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The proposed solar farm would be built on 393 hectares of land on the NSW/ACT border.

Why this council is opposing a $170m solar farm that would power 48,000 homes

A 100-megawatt solar farm is the latest flashpoint over the construction of renewable energy projects in regional Australia.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke.

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.

  • Megan Gorrey and Millie Muroi
Yass District Hospital was run by a paramedic over Christmas due to staff shortfalls, leaving staff up in arms.

‘Dangerous situation’: Paramedic left to run NSW hospital due to lack of doctors

In a letter to the NSW government, employees of a hospital have warned staff shortages are putting people in danger.

  • Carrie Fellner
Kristy McBain and Anthony Albanese greet each other with an elbow tap in Merimbula.

Anthony Albanese and the loneliness of the long-distance campaigner

On the campaign trail of empty streets, Anthony Albanese has found social distancing makes the Eden-Monaro byelection an awkward affair.

  • Tony Wright
The framework for Parkwood, the NSW-side development of the cross-border Ginninderry project west of Belconnen.

Border move 'fundamental' to cross-border Ginninderry development

Separately, development director David Maxwell confirmed NSW-side residents would pay NSW stamp duty as they paid ACT-level rates.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
The framework for Parkwood, the NSW-side development of the cross-border Ginninderry project west of Belconnen.

New cross-border development residents may have to pay ACT-level rates

Parkwood, the name of the NSW side of Ginninderry, will get its own school, with residents expected to pay ACT-level rates.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
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Photo  of extracted natural material in Sutton for a 2016, Yass Valley Council report and a photo of part of the gully at 354 Kaveneys Road to be filled with clean fill.

'Money and dirt': Yass votes on new plan to deal with development

Yass council has previously raised concerns about Canberra developers using local farmlands to dump clean fill and avoid ACT dumping costs.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Yass landowners (from left) Mark O'Shea, Averil Ginn, Bill Ginn, and Arnold Dekker, say there needs to be a clearer plan for developmentalong the NSW border.

Yass landowners argue they weren't informed about buffer zone

The zone would see property values on the NSW side of the border plummet and an eventual takeover by the ACT government, landowners say.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Caitlin Miller, who is at a loss what to do about tonnes of glass she says was dumped on her Bywong property by her father, and has turned to crowdfunding.

Landowner seeks help to clean glass dump left by her dad

Caitlin Miller turns to crowdfunding in desperation at no action over piles of Canberra recycling glass.

  • Kirsten Lawson
Chris Reynolds (left) and Cassandra Brown-Crane (right) with their two-year-old son Alijah Reynolds the day after he was allegedly left in a bus at a childcare centre.

Mother of boy left on Yass childcare bus counts blessings son is safe

Cassandra Brown-Crane's two-year-old son Alijah returned to the Yass Little Learners childcare centre on Thursday.

  • Jasper Lindell, Hannah Sparks and Cassandra Morgan

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