Lightning Ridge
Man jailed 18 years for woman’s ‘extraordinarily callous’ murder
Vittorio Stefanato, the owner of Amigo’s Castle in Lightning Ridge, has been sentenced over the fatal shooting of mother of four Christine Neilan in 2020.
- Sarah McPhee
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‘Our dear brother was murdered’: $500,000 reward for answers into death of opal miner
Paul Murray was found naked and decomposing, with painful burrs in his feet, two kilometres from his camp site. His family believe he was murdered.
- Jenny Noyes
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- Hospitals
'We couldn't believe it': Woman bleeds to death in NSW hospital with no doctors on site
Patients have been warned to have their heart attacks "between nine and five" as emergency departments move to treat patients via videolink outside business hours.
- Carrie Fellner
NSW man wanted on child sex warrant may be in north Queensland
Joseph Lowe, 51, may have firearms with him, police say.
- Lucy Stone
Travel guide to the best Australian holiday towns
What makes the perfect Australian town for a holiday? Here are our picks of the best.
- Sue Williams
Outback with a vengeance
Cheaper flights and a swag of new tour resorts and hotel makeovers are helping lure travellers back to central Australia, writes Lee Atkinson.
The pits, and we love it
The resources boom is driving the economy and now tourists are chasing a slice of the action, writes Sue Williams.
Air and water
Penny Watson buckles up for a bird's-eye view of the outback during a tour in a small plane.
Heaven and high water
Lee Atkinson manages to stay one step ahead of the floodwaters on a road trip through outback NSW.
Big dreams and crazy tales
Lee Atkinson revels in the wacky ways of Lightning Ridge, where the stories get bigger with every beer.
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