How Rising Tide launched a climate protest 18 years in the making
We go inside the history of Rising Tide and their mission to stop coal exports from the Port of Newcastle.
Ambulance wait times, Newyâs pet rescue and Gloucester Chopper Seeds
enJune 06, 2022
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About this Episode
A Hunter families heartbreak as they waited for an ambulance. Will wait times be fixed by more NSW health staff announced by the NSW government this week? Remember the pet boom of 2020? Itâs come back to the local pounds, with a band of rescuers working to find new homes and a farmer in Gloucester is taking to the skies to get his pasture planted.
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