Albury
‘A huge hole’: Family hopes man’s death after knee surgery sparks change
Kenneth Toll was one of three patients to die after receiving bilateral knee replacement surgery from a NSW orthopaedic surgeon, a five-day inquest heard.
- by Angus Thomson
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Ken went into hospital for knee surgery. Three days later, he was dead
An inquest is examining the events leading to the death of a 62-year-old grandfather following a routine procedure at a private hospital in regional NSW.
- by Angus Thomson
Appliance boss fires up, blames state gas policy for factory closure
An Albury factory boss has attacked the state government’s “reckless” move away from gas, saying he has been forced to relocate 120 jobs.
- by Kieran Rooney
The NSW sea change towns where house prices fell most
Interest rate rises and a return to CBD offices have taken the heat out of popular towns, although some areas are showing signs of renewed confidence.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Freight trains up to 3.6km long incite fears in regional towns
The double-stacked trains will travel through some centres up to 20 times a day under plans for a 1700-kilometre freight line between Brisbane and Melbourne.
- by Catherine Naylor
Series
Cities of the Future
Cities of the Future
In this series, The Age explores how Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Albury-Wodonga will change in the coming decades.
Opinion
Population
When a vision of shiny new cities meant moving to the country
I was among a frolic of optimists who moved to what was billed as Australia’s national growth centre in the mid-1970s.
- by Tony Wright
Colonoscopy ‘recall’: Almost 2000 Albury-Wodonga patients at risk, watchdog says
The healthcare watchdog has warned that a surgeon operated on the wrong end of a patient’s colon and made other serious errors since 2018.
- by Aisha Dow and Caroline Schelle
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NSW floods
Large hail and severe thunderstorm warning for flood-stricken towns
Severe thunderstorms and dangerous flash flooding are forecast to hit inland areas of central and south-east NSW on Sunday and Monday.
- by Megan Gorrey and Millie Muroi
Fish out of water: Life inside the ever-changing border bubble
When Tegan Greenfield worked in Albury, customers saw a Victorian number plate and said ‘they need to go home’. She lives just three kilometres away.
- by Michael Fowler
Plastic fantastic as architect wins big prize for small project
A Sydney architect has again won a major award by turning unloved waste into building materials.
- by Julie Power
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