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The Slim Dusty classic country song A Pub with No Beer is steeped in Australian folklore. But there's a story behind the song behind the poem behind the pub.

A 70-year-old woman has been charged following a deadly crash on the Pacific Highway in regional New South Wales which left a four-wheel drive suspended in the air. 

NSW Police allege 22-year-old Darcy Schafer-Turner was murdered by his friend, Zachary Richard Fraser, in a Peakhurst home in Sydney's south, between April 27 and 29.

After years of battling suicide in her youth, peer support worker Michelle Levy helps others through some of their darkest days.

Bellingen, Nambucca Valley and lower Macleay hope to be included after the Premier announced grants of up to $20,000 for uninsured residents in eight other northern NSW local government areas.

The inaugural East Coast Tribal League is giving First Nations athletes the first chance to represent country and culture since the pandemic began. 

Nikki Taylor had to make the decision to camp out in her car at a testing facility in order to keep her spot in the line. It was a long night, and finding a bathroom was almost impossible, but she passed the time creatively.

The 34-year-old league great will return to his hometown on the NSW Mid North Coast to play for the team that helped him start his illustrious career.

The world's largest macadamia company, Marquis Group, ends its season up 20 per cent on last year with record nut-in-shell received and kernels sold.

Macadamia grower Ross Arnett says spiders are probably one of the biggest predators of "the baddies" blighting his orchard in the Northern Rivers, minimising the use of chemical sprays.

Last month's floods broke all-time records for both the duration and area of rainfall, according to a special report from the Bureau of Meteorology.

The sheer scale of devastation across NSW and a deluge that lasted five days made these floods stand out  — but experts say they weren't the worst the state has faced.

A row of houseboats on the Hawkesbury River were in the firing line of a floating shipping container, adrift in floodwater, until an employee made a bold move.

It's the stuff of nightmares — at the same time rising floodwaters surrounded Melanie Williams's home on the NSW Mid-North Coast, thousands of spiders scaled the fence in her front yard.

Thousands of spiders try to avoid the flood waters at Macksville, on the NSW Mid-North Coast, on March 20, 2021. This video was supplied by local resident Melanie Williams.

Parts of the state are battered by record levels of rainfall but the next 24 hours will be critical for NSW as "volatile, dangerous and dynamic" weather conditions are expected to continue.

GP Daniel Ryan was referring at least five patients a day to Coffs Harbour for scans, and now he's helped secure the advanced imaging machine for his community of the Nambucca Valley.

Andy Gordon was pinned by his car on a remote road. His mobile phone was telling him it could make "emergency calls only", but it couldn't.

A 52-year-old man has been rescued and is in a stable condition at a Port Macquarie hospital after being trapped underneath his car on a remote road overnight.

A community with an Indigenous population more than double the national average is encouraging better health outcomes by showcasing the local Aboriginal culture.