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INVERELL Shire Council has announced a more than $2 million budget surplus following the completion of the Inverell Aquatic Centre redevelopment, with $2.3 million to be reallocated. The redevelopment, which commenced with the demolition of the previous facility in May 2023 and reached practical completion in September 2025, represents one of Council’s most significant infrastructure [...]
Early Education
IT’S a big step – bigger than most people realise. For students under the age of five, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten can be a daunting exercise. After all, this is the “big school”. Recently, Boggabilla Central School staged its main transitioning event, with each pre-school room showcasing a range of craft and arts based [...]
Regional History
THE book has been three years in the making, and is now on the shelves at Bingara Newsagency – just in time for Christmas. Bingara: Our Town, Our People Volume 2, by well-known Bingara historian Rod King, is the perfect follow-up to Volume 1, and continues Mr King’s fascinating stories and historical facts about Bingara [...]
Local Government
FORMER Inverell Shire Council mayor Paul Harmon has been recognised for his service to local government at the LGNSW annual conference, held in Sydney last week. Mr Harmon received the Emeritus Award as well as an award for more than 20 years’ service to Inverell Shire Council – 12 of those as mayor. The Emeritus [...]
Future Cops
THE NSW Police Force has officially launched a Cadet Traineeship Program for school leavers and young adults. The 12-month pilot program will provide an authentic hands-on experience, combining practical training, academic study and paid employment to provide a structured pathway for aspiring police officers to enter the NSW Police Force. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon [...]
NSW EPA
AS spray season kicks off this summer, the NSW Environment Protection Authority will be checking if commercial pesticides applicators are licenced in Moree, Walgett, Narrabri, Brewarrina, Warren, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Gunnedah and surrounding areas. NSW pesticide users are being urged to make sure they have the relevant licences and training ahead of a new compliance campaign [...]
Bushfire Season
NSW FARMERS’ has warned the state’s national parks have become ticking time bombs for bushfires this summer. As authorities continued to confiscate large swathes of land to form national parks, NSW Farmers’ President Xavier Martin said vital resources to properly manage bushfire risks on public land had failed to follow. “Farmers and communities have done [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI’s Hell of the West Triathlon was named medium-sized Event of the Year at the 2025 AusTriathlon annual awards ceremony, held at the Gold Coast on Saturday night. The Hell of the West is a community-run endurance event that has become a ‘must-do’ for athletes from across Australia. Winning the medium-sized Event of the Year, for [...]
National Ag Day
A heartwarming image of a kelpie sleeping on freshly shorn wool has won the 2025 National Agriculture Day photography and video competition, in a record year for entries. The photo, Sleeping on Cloud 9, depicts red kelpie, Hazel, taking a break from yarding sheep with a kip on a pile of fresh wool. Photographer Kiana [...]
Operation Soteria
TWO teenage boys have been charged following an alleged home invasion at Collarenebri on Sunday, where an 85-year-old man was assaulted. At about 11.40am yesterday, police were called to a house on Herbert Street, Collarenebri, following reports of a home invasion. Officers attached to Central North Police District attended and were told a boy allegedly [...]