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Louise Nichols

From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agricultural writer, these days it’s about the community, particularly the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you can’t ignore agriculture: our food and the way we grow it is the basis of all life. Dealing with the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role at ACM.

Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia for Herald magazine and Herald Weekender. He regularly contributes to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column and is co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the Newcastle Herald newsroom in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth, where he worked from 2015 to 2016.