Regional coverage
Regional Sport
FOLLOWING the success of recent workshops in the central west of New South Wales, an interactive child safety workshop will be held in Tamworth next week to help local sporting organisations keep children safe from harm and abuse in sport. The NSW Office of Sport has partnered with the Office of the Children’s Guardian to [...]
The Cup
MANY years ago, before Vintage Crop changed everything in 1993, a popular system often found the winner of the race that stops a nation. But Dermott Weld’s Irish raider, and subsequent overseas invaders, changed everything. Within a matter of about three minutes and 23 seconds, the race that stops a nation became the race that [...]
Art Exhibition
GALLERY owner Gig Moses is overjoyed to bring award-winning artist Katie Wyatt back to Moree for the official launch of her solo exhibition, Botanical Horizons, at The Moree Gallery on Thursday, November 14. “Following a series of successful exhibitions during the past 10 years, I’m thrilled to welcome Katie back to The Moree Gallery,” Gig [...]
Animal Welfare
THE Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals NSW (RSPCA) and the Animal Welfare League NSW (AWL), will receive $12.5 million towards enforcement and compliance activities that provide protection for cats, dogs, livestock and other animals. The RSPCA NSW will receive $11.3 million, and the AWL NSW will receive $1.17 million. The funding [...]
Regional News
THE draft Namoi and Peel Unregulated Rivers water sharing plan is now on public display, and the NSW Government is inviting the community to have its say. The plan sets out clear rules for fair and sustainable water sharing among water users and the environment across the region for the next decade. That includes setting [...]
Wheat Harvest
A WHEAT harvest wouldn’t be the same without a walk back in time to celebrate an agriculture industry that helped shape Australia. The Croppa Creek Classic Harvest will on November 15-16-17 celebrate more than 100 years of automated headers in a paddock at the property, Baroma, owned by the Thompson and Siddins families. The site [...]
Border News
CONFIRMATION on Friday that Queensland Cross-Border Commissioner, Ian Leavers, will now report directly to the Queensland Premier is a significant step forward for Goondiwindi region residents and businesses. The move empowers the commissioner to advocate directly to the Queensland Premier for change across a wide range of policy and legislative issues affecting border residents across [...]
Community health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has appealed to the NSW and Federal Governments to join forces to address the shortage of maternity services and General Practitioners in the region. The lack of midwives and obstetricians in the region is highly publicised with the mothers of newborns speaking out about having to travel long distances [...]
Regional News
IN a significant milestone for the community, the Glen Innes Severn Public and TAFE Library will celebrate its 70th anniversary in December, marking seven decades of service to the community. Since its inception in 1953 and official opening on December 17, 1954, the library in Glen Innes has provided a welcoming community space for learning, [...]
Sponsored Content
PETER Burey has been in the agriculture machinery game for more than 40 years, and this season’s harvest is the biggest he’s seen. And it’s not just Mr Burey saying that, either – plenty of older customers in the game much longer than Mr Burey echo his thoughts. As general manager of Kenway and Clark’s [...]
