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Hume and Hovell 200 years on: Is it time to reassess their epic trek?
Hamilton Hume and William Hovell became the first Europeans to travel from Sydney to Corio Bay – despite their argument over a frying pan.
- by Tony Wright
Victorian schools are losing out in the border battle for teachers
Victorian graduate teachers are the worst paid in the country, with fears a NSW pay bump could make the teacher shortage worse for regional schools.
- by Alex Crowe
‘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
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
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