Regional coverage
Health
ARTISTS with strong connections to the north-west and New England regions are invited to submit artworks to be displayed in the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit, with Expressions of Interest now open. Health Infrastructure Executive Director of Rural and Regional Projects, Amanda Bock, said the arts program for the new unit offers a unique opportunity [...]
Health and Education
DEMENTIA Australia has welcomed renowned country music singer and songwriter Adam Harvey as its newest ambassador, coinciding with his headline performances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this month. Harvey, a nine-time Golden Guitar Award winner, has a deep, personal connection to dementia. His mother’s diagnosis inspired him to write his heartfelt song, Remember Me, [...]
Sponsored Content
HILL Fitzsimmons Moree Subaru sales manager Dean Griffiths says there’s one irrefutable fact about the car brand that is now ranked No.1 in the world for reliability – a Subaru is very rarely seen behind a tow truck. “It’s not often anyone will see that – if ever,” Mr Griffiths said. He says Subaru’s reliability [...]
Hospital Crisis
AN online petition to save Wee Waa Hospital has gained more than 3000 signatures, with at least 7000 more needed for the issue to be debated in NSW parliament. The hospital, with 10 wards and 18 beds, is grossly understaffed, with locals fearing plans are in place to close the facility. There is an unused [...]
Australia Day
ACCLAIMED concert soloist, Australian-French flautist Jane Rutter has been named as the 2025 Australia Day Ambassador for Inverell Shire. With a career spanning decades, Ms Rutter has delighted audiences with numerous recitals and recordings, plus concerto, theatre and television performances. Ms Rutter, knighted in France under Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, has popularised classical flute. [...]
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IT all came about in 2020, and now health and fitness centre, Loded Strength & Conditioning – incorporating CrossFit 2400 – is the go-to venue for Moree residents and visitors to town. Owned and managed by fitness gurus Trent Loder and Ashleigh Berger, Loded Strength & Conditioning came into being when Trent and Ashleigh purchased [...]
Police News
A teenage boy has been charged over an alleged stabbing at Inverell. Just after 4.45pm on Friday, January 17, police were called to a hospital in Inverell following reports of a teenager with a stab wound. Officers attached to New England Police District were told the 17-year-old boy was involved in a fight with another [...]
Northern Tablelands
NSW TrainLink has proposed to introduce new services as well as improve routes and timetables. You can have your say on proposed bus routes and timetables slated to be introduced in mid-2026. The new services would include a bus service from Armidale to Port Macquarie and return on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. It would allow [...]
Public Health
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council has provided an important update following a Queensland Health statement on Friday regarding the Japanese Encephalitis Virus case at Townsville University Hospital, which is believed to have been contracted in Yelarbon, about 50km east of Goondiwindi. JEV can only be spread by the bite of an infected mosquito and does not spread [...]
Regional News
LANESCAPE, an exciting public art project set to illuminate the Goondiwindi CBD for at least the next five years, has the full support of Goondiwindi Regional Council. The project, Illuminate the Flow, is an innovative night-time video installation that projects animated artworks onto Goondiwindi water towers, adding a dynamic new feature to the Goondiwindi Region’s [...]
