Regional coverage
Parkes Electorate
It was wonderful to have Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Bridget McKenzie join me and Nationals candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey in the electorate this week to discuss all things infrastructure and housing. During the visit we heard loud and clear from councils and local businesses, like Dubbo’s Maas Group and Fardell’s [...]
Parkes Electorate
HE’S driven 17,000 kilometres in recent months – and plans to add that number again to the odometer of his trusty Toyota HiLux dual cab in the New Year. The Nationals’ federal candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has hit the campaign trail to an election yet to be announced, and while he’s campaigning to win [...]
Tribute
ONE stinking hot November afternoon in 1985, a young racing writer ambled out to Moree racecourse looking for a story. He was 24 years old, as cocky as all get-out, with grandiose plans of becoming the next Keith Robbins or Bert Lillye. He reckoned he knew a fair bit about horse-racing. He knew how to [...]
Bushfire Season
A green waste fire at Terry Hie Hie waste management facility was quickly brought under control by rural fire services and Moree Plains Shire Council staff overnight. The waste facility, close to the Terry Hie Hie State Forest and Yana-y Warruwi walking track and Aboriginal heritage sites, was attended to by fire-fighters and council staff. [...]
Regional News
A second person has died following a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a group of cyclists at Armidale on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists – a man [...]
Regional News
A cyclist has died, and a number of people have been injured following a crash in Armidale this afternoon. At about 3.30pm, emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists died at the [...]
Regional News
EARLY results from the additional testing of three bores at Warialda have now been received by Gwydir Shire Council. Encouragingly, the samples collected from the Saleyard and Gragin Road bores had no detectable levels of PFAS. Town water will now be sourced solely from these bores which will provide PFAS free water to the Town. [...]
Newell Upgrades
THREE new overtaking lanes south of Moree are now open, improving freight productivity and access to the proposed Moree Special Activation Precinct. For drivers of the Newell Highway the upgrades are a welcome improvement, with new northbound and southbound overtaking lanes south of Moree, and a new northbound lane now open at Bellata. The works [...]
History Razed
RESIDENTS and firefighters tried heroically to save the Royal Hotel at Gurley late Thursday night when the historic building – the hub of the village – was completely destroyed by fire. The Newell Highway was closed in both directions as Moree Fire and Rescue NSW crews and rural fire services from across the region battled [...]
Regional News
LIGHTNING Ridge will benefit from greater water security thanks to a $2.6 million investment from the state and federal governments to deliver a new 5.1 km pipeline, upgraded booster pumps and high-tech monitoring equipment to improve the reliability of the town’s water supply. Water in Lightning Ridge is normally sourced from two bores located five [...]
