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A man has been accused of plotting terrorist attacks against police, military personnel and corrective services staff while he was already behind bars. The 24-year-old was charged at the Goulburn Correctional Centre after Operation Zellaer began in late 2018 to investigate several people believed to be engaging in terrorism-related activities. NSW Police allege the man was an associate of these...

Precious pets and livestock are keeping vets busy as sharp and irritating grass seeds wreak havoc in southern NSW backyards and paddocks due to the warmer weather. Vets say they are treating animals every day for grass seeds that have burrowed into their ears, eyes, feet and skin, and even been inhaled. Crookwell vet Dr Catherine Culley recently treated two...

Demand for a rural lifestyle sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has seen land values across southeast NSW soar by more than $934 million. New figures from the Valuer General NSW show the region was among those that experienced the largest increases in residential values across the entire state. The southeast’s central location between major cities, the coast and mountains is...

Grape harvest may mean early starts and long nights in the vineyard, but that won't dampen the optimism of growers and winemakers in Hilltops and Canberra during the coming weeks. Vintage 2021 has officially commenced in both regions and many people are predicting bumper crops. It's a dramatic turnaround after drought and smoke from the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires dropped...

A new rescue boat has been launched in Moruya to join the Marine Rescue Tuross fleet and boost safety for marine users. NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said crews from Marine Rescue Tuross would be able to be on the scene of an emergency more rapidly following the delivery of its new $400,000 rescue vessel. Mr...

If the residents of Young want answers about the presence of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the town’s water supply last week, there’s no straight answer coming from Hilltops Council. Council has remained tight-lipped about the source of the contamination, which led to a boil-water alert that sent residents scurrying to supermarket shelves to stock up on water on the...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested following a lockdown at Mulwaree High School in Goulburn on Thursday (18 February) morning. The school was secured as a precaution at 10:00 am after the man threatened a student via social media. Some school parents said they received text messages from their children saying they had been locked in a storeroom while other...

Goulburn will soon catch its first glimpse of the new four-storey Clinical Services Building that is at the centre of the $150 million Goulburn Base Hospital redevelopment. More than 1450 metres of scaffolding around the building will soon be removed in stages until the complete exterior is revealed. The Clinical Services Building will provide a new main entry into the...

About Regional and RiotACT readers have woken this morning to depopulated Facebook feeds as the social media giant makes good its threat to ban publishers and Australian users from sharing or viewing any news articles on its platform. Region Media group editor Genevieve Jacobs says the move is concerning in the midst of a pandemic where social media streams are...

A Goulburn policeman has been cleared of assaulting an Indigenous man in his custody, with a judge finding his actions were “appropriate” at the time. Senior Constable James Iain Murray, 38, of Crookwell was convicted of two counts of common assault in October 2020. The charges stemmed from an incident that arose after Senior Constable Murray arrested the then 18-year-old...

It's commonly known as the 'seven minutes of terror' when entering the atmosphere of Mars, but the team at CSIRO's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex will have a further frightful four minutes before they know if NASA's Perseverance rover makes its much-anticipated landing on Mars this Friday at 7:55 am. It takes 11 minutes and 22 seconds for communication from the rover...

Eurobodalla Shire residents will be able to access help with chainsaw operations, debris management and removal, fencing and small civil works from Disaster Relief Australia after Eurobodalla Shire Council's Bushfire Recovery Support Service arranged and funded extra help for people in need for the next five weeks. Disaster Relief Australia volunteer teams comprising ex-military and emergency responders have been called in...

Nobody knows a back road like a local and right now people west of the Snowy Mountains are furious that one of their main thoroughfares remains closed as a result of the Black Summer bushfires. Elliott Way connects Tumbarumba to Cooma and is used frequently by business people, farmers, locals and tourists keen to take advantage of the shortcut and...