Bowie Daly may be back in the surf but he says the near miss still plays on his mind.

Paul Smith, a 54-year-old pilot and sole occupant of the light plane, was returning to Moruya Airport after conducting a skydiving drop on Saturday afternoon when the accident happened.

Nikii Smith is one of 10,000 people who signed a petition calling for a NSW inquiry into the handling of missing persons cases.

After 36 years working as a house cleaner, Judy Harman needs a knee replacement, but there are hundreds of people in front of her on the wait list for orthopaedic surgery in Canberra.

Jindabyne is grappling with how to capitalise on its winter tourism influx while ensuring long-term residents can continue to afford to live there.

The Shellharbour City Council approves a plan for a tiny homes planning pathway which it says could be adopted statewide, as owners face uncertainty around legal installation.

Jindabyne has become a glaring example of the impact of the housing crisis. About a quarter of properties in the premier winter resort town are listed as short-term rental accommodation and the median rent has jumped by nearly 85 per cent for units, pricing out long-term locals.