Big swagger,broad hat,fighting words:How serial pest Andrew Thaler held a council to ransom

Big swagger,broad hat,fighting words:How serial pest Andrew Thaler held a council to ransom

The Snowy Monaro Region Council’s first meeting usually takes 10 minutes. With Andrew Thaler opposing almost every motion,it took more than two hours.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery

The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery

The craft brewer is closing down after losing almost $1 million in trade during roadworks after failing to secure compensation from the state government.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Man found after ‘walking through the night’ in freezing conditions near Thredbo
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Man found after ‘walking through the night’ in freezing conditions near Thredbo

Police say a member of the public came upon 61-year-old Bing Wei on The Alpine Way at Thredbo just before 9am,and alerted searchers.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0

Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0

A fourth giant tunnelling machine will be added to the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in a bid to keep it on track.

  • byMike Foley
Light at the end of the tunnel:After seven weeks wedged in rock,Florence is finally free

Light at the end of the tunnel:After seven weeks wedged in rock,Florence is finally free

The giant tunnel boring machine has been stuck for months in hard rock deep below the Kosciuszko National Park.

  • byMike Foley
The ‘polar-powered storm’ bringing snow and bitter temperatures to NSW

The ‘polar-powered storm’ bringing snow and bitter temperatures to NSW

The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania brings Antarctic winds and snow.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons andAngus Dalton
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The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied

The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied

A rewarding job in a stunning region is going begging despite the best efforts of the community to fill it.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended

Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended

Hundreds of kilograms of silver iodide have been unleashed over ski fields and mountain peaks over a decade.

  • byAngus Dalton
No snow,but queues form as Australia’s first ‘alpine coaster’ opens

No snow,but queues form as Australia’s first ‘alpine coaster’ opens

The sight of a new $9 million alpine coaster was a welcome distraction from otherwise bare and drizzly ski slopes over Thredbo’s opening weekend.

  • byKatherine Scott
The ski season is here. Only two lifts out of 78 will be running

The ski season is here. Only two lifts out of 78 will be running

The ski season opens this long weekend with minimal snowfall and bookings down as cost-of-living pressures bite.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?

Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?

If global emissions remain high,skiing and snowboarding will disappear in Australia by 2080 at all but two resorts. If emissions are rapidly reduced,snow sports will remain strong throughout the Australian Alps.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons