Regional coverage
NSW Legal Aid
LEGAL Aid NSW clients will soon be able to access information easier about their cases with a $1.6 million investment in a new digital one-stop-shop for the legal provider. The new platform will provide clients with real-time updates, access to correspondence and easy document uploads, as well as information about preparing for court appearances and [...]
Anti-Corruption
THE NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will visit Moree next week as part of its rural and regional outreach program to share anti-corruption initiatives and training across New South Wales. Workshops and visits across the Hunter New England region include Armidale, Coonamble, Glen Innes Severn, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth and Gunnedah. The visit, to be [...]
Remembrance Day
TRANSPORT for NSW will honour veterans and serving personnel in the Australian Defence Force with free public transport on Remembrance Day. On Monday, November 11, Australians across the country will take the opportunity to stop and remember, honouring the memory of the men and women who have served and are currently serving. Those in uniform, [...]
Agriculture
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has spoken out in Parliament in support of the use of paraquat in modern farming practises. Mr Coulton, speaking in support of a motion moved by his Nationals colleague, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster, said farmers throughout the Parkes electorate rely on paraquat to be able to farm [...]
Regional News
FAR West New South Wales residents and businesses impacted by power outages will be able to claim for financial assistance from today, November 7. The district was last week reconnected to the power grid more than two weeks after being cut off when storms brought down electricity transmission towers on October 17. Impacted area include [...]
Community
A PILOT program supporting survivors of domestic violence has commenced in Moree. Supporting Recovery, a partnership between Anglicare, Healthwise and Moree Family Support, is being rolled out across the New England north-west and aims to support persons who have experienced domestic violence and are no longer in crisis, but are moving forward. Supporting Recovery in [...]
GEGHA Takes Shape
MOREE businesses and members of the community are invited to meet the team behind the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project, a major plant construction planned west of Moree, with a chief purpose to have local businesses and contractors engaged. A meet-the-project session will be held at Social Co House on Balo Street on [...]
Gone Fishin’
FISHING clubs across the north-west are urged to lodge applications for the next round of Recreational Fishing Trust Grants announced today. There will be $5 million available for fishing clubs, community groups and other organisations to run projects which improve and promote recreational fishing in their local area. For the first time, applicants in this [...]
Moree Crime
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has expressed disgust over the spate of break-and-enters in Moree. He has called on the State Government to urgently address the shortage of police in the region and review the way 10- to 14-year-old offenders are dealt with in court. “Like everyone in our community I am disgusted by [...]
Operation Mongoose
FOUR people have been arrested on a total of 20 offences as part of a joint cross border operation at Boggabilla and Goondiwindi with NSW Police and Queensland Police. Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders. Western Region commander, assistant commissioner Andrew Holland, said [...]
