One of those 'you know you've made it in journalism when...' moments but the extra spicy version. wild!!

The NSW Nationals have made history this morning, electing Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh as their new leader in a unanimous vote.

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www.theland.com.au/story/9113875/

Nats colleagues have responded to the sudden departure, in what one pollie described as one of the toughest jobs in the NSW Parliament.

www.theland.com.au/story/9113205/

But unfortunately, it is a pretty isolated media landscape out here sometimes. The hyperlocal papers are working their hardest usually with a single journo putting it together in some of the smaller outfits (like back home in Cowra) - it's hard to compete with a facebook feed sometimes.

I'd say no.1 is social media (for good and for ill), lots of YouTube for Young Aggies, followed by those industry-specific publications like The Land - our audience is pretty mighty, someone described it as 'their bible' at the saleyards two weeks ago 😆

PS. If you're in regional NSW and don't mind Dr Ian Wright and his team stopping by for a visit to sample your tanks, get in touch! I can pass your details on.

Chefs kiss, love a cracking front page 🤌🤌🤌🤌

NSW Labor has come out swinging against feds on both sides of the aisle as the fight of speed limits on country roads continues.

www.theland.com.au/story/9111769

I would've LOVED to have a local urgent clinic to pop into sheepishly and mention that my finger hurt at the bone, was on a slightly weird angle, and I had resorted to strapping it to another finger. But between moving house and the busy work season, there wasn't time for a 3hr round trip.

In all the numbness of the anaesthetic, I didn't realise my finger had bent the wrong way.

Three months later, it still is on a slightly wonky angle and it hurts to write sometimes, but I didn't end up going back to ED because it seemed like a 'minor' fracture, the bone hurt, but I could work.

Now Orange has an Urgent Care Clinic, but at this point it was too painful to drive much, and I didn't want to be yet another patient taking up space, so I forked out $80 to join the queue at the mixed billing practice in Cowra. Four doses of local anaesthetic later, the splinter was still there.

The receptionist at Katoomba suggested popping into Lithgow ED to see if they could help, espescially since I needed a Tetanus shot. Lithgow ED was chockers, so we kept driving back to Cowra and I slept with my hand slowly feeling like it was burning.

Three months ago I managed to catch a nasty splinter most of the way down my left middle finger. Downside, I'm left-handed and I was 3hrs from home (at Katoomba.)

There was no GP available at Katoomba, Lithgow, or Orange and it was getting late, my finger was swollen and it hurt to drive..

PS. If you're a city journo and you ever need some switched-on 'young' farmers to talk to, my DMs are open! 📩
Really happy to connect you with these folks who are passionate about agriculture, woolgrowing, cropping, and generally bringing goods to your shelves.

#AusAg

This makes me so sad - some country councils have done cadetship or traineeship roles for PR/Media/Comms with the same JD, and a student comes out with a Communications (Journalism) qual - same great opportunity, zero ethical issues. QPRC just call it what it is, a PR cadetship is not a bad thing!