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An Australian icon on the racecourse and in the breeding barn, Australian Horse Of The Year and champion Australian sire Lonhro, with groom Dean Griesheimer, on parade at Kelvinside, Aberdeen. Picture by Virginia Harvey 

Champion stallion Lonhro dies at his home 'Kelvinside' in the Upper Hunter

Water NSW has issued an amber algae alert for Glennies Creek Dam. Picture supplied

Amber algae alert issued for Glennies Creek Dam

Louise Nichols

Grass identification workshop at Baerami Wednesday 1 May. This event is run by Hunter Local Land Services and is free.

Grass identification and pasture management workshops

The grand champion school carcase was awarded to Scone High School for their Angus steer bred by BW and MM Brooker, Rouchel, pictured with students Ryan Davidson and Brooke Sampson. Picture supplied.


Scone High School's Sydney Royal success with steers and pumpkins

Singleton district Beef producer, Greg Ball, Hunter LLS natural capital advisor, Julia Emerson, and Ian Blackwood, Industry Beef Consulting.

Farmers learn about how a 'net zero' production system may be achieved

Helen DeCosta

Reserve Champion Sophie van Teulingen, Nowra High School and fitting challenge champion Jacob Merrick, Singleton with judge Kristie O'Obrien, Winchester Livestock. 

Young gun Jacob Merrick rises to the top at Heifer fitting challenge.

Work ethic the key for Jacob Merrick's heifer fitting challenge win

Carbon and Your Farm Business is coming to the Upper Hunter

Learn about carbon farming practices at two Upper Hunter workshops

Erica and Stuart Halliday, Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha. Picture supplied

Get that carbon in your soils where is belongs says Erica Halliday

NSW DPI Combined Droiuht Indicator map for NSW.

Drought: the Hunter Valley is the state's most impacted region

Sherrie and Reagan Hamilton with their son Thomas, Tickawara Farm, Wakool in the western Murray region of NSW. Picture supplied.

From shearing sheep to milking many cows

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A weaker Australian dollar is affecting petrol prices at the moment, an analyst says. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Rising wholesale costs, high oil prices and a weak Australian dollar have pushed fuel prices to new highs in Australia's capital cities.

Fuel hits new high as oil and Aussie dollar diverge

More than $160 million has been set aside to fund a national firearms register. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE FORCE)

Some $160 million will be spent on creating a new national gun register aimed at increasing community and police safety.

National gun register to be established by 2028

Police found a man with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle in Melbourne's southeast early on Saturday. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

A 30-year-old man has died after a drive-by shooting, which took place in a Melbourne street under the cover of darkness.

Man dead following suburban drive-by shooting

Bochum's Kevin Stoger netted a brace in their crucial 3-2 win over Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. (AP PHOTO)

Bochum have given their fans renewed hope of beating the drop from the Bundesliga with a tense 3-2 win over Hoffenheim.

Bochum leave drop zone with 3-2 win against Hoffenheim

Rapper Ziggy Ramo's new book takes aim at Australian attitudes toward colonisation. (HANDOUT/COMMON STATE)

In his first book, rapper Ziggy Ramo argues the dehumanisation of the first Australians is at the root of incarceration rates and gaps in life expectancy.