Regional coverage
Border News
IN July last year, Goondiwindi Regional Council approved an application from the Nambour Christian College Childcare Centre for the expansion of its not-for-profit Goondiwindi childcare centre. The project, including the creation of new facilities and the hiring of additional staff, capitalised on the Council’s pre-lodgement process, with early collaboration between the NCC and Council to [...]
Regional Tourism
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has applauded Armidale Regional Council’s inaugural Creative Streets Festival after the opening night transformed the centre of town to a vibrant hub. The festival was brought to life with $345,000 secured from the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program. The community got behind the event with at least 5000 people [...]
Youth Crime Crisis
The NSW Opposition is calling on the Minns Labor Government to take immediate action to stop violent repeat youth offenders from terrorising rural communities after yet another widespread escalation. In the past couple of weeks, a motel owner was stabbed in Moree, a mother had her car stolen after being threatened with a machete at [...]
Regional History
THOUSANDS of films, sound recordings and oral histories have found a permanent home at 218 Peel Street, with the official opening of the Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive. The Archive, operated by dedicated and passionate volunteers, celebrates the relocation to larger, purpose-suited premises that will not only allow more room for archival equipment but [...]
Our Community
THEY came from everywhere. The Pally Bush Mega Markets at the Pallamallawa Arts and War Memorial Hall on Sunday drew locals, visitors and stall-holders from across New South and Queensland, and left everyone wondering, just how much bigger can this monster get. Thousands of people converged on the village 30 kilometres east of Moree. They [...]
Police Appeal
POLICE are reappealing for assistance from the public as inquires continue into the discovery of a body in a burnt-out vehicle near Brewarrina last month. Emergency services were called to the Kamilaroi Highway, Brewarrina, 100km east of Bourke, at about 5.15am on Sunday, September 28, when an SUV was found alight. A body was found [...]
Regional News
WHIDDON Narrabri resident Elaine Jones will this week celebrate her 103rd birthday – a remarkable milestone reflecting a life of service, family and community engagement to the district. Incredibly, this centenarian who has given so much to the community, only stopped volunteering with Narrabri Meals on Wheels five years ago – she hung up the [...]
Fundraiser
BRITTANY Mather’s close, family ties to Moree and Garah brought her back home recently to support and thank Moree Women’s Shed for supporting her Dance for Cancer fundraiser next month. Brittany has been selected as one of six ‘stars’ in this year’s Byron Bay Dance for Cancer Gala, at the Byron Theatre on November 8. [...]
Mega Markets
THERE’S a reason they’re called the Mega Markets – and visitors, tourists and stall-holders new to the district will find out why when the Pally Bush Markets take over Pallamallawa tomorrow. What started as a small market day in a small village east of Moree has become a mega monster. Col Pring, who helped establish [...]
Early Education
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has backed a grass-roots campaign for community-based early childhood educators and teachers to receive fair pay and proper funding. Mr Moylan was on hand at Wednesday’s Day of Action outside NSW Parliament, when hundreds of teachers, educators and supporters gathered to demand pay parity and recognition for the important [...]
