People power forces developer back to the drawing board

Residents of Muswellbrook’s sought after Ironbark Ridge have spent years enjoying the tranquility of their semi rural sized blocks. This is now in jeopardy but the latest stage of the housing estate with a developer proposing a stack of new housing including duplex style properties. The residents …

Australia Votes 2025:  Never Under-estimate the Bush!

Political candidates chasing votes in the Upper Hunter have been warned to keep the issues close to home. We chat with Liz Ritchie from the Regional Australia Institute on why your vote will matter. 

Constable Kate Gilbert - Chasing Her Dream

Freshly graduated from the Police Academy, mother-of-two Kate relies on many layers of support to fulfill her long held ambition to work as an officer in her home town of Scone.  

Get Ready to Rum-ble!

Is Muswellbrook about to usurp Bundaberg as the rum capital of Australia?  Sydney Rum Distillery CEO Steve McGarry has big plans to turn the old milk factory into a mecca for rum aficionados.

The Kid Can Drive!

He's barely off his P's, but Denman's Rylan Gray is a gun racing driver, who is finding out just what it takes to make it to the Supercars main game.

HUNTER-ING FOR LOVE!

Forget Farmer Wants a Wife.  In this episode, we chat to a few of the 400 members of Solo Socials Upper Hunter group about what it's really like to be single and ready to mingle in Muswellbrook.  

"Thankyou Mr MacMillan OAM"

From helping to heal the heartbreak of the Greta bus tragedy, to being in the thick of a rugby scrum, Gerard MacMillan is one of Singleton's finest, with an Order of Australia medal to prove it.

Power To The People - Just Not Over There!

The picture perfect village of Mitchell's Flat is hardly what you'd describe as "nimby" territory,  but locals can't see the sunny side of plans to put 170-Thousand solar panels onto prime farming land. 

Girl Power In RM's!

27-year-old Rolanda Clout-Collins wears more than the one Akubra -  farmer, trusted accountant and agricultural advocate for the Upper Hunter.  She's being touted as a future leader in all things farming, including the mental health wellbeing for anyone on the land. 

Bloomin' Marvelous Merriwa!

There's a lot of dirt under fingernails out Merriwa way.   The town's community nursery has its sights set on growing thousands of trees, but it's also nurturing more than just garden beds.