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IN a milestone year for two local scholarships dedicated to strengthening the rural health workforce, Moree psychology student Georgia Clissold and Warialda Rail nursing student Jessica-Lea McDougall and have each received a $10,000 boost to support their studies. Marking 20 years of the Dr William Hunter scholarship and a decade of the Healthy Communities scholarship, [...]
Strike Force Koolyn
IN a first for New South Wales, Sex Crimes Squad detectives have successfully used Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy to arrest a man in connection with multiple alleged historic sexual assaults. Strike force detectives on Wednesday executing a search warrant in South Kempsey, where they arrested a 77-year-old man and charged him with offences dating back [...]
Regional News
GUNNEDAH Shire Council is calling on businesses, services, education providers and industries to secure their spot at the 2026 Gunnedah Youth Expo on Thursday, April 23. The annual event in the Town Hall is part of NSW Youth Week and is an opportunity for youth in Gunnedah and the wider district to see what is [...]
Agriculture
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s 2026 Basin Plan Review Discussion Paper makes it clear that a healthy basin will not be achieved by water recovery alone, reinforcing the need for a more balanced approach to environmental management, says the National Farmers’ Federation. NFF Water Committee Chair Malcolm Holm said the discussion paper acknowledges environmental outcomes are [...]
Regional Tourism
THIS year’s Autumn Festival at Armidale will feature exciting new elements with the inclusion of New England Heritage Festival highlights, showcasing lost trades and heritage skills. Visitors can enjoy fascinating demonstrations such as blacksmithing, leatherwork, and lacemaking, alongside displays of antique trucks and machinery. A major attraction will be Councillor Rob Taber’s antique steam traction [...]
Agriculture
GETTING the balance right between genetic selection and nutrition in a beef operation is a challenge even for the most experienced beef producers. To help local producers find more certainty in their decision making, North West Local Land Services host a series of Feed and Breed workshops around the north-west from February 17 to March [...]
Heywire Grants
THE Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to collaborate with local young people in remote, rural and regional communities to design and deliver local solutions that respond to the issues that matter most to Australia’s rural youth. Earlier this month, more than 30 young people from across rural Australia attended a week-long [...]
SES
THE NSW State Emergency Service has launched Adapt 2030, a new five-year strategy designed to strengthen how the service works with communities, volunteers and partners in an increasingly complex emergency environment. Every day, NSW SES members work to save lives and create safer communities. With numerous factors, including population growth, evolving technology and changing patterns [...]
Strike Force Yarloop
A man will face court charged with ongoing prohibited drug supply and other offences in Gunnedah. In July 2025, detectives attached to Oxley Police District and the Crime Prevention Team commenced investigations under Strike Force Yarloop to investigate property and rural thefts in the Gunnedah and surrounding areas. At about 10am on January 15 this [...]
Regional Education
THE Country Universities Centre has announced the appointment of Dr Lou Conway as its new chief executive officer. Dr Conway brings extensive experience in regional innovation, higher education and community-led infrastructure, and will begin her new appointment on March 9. She joins the CUC after eight years as the founding Director of the UNE SMART [...]
