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Man thrown from ute tray dies

A man has died when he was thrown from a utility in south-western New South Wales.

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Western Riverina fatality mars Easter Sunday

An accident at Maude early yesterday has left one man dead and two people injured.

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Maude accident serves as timely reminder

Police have named a Victorian man who died after being thrown from the tray of a utility west of Hay.

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Irrigators plan basin's biggest sell-off

Local irrigators are behind what is believed to be the biggest irrigation sell-off so far in the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Irrigator says water sale could save icon basin site

A western Riverina farmer says an offer by local irrigators to sell their water could secure one of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's icon sites.

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Village of 24 stays put as Murrumbidgee rises

All 24 residents of Maude, west of Hay are defying an evacuation order from the State Emergency Service (SES) and staying put in their village.

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Murrumbidgee peaks in Maude

A long time resident of Maude in the western Riverina says the Murrumbidgee flood peak didn't spread as far as first expected.

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New water license proposal in Nimmie-Caira

A new type of water license has been created for the Lower Murrumbidgee region for a proposed Commonwealth water buyback to proceed.

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Deadline looming for Nimmie Caira buyback deal

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Nimmie Caira rate loss unlikely to eventuate

A $52,000 loss in the Hay Shire Council's rateable income, due to the Nimmie Caira deal, is now unlikely to eventuate.

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Nimmie Caira plan still being developed

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Scientists fly in to study birds after the floods

International researchers are keen to learn more about some of Australia's iconic waterbirds following recent floods in the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Ministers start selling the Basin plan

Federal ministers are meeting communities in the Murray-Darling Basin to sell the opportunities from the proposed plan for the region.

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Group of Basin landholders tries to sell land and water to Commonwealth

A south-west NSW farmer involved in a proposal to sell a large parcel of land and water to the Commonwealth believes strategic buybacks make sense.

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Murrumbidgee flood water heads to Victoria

Properties in the far western Riverina could be isolated for another three weeks, as the flooded Murrumbidgee River leaves NSW and flows into the Murray in Victoria.

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Indigenous focused school proposed in Riverina

There is hope a new school, focused on Indigenous education, will be operating by the start of the 2016 school year.

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Scientists fly in to study birds after the floods

International researchers are keen to learn more about some of Australia's iconic waterbirds following recent floods in the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Ministers start selling the Basin plan

Federal ministers are meeting communities in the Murray-Darling Basin to sell the opportunities from the proposed plan for the region.

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Group of Basin landholders tries to sell land and water to Commonwealth

A south-west NSW farmer involved in a proposal to sell a large parcel of land and water to the Commonwealth believes strategic buybacks make sense.

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Murrumbidgee flood water heads to Victoria

Properties in the far western Riverina could be isolated for another three weeks, as the flooded Murrumbidgee River leaves NSW and flows into the Murray in Victoria.

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