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A campaign to boost the number of on-call firefighters across New South Wales is set to commence with plans to build on the 2025 record recruitment of 648 firefighters. The record intake graduating through the Fire and Rescue NSW training academy last year follows increases in recruitment since 2023 as part of ongoing efforts to [...]
Regional Tourism
TAMWORTH Regional Council has announced the appointment of Joel Ulbricht as new events manager. Mr Ulbricht will replace Barry Harley, who has worked for Tamworth Regional Council for 11 years. Mr Harley leaves an incredible legacy, especially in his role as the Tamworth Country Music Festival Manager. Mr Ulbricht is an experienced festival and events [...]
Regional News
MAINTAINING war memorials is incredibly important, and that will now be a little easier for the Hillgrove Progress Association, with Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan delivering funding to preserve the village’s tribute to service and sacrifice. Hillgrove, an historic goldmining village about 30 kilometres east of Armidale, established a war memorial site in 1999, [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the Minns Labor Government to provide more support for community-based early childhood educators and teachers by following through with the Fair Work Commission’s recommendation to lift the pay and conditions of teachers and educators. For more than six months, community pre-schools have been asking the government for [...]
Regional News
CONTROLLED one-lane access to Waterfall Way connecting Armidale to Coffs Harbour will be restored within six weeks, following extensive engineering assessment of the Gordonville Cutting landslip. More than 250 tonnes of rock and debris have fallen at the site since the initial failure, with a 26-metre-high slope continuing to shift in the days that followed. [...]
Regional News
IMPORTANT projects to commemorate the service and sacrifice of those who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations will receive funding through the federal 2025-26 Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program. Federal Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, said three very worthwhile projects have been successful in their applications. “A total of $28,430 has been approved [...]
Regional Tourism
TAMWORTH Regional Gallery is one of four NSW regional galleries chosen to exhibit the award-winning exhibition sensorial from February 13 to April 26. Created by neurodivergent and disabled artists and those that work with them, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre’s groundbreaking exhibition has been touring since November 2025 and will be on display in the [...]
Emergency Services
WORK is underway to boost the safety of regional communities across New South Wales with the development of 28 new or upgraded bush fire and emergency facilities, including Narrabri and Brewarrina. Construction of new Fire Control and Emergency Operations Centres at Namoi-Gwydir, Cooma, and Clarence Valley are well advanced, with planning work progressing for new [...]
Power Bills
A University of New England PhD researcher has demonstrated how artificial intelligence can dramatically improve electricity price forecasting, potentially reducing the cost-of-living pressure from power bills while making renewable energy work more efficiently. The research, published recently in the journal Applied Sciences addresses a problem directly affecting every Australian household and business: the volatility of [...]
Regional News
NEARLY two decades of UNE research into a deposit of ancient fossils found at Emu Bay on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island has become the subject of a new limited edition stamp collection released by Australia Post. Featuring full colour artistic reconstructions of the fossils, the stamps paint a clear picture of the spectacular diversity of [...]
