Anne Weekes at Wee Waa Hospital:“The hospital is part of the fabric of the town.”

The hospital where you can have an emergency only during business hours

Patients used to turn up in the back of a ute,needing urgent help for a snakebite or farm injury. Now they can only do so between 8am and 5.30pm.

  • Catherine Naylor

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Locals line up for last drinks at the Commercial Hotel in Rappville.

Last drinks for heritage-listed pub after 113 years

In the Commercial Hotel’s heyday,people would get off the train,have lunch and resume their journey. But without poker machines,it’s hard for the modern country pub to survive.

  • Catherine Naylor
The approved Sealark development at Culburra.

‘No longer fishing villages’:Fight to save charm of South Coast holiday towns

Thousands of Sydneysiders are drawn to the classic holiday spots every summer,but plans to protect their character are up in the air.

  • Catherine Naylor
The new Mount Perisher chairlift construction

The $26m gamble at the top of Australia

It’s perched thousands of metres above sea level,and when finished will be second only to a toilet block as Australia’s highest building.

  • Catherine Naylor
The clean-up begins on another house that was the target of graffiti.

‘We won’t be intimidated’:In Sydney’s eastern suburbs,there is fear,shock and defiance

Members of Sydney’s eastern suburbs Jewish community have welcomed extra security – but have said they won’t be cowed by antisemitic attacks.

  • Jordan Baker andCatherine Naylor
The scene on Magney St on Wednesday morning.

PM lashes ‘evil’ antisemitic attack as police boost Sydney patrols

Anthony Albanese said attacks like that in Woollahra “diminish us as a nation”,and a “whole of society” effort was needed to stamp them out.

  • Catherine Naylor,Josefine Ganko,Riley Walter,Max Maddison andPenry Buckley
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Alexandrium minutum is normally found in clean water off the coast,but was detected this month in the Shoalhaven River.

Deadly algae detected in popular NSW river

A rare toxic algae that can prove fatal to humans has been detected just weeks after a catastrophic industrial accident.

  • Catherine Naylor
Tom carroll bandaged head

‘I kooked it’:Surfing legend Tom Carroll shaken,and embarrassed,after head injury

Carroll made his name surfing monster waves off Hawaii,but it was a much smaller swell closer to home that upended the former world champion.

  • Catherine Naylor andRiley Walter
Shoalhaven disasters

The most disaster-prone council in NSW says it has run out of cash

Residents face soaring rates to pay for the damage. Use our interactive map to see how your council compares.

  • Catherine Naylor andNigel Gladstone
Nathan Kulinitsch is restoring his house in Dawes Point.

Nathan’s grand renovation dream had serious challenges. The answer was 1000km away

The multimillion-dollar Dawes Point home is one of Sydney’s oldest buildings. Its new owners had no idea of the complexities that lay ahead.

  • Catherine Naylor