Micaela Hambrett

The company produces ammonium nitrate emulsion at the Bogan Gate Explosives Reserve, and has been contacted by the regulator multiple times.

The arrival of an explosives manufacturer next to a bushfire-prone paddock in Bogan Gate has locals on edge, as regulators and industry debate how to store ammonium nitrate safely.

The NSW Greens MLC chairing an inquiry into the impacts of metal mining on human health says her committee "refused" to hear from key health experts.

A violinist-turned-inventor and his tree sap blend of bespoke rosin — used to create friction between a bow and a string — helps string ensembles match and project in concert halls the world over.

A proposed gold, lead, zinc and silver mine near Blayney in Central West NSW is a step closer to becoming a reality, but a nearby community says it is not being included in the conversation.

The NSW government is canvassing a new Critical Minerals Strategy that will encourage mineral mining and promote investment. Communities are worried it will leave them in the dust.

A report commissioned by Newcrest Cadia finds lead matching the mine's isotopic signature in 40 per cent of tank sludge samples taken from Orange district rainwater tanks.

The Environment Protection Authority commences criminal proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court against Newcrest's Cadia gold mine for allegedly sending unfiltered crushed core into the atmosphere.

The discovery of heavy metals in the blood and rainwater of those living near a gold mine in New South Wales has sent shock waves through the community and sparked a major investigation.

Traditional owners and elders from the NSW central west are asking the federal environment minister to intervene in a gold mine project, with the mine owners denying there is any "significant" cultural value associated with the site.

One of the largest gold mines in the world has been told it must comply immediately with clean-air laws or risk further action, including licence suspension and court orders.

More than 40 concerned people have attended an information session in the NSW Central West a day after learning the EPA is investigating a nearby gold mine.

The EPA says it is concerned that Cadia Valley Operations is failing to meet its obligations following reports from residents that dust rising from its mine near Orange in NSW is contaminating their water and making their kids sick.

Aboriginal cultural heritage protection processes are under the microscope, after a land council quietly changes its position on a gold mine development in central west NSW from "opposed" to "neutral".

A successful cafe in country New South Wales has been able to expand thanks in no small part to its region's kids.

Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations near Orange will have its expansion approval put on hold after failing to meet a key condition of its production increase.

For almost 80 years, the cottages of Hill End have played a defining role in the careers of hundreds of Australian artists. Now, for the first time, they could be opened up for other uses like short-term accommodation.

Dominic Perrottet says the government must learn from mistakes made in the flood response, while a Northern Rivers MP takes aim at the Bureau of Meteorology for inaccurate forecasts.

Still largely unknown despite it taking nearly 300 lives, many Australian, on this day in 1942 a military hospital massacre was one of the closing moments of the Fall of Singapore. 

A project designed to increase foot traffic has reinvigorated a village's relationship with its past, which may just be the ticket to a more certain future.

Leaked documents reveal departmental staff in NSW have flagged concerns over the "legitimacy and sustainability" of its kangaroo program.

Farmers fear a new 90km wastewater pipeline will contaminate pristine farmland in the NSW Central West.

A report designed to appease a community's environmental health concerns has raised more questions than answers for alarmed residents.

A perfect storm of regional tourism and a booming real estate market create an unprecedented housing crisis in regional NSW.

Three years after its tailings dam wall collapsed, the second-largest gold producer in the world is still struggling to contain the fallout.