Griffith
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- Courts
First person charged under strict new domestic abuse prevention laws
Dallas Honeysett has been charged with breaching a serious domestic abuse prevention order. He was on parole for other violent offences.
- Amber Schultz
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‘F’ the lot of youse: Inside the deep political bitterness of the Farrer byelection
There’s a building feeling of discontent in the town of Griffith, and it’s coalescing around One Nation.
- Rob Harris
A protest vote is brewing in Sussan Ley’s seat – but it won’t be simple
Like many Australians, dairy farmer Nick Flanagan finds his WhatsApp group chat is a good barometer of what people are thinking about politics. Its contents will worry the Coalition.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
They’re the best soccer team in the bush. But they’ve got nowhere to play
Yoogali SC are one of regional Australia’s great sporting stories. But instead of being celebrated, they’re being shut out of the game.
- Vince Rugari
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- Food sustainability
Salmon critics say fish farms should be on land. How it works for Murray cod
A sustainable Murray cod farm using freshwater ponds in the Riverina provides a contrast to open-pen salmon farming in the ocean off Tasmania.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The tree-change towns where home buyers are negotiating deeper discounts
Some were in red-hot demand only a few years ago, but buyers looking now can find themselves in the box seat.
- Elizabeth Redman
The single pond that became a big fish and hooked the world on the Murray cod
This native Australian fish, coveted and showcased by top chefs in Australia and around the world, literally can’t grow fast enough.
- Jessica Yun
Alleged bagman for mafia-linked cocaine plot arrested
Investigators allegedly uncovered evidence of Domenic Zirilli acting as the bagman in a failed attempt to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine into Australia from Ecuador.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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- Illness
Could algal blooms in the state’s dry heart harbour a fatal disease?
Every month, Griffith resident Tania Magoci voluntarily collects urine samples of known sufferers of the motor neurone disease in her region and couriers them to Sydney seven hours away by road.
- Peter Hannam
Water watchdog has big Riverina irrigator in its sights over diversion
One of Australia’s largest private irrigators is being investigated over the conversion of part of a wetland swamp into a dam that has diverted water from a major creek system to supply nearby farms.
- Peter Hannam