "Unfortunately council pays the least and takes up the most of my time," Cr Tree said.