Charles Rushforth is a news reporter working for ABC Coffs Coast. He tweets at @_rushforth_ and you can reach him via email .
An Aboriginal engagement report has recommended "deep cultural cleansing" of a colonial-era hospital on the New South Wales South Coast which denied Indigenous mothers indoor care.
An artwork naming more than 18,000 children killed in Gaza has been displayed on the NSW South Coast, after it was dropped by a local council for posing an "unacceptable level of risk".
A woman who taught at a Sydney high school is given a 15-month prison sentence for sexual offences involving two male students.
Days after proposed timetable changes were abandoned, the government is promising to electrify the rail line from Kiama to Bomaderry and add additional tracks.
Developers behind a proposed $23 million gas-powered power plant required for a data centre have told a court they want the project to be powered by the grid as soon as possible.
After a career spanning half a century, Aunty Ruth Simms has been posthumously acknowledged as a Doctor of Letters.
The use of drones for taking footage and photos has become almost commonplace, but increasingly they're being used to deliver all sorts of goods, including allegedly drugs into jails on the south coast of New South Wales.
The NSW government confirms it is procuring counter-drone technology for prisons after two alleged drug smuggling attempts in a fortnight.
Wildlife rescue volunteers are being overwhelmed by hundreds of flying fox pups born prematurely across NSW, due to a suspected starvation event.
Architect Adriano Pupilli creates a flat-packed tiny home that meets the second-highest bushfire attack level after enduring the 2019 Black Summer bushfires.
A former senior NSW Health employee will be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions after he was found to have engaged in serious corruption, including faking his CVs and nepotism.
Close to 100 members of the Australian Defence Force are now part of the search for Lily Hooper, who has been missing for seven days in Nattai National Park.
The search continues for bushwalker Lily Hooper, who has gone missing while hiking alone in Nattai National Park, south-west of Sydney.
The winter death toll from residential fires in NSW has reached 13 after two elderly people died in separate blazes across Western Sydney and the South Coast.
A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery in regional areas found evidence of migrant workers living in near-uninhabitable conditions, forced to work demanding hours and threatened if they spoke up.
Jacob Greig has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a 15-year-old boy he stabbed during a confrontation near a Wilton campsite in 2024.
The Shoalhaven City Council has voted to sell properties that currently host a homeless shelter, a disability service for children and a youth centre in a bid to stave off a rate rise for residents.
There have been six incidents involving falling tools and building materials at BlueScope, less than a year since contractor Jack McGrath was killed.
Topic: Workplace Accidents and Incidents
Volunteers have helped wildlife rescue organisation ORRCA count eastern whales on their annual northern migration.
The National Parks Association wants an ambitious 1.2-million-hectare national park spanning from the Illawarra to the Victorian border.
NSW Police will review footage showing a woman falling to the ground after being pushed by an officer during a pro-Palestine protest outside Bisalloy Steels in Wollongong.
About 2,500 litres of fuel spilled into a creek on the NSW South Coast after a tanker became stuck on a dirt road 30 kilometres south of its scheduled delivery location.
The Princes Highway remains closed in both directions as police investigate the cause of the crash.
The Australian Dance Theatre's first Indigenous artistic director had some dark days after the Voice referendum, but he shines a light on reconciliation in a new outdoor performance set to the rhythm of the rising Sun.
After almost a decade of campaigning, residents welcome safety improvements at a notorious stretch of the Princes Highway considered the most crash-prone turn-off in southern New South Wales.
