Saffron Howden
Saffron Howden is Rural and Indigenous Affairs Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
Battle to let the rivers run wild
Saffron Howden The health of the Mithaka people fluctuates with the ebb and flow of the rivers through their arid outback country.
River to ruin: farmers fear for Lake Eyre basin over irrigation scheme
Saffron Howden FARMERS are warning that the Lake Eyre basin could be the next Murray-Darling fiasco if plans to open its network of creeks and rivers to irrigators go ahead.
Red alert on bushfire threat
Nick Ralston, Saffron Howden NSW is facing its most dangerous bushfire threat in 12 years as the state swelters through a record-breaking heatwave and fire officials express concern about the public's preparedness.
Rodeos riding into dangerous territory
Saffron Howden Bound to a wheelchair and largely paralysed from the neck down, John Crasti wouldn't mind one last shot at the Orange novice bull-riding winner's trophy.
Owners urged to vaccinate dogs against deadly virus
Saffron Howden A SPIKE in cases of a highly contagious virus that can cause an agonising death in puppies has prompted warnings from veterinarians to vaccinate pets.
Indigenous rangers spread the word
Saffron Howden BETWEEN this week and next, Phillip McCarthy will swap 30-degree heat, bushfires and dugongs for the spruce and pines of Canada's vast Boreal forest in sub-zero temperatures.
Villagers fear mine would destroy town
Saffron Howden A PROPOSAL to mine through a bushland ridge that buffers a Hunter Valley village from an open-cut coal pit has become a test of planning laws that force developers to ''offset'' their environmental...
Nothing sheepish about these early settlers
Saffron Howden A FEW hills over from the roar of traffic on the Hume Highway south of Sydney, is a paddock in a time warp.
Army of volunteers enlists in a fight to save the farm
Saffron Howden The hunter is conflicted, Edward Hoogenboom says. The adrenalin rush that comes with a kill is quickly followed by ''the hunter's lament''.
It's not all gloom at the farm gate
Saffron Howden Thousands of Australia's agriculture workers have packed up their tools and walked off the land during the past two years.
Prior operator polluted Pilliga coal seam site, says Santos
Ben Cubby, Saffron Howden The coal seam gas company Santos has admitted more than a dozen instances of pollution occurred at drilling sites in the Pilliga woodland in north-west NSW, many of them not reported to the...
A frolic for some on a dry patch but floods and rescues go on
Saffron Howden When floodwaters spill out across the flat plains of the state's north-west, remote farmers and the residents of small towns are not the only ones stranded.
Time to celebrate the ebb and flow as lake finally gets its life back
Saffron Howden At the climax of the drought, Lake Cargelligo was a cracked and barren wasteland littered with the carcasses of rotting carp.
They may be down but bush towns are definitely not out, residents say
Saffron Howden Maureen and Colin Causer walk the short main street of Quandialla and recollect the thriving businesses the now-dilapidated buildings once housed.
Thousands still in danger from flooding
Jen Rosenberg, Saffron Howden Thousands of people remain isolated on properties around Wee Waa in northern NSW.
No worries when he's a trunk call away from a serious flood
Saffron Howden The pay-off for having a town sliced in two by a bridge engulfed for days on end by the river - as occurred in Bellingen last week - is living in enviable natural beauty.
Downpours, floods keep north coast on alert
Saffron Howden Torrential rain that has soaked the far north coast headed south yesterday as the resulting flooding swept over roads and bridges and threatened to isolate the large inland centre of Kempsey last...
Black Hawks join flood efforts
Saffron Howden Heavy rain has caused flash flooding that has closed roads in parts of Coffs Harbour this morning.
King tide surge pushes into flooded northern rivers
Saffron Howden, Melissa Davey North coast residents were preparing for a sleepless wait last night as the threat of swollen rivers, further rain and a king tide followed a day of mass evacuations.
Caravans evacuated as rain pounds north coast
Saffron Howden About 500 caravans across eight caravan parks near Tweed Heads in the state's north are being evacuated due to flooding, the NSW State Emergency Service says.
