Regional coverage
Reward Raised
THE NSW Government and NSW Police Force will today announce a $1 million reward for information into the murder of Boggabilla woman Theresa Binge. Theresa Binge, then aged 43, was last seen at about midday on July 18, 2003 at the O’Shea’s Royal Hotel in Goondiwindi in Queensland. At the time, she was wearing a [...]
Police News
A man has been charged following an alleged assault in Gunnedah. Just after 1:45am Sunday, emergency services were called to a rural property in Kelvin Road, Gunnedah, following reports of an assault. On arrival, officers attached to Oxley Police District were told a 19-year-old man allegedly attended the location earlier in the evening where an [...]
Tribute
ON Oaks day in Melbourne five years ago, well-known Inverell grazier Eugene Ehsman – known widely as Paul – was at Flemington racecourse cheering home a horse he part-owned in the 1400m Subzero All-Greys Handicap. Berdibek, trained by John O’Shea at Randwick and ridden perfectly by Hugh Bowman, came from strictly nowhere at the 600-metre [...]
Stormy Times
IN response to stormy community feedback, the Bureau of Meteorology has changed the default rain view in the new rain radar and weather map so that colours appear as they did in the previous website. Technically speaking, it will display rain reflectivity. The change went live on Friday, October 31. Other ongoing changes and improvements [...]
Regional Roads
RURAL, regional and remote Councils in NSW are unilaterally opposed to the Federal Government’s proposal for a blanketed 30 kilometre per hour reduction of default speed limits outside built-up areas, according to Country Mayors Association of NSW chairman, Rick Firman. Submissions are currently being received and will inform a final Regulatory Impact Analysis about proposed [...]
Offender Register
THE Queensland Government has established the state’s first public child sex offender register, with the historic passing of Daniel’s Law in parliament on Thursday. The three-tiered disclosure scheme is one of the most significant reforms to child safety in Queensland’s history and gives parents access to vital information to keep their children safe. The Community [...]
Corrective Services
PRISON officers at Cessnock Correctional Centre have walked off the job after a prisoner who bashed four of their colleagues went unpunished on Wednesday by a controversial Magistrate and is set to be released back into the community. Prison officers at Bathurst Correctional Centre have also walked off the job, with officers at all of [...]
Narrabri Gas Project
THE NSW Farmers’ Association has strongly condemned the NSW Government’s threats of compulsory land acquisition to support a multi-billion-dollar mining corporation. In a speech last week at a National Energy Forum, NSW Premier Chris Minns said “we will be considering compulsory acquisition” to progress the Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers’ say this is despite enormous [...]
Agriculture
NEW South Wales shearer, registered nurse and mental health advocate, Carol Mudford, has been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award national winner. Ms Mudford, founder of sHedway, a national not‑for‑profit tackling suicide prevention and mental health in the shearing industry, has officially been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner for her leadership [...]
Country Roads
THE consultation period on the federal government’s plan to cut default regional road speed limits to as low as 70 kilometres per hour has been extended by two weeks to Monday, November 10. The morning after Regional Development Shadow Minister, Dr Anne Webster, called for an extension of time – and following Transport Shadow Minister [...]
