Police launch an investigation after the discovery of a body submerged in a tank used to treat livestock for ticks on a NSW property.

The hospitality industry says the backpacker ballot will create workforce shortages, but a new migration agreement could help holiday towns in NSW.  

Australia's oldest man, Ken Weeks, and the world's oldest man, João Marinho Neto, share the same birthday and exchanged best wishes for the first time this year.

Despite record sheep prices the Jerilderie saleyard will be decommissioned after Murrumbidgee Council failed to find anyone to take over its 20-year lease offered for just $1 per year.

Fishers and seafood retailers say proposed NSW limits designed to rebuild snapper and yellowtail kingfish stocks will send prices soaring.

Businesses in Coffs Harbour are preparing for life without 35,000 vehicles driving daily through the city.

A marine biologist says sharks are likely to be attracted to a New South Wales sandbar where a dead whale was left for more than a day.