The NSW Upper Hunter is in the Coalition's sights for a nuclear reactor. An inquiry held on Tuesday in Muswellbrook has highlighted fears about the future of employment in the region, but there was no mention of the string of earthquakes that hit in recent months.

The Arnhem Space Centre will cease operations effective immediately, the company behind it says, while unveiling plans to move the facility to Cape York in Queensland.

The RBA has kept the cash rate unchanged at 4.35 per cent in December, for a ninth-straight meeting. The next chance borrowers have for a reprieve is in February.

A world-first bid to turn the Latrobe Valley's brown coal into hydrogen hits a massive hurdle, after a major international partner backs out of a trial in the region.

It has been a perfect season for herb growers, with production doubling on some farms, but a wholesaler says consumers are increasingly choosing the dried product.