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A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 

A man has pleaded not guilty to allegedly removing a live silky bantam chicken, called Betty White, from a wildlife park enclosure and throwing it into a nearby alligator enclosure.

A 12-month-old Angus bull has become the most expensive ever sold in Australia — for $360,000.

Most farming achievements – fat cattle, healthy crops and good returns – are seen above the ground. But by tweaking their soil, the Mackenzie family says they are seeing all those things succeed, but also balancing out their emissions.

MORNING BRIEFING: The New South Wales Premier says an independent review into the appointment of John Barilaro to a lucrative trade role in New York could be handed down by the end of the week. 

The virus is still spreading through the region, putting the end of lockdown in jeopardy and alarming health officials.

David King was found lying outside a crashed vehicle with a gunshot wound on Sunday.

Robert Mackenzie says Sydneysiders have always been there for his family in the tough times.

The stud principal says she's still shaking after watching the hammer fall today.

An emergency warning remains in place for a bushfire burning in the NSW Hunter region, north of Newcastle.

A bushfire emergency has been declared in NSW's Hunter region with homes threatened at Salt Ash and authorities issuing a total fire ban as conditions deteriorate.

The 737 Large Air Tanker 'Gaia' has been fighting the bushfire near Salt Ash in the NSW Hunter. It's the first time this kind of plane has been used to fight a fire anywhere in the world.

It has been a crazy few days of weather all over the country with extreme cold, blazing heat, destructive winds and catastrophic fire danger.

The NSW Rural Fire Service says the Campvale Fire is being pushed by strong westerly winds towards Salt Ash.

Two fires burning 50 kilometres apart near Port Stephens and Kurri Kurri in the NSW Hunter region are downgraded, with fire crews remaining on site to establish containment lines in windy conditions.

Australia's fifth generation fighter jets are finally set to touch down at the Williamtown RAAF Base, north of Newcastle, and are expected to strengthen the local economy.

A bushfire has been raging near Salt Ash in the NSW Hunter region over the weekend.

An emergency warning has been issued as the Salt Ash bushfire, in New South Wales' Hunter region, intensifies again.

Firefighters will work overnight to consolidate their gains over a bushfire New South Wales' Hunter region which has burned through more than 2,000 hectares.

Residents in the Hunter region say they are gutted by the approval of a controversial sand mine in a PFAS contamination zone.

The Cancer Council of Australia cautiously backs a criticised NSW Health PFAS cancer cluster study as a "reasonable and sensible first step".

Footage of the man punching a 21-year-old woman in the face was viewed thousands of times on social media and led to the motorist being handed a good behaviour bond and a $900 fine.

The Department of Defence says residents living around Williamtown's air force base near Newcastle were only exposed to low and acceptable levels of potentially dangerous chemicals.

A third person is charged over a road rage incident on the central coast, which became viral on social media as it showed a man punching a woman in the face.

Days after the Commonwealth Bank's threats to foreclose homes in a contaminated area of NSW were revealed at the banking inquiry, the CEO apologises and says an administrative error had occurred.