Regional coverage
Christmas Races
A committee strengthened by numbers and a series of working bees supported by local farmers, the Taunton family, has the 2024 Moree Ag Supplies and Steel twilight Christmas races on target to be another huge event. The meeting, traditionally the biggest on the Moree turf calendar, draws thousands of people trackside each December. Moree Race [...]
Family Assistance
MOREE service provider Bamara this month launched Parent Pathways, a voluntary service providing personalised and financial support to eligible parents and carers of children aged up to six years. Parent Pathways, funded by the Australian Government, was rolled out across Moree as well as other New England and north-west locations, including Armidale, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, [...]
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EMERGENCY service personnel were kept busy when thunderstorms across New South Wales Thursday afternoon and evening impacted many areas including North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Tablelands, the Hunter, Illawarra and Sydney districts. Appin and Douglas Park experienced severe storm impact with many trees brought down, damaged roofs and uprooted fences. The main access [...]
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A total of 286 new firefighters will today join the ranks of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) at a graduation ceremony in western Sydney. The new intake includes 61 permanent firefighters and 225 paid on-call firefighters, with graduates hailing from diverse backgrounds including skydiving, carpentry, architecture, teaching and defence. The graduation will take place at [...]
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MOREE, Narrabri and Walgett Shire Councils are three of 14 New South Wales regional councils to start receiving natural disaster recovery payments upfront through new Tripartite Agreement funding arrangements. Before the agreements were introduced, councils had to spend their own money to undertake the repairs and then claim the costs back through the Australian and [...]
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RESIDENTS of Wee Waa and surrounding areas are encouraged to share their experiences of primary health care through a community survey which is now open. The community survey will help identify local health priorities and any barriers people are facing in accessing primary and community health services in Wee Waa. Primary health care is the [...]
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FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is calling for the Labor Government to provide ongoing funding to Royal Far West to allow the service to continue its vital work supporting children in the bush. Mr Coulton moved a motion in Parliament this week urging the Government to continue funding the Royal Far West’s National Paediatric [...]
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FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has today welcomed news the Australian and New South Wales Governments will provide the Walgett Local Government Area with crucial financial support, following a severe thunderstorm that hit the township of Carinda recently. Assistance will be provided to Walgett Shire Council to help with the costs of cleaning up [...]
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NARRABRI Shire Council is standing with the Wee Waa community as they demand urgent action from Hunter New England Health and the New South Wales Government to address the resourcing issues facing Wee Waa Hospital. Council has been a strong advocate for the adequate and ongoing staffing and funding of the Wee Waa Hospital in [...]
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MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has hit out at the NSW and Federal Governments after $14.1 million of funding was revoked from the Northern Tablelands. Mr Moylan has been advised $8,721,095 and $5,410,000 million in promised funding to Glen Innes Severn Council and Armidale Regional Council for their Rail Trail project has been withdrawn. [...]
