Regional coverage
Law and Order
THE NSW Government, NSW Police Force and NSW judiciary were represented at a crime-focused general meeting of the Country Mayors Association of NSW at Parliament House last week, ahead of NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley’s visit to the north-west region this week. More than 120 mayors and general managers met last Friday to hear from [...]
Year of Scotland
THE countdown begins for one of Australia’s most unique and immersive cultural events, the 2026 Australian Celtic Festival at the Australian Standing Stones in Glen Innes, from April 30 to May 3 next year. Glen Innes Severn Council has announce applications are now open for traders, performers, and clans and societies wanting to be part [...]
Police News
FURTHER charges have been laid – including three counts of manslaughter – following the death of motorcyclist Daniel McNamara at Gunnedah earlier this year. At about 7.15am, on January 28, officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol attempted to stop a ute – which had been reported stolen from Moree – on the Kamilaroi Highway, [...]
Road Network
AS shires throughout the Parkes electorate recover from another major flood this month, Gunnedah and Narrabri Shire Councils are among councils still waiting for approval to undertake road repairs from floods that occurred more than three years ago. Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey this week inspected road damage at Grain Valley Road in Gunnedah [...]
HNEH Split
Public hearings into Barwon MP Roy’s Butler’s Bill to split Hunter New England Health have been an important step towards better health services for local people, according to Mr Butler. Mr Butler is thanking local people who shared their stories and the MPs who visited Narrabri and Tamworth to listen to them, as part of [...]
Rail Safety Week
THE 20th National Rail Safety Week was marked with a solemn ceremony at the Australian Railway Monument in Werris Creek on Wednesday. The ceremony honoured rail workers who died in service on Australia’s rail network. More than 100 families, friends, and colleagues of those who died, as well as representatives from across the rail industry, [...]
Agriculture
YOUNG farmers and an Aussie cricket star are among the faces to headline a NSW Farmers’ forum to be held as part of AgQuip next week. NSW Farmers’ will return to Gunnedah for AgQuip Field Days on August 19-21, with the peak farm body’s shed to be full of familiar favourites on-site, including refreshments from [...]
Rail Safety
REGIONAL motorists are urged to obey the rules and stay safe around level crossings, after joint enforcement in regional areas resulted in 80 driver fines for ignoring signals about approaching trains and for speeding. The safety message comes as Rail Safety Week begins, a reminder to be safe on and around the rail network. Rail [...]
Regional Floods
A Recovery Assistance Point will open in Gunnedah this week to support communities in the storm-impacted New England following the recent severe weather including heavy rainfall. The Gunnedah RAP will open from Thursday to Saturday offering face to face support to impacted residents, businesses and primary producers including help with replacing ID and personal documents [...]
Our Community
RURAL Fire Service superintendent Paul Metcalfe was joined by special guests, including Moree Plains Shire deputy mayor Wayne Tighe, and fellow NSW Rural Fire Service members to present medals and officially handover three cutting-edge firefighting trucks at a ceremony at Pallamallawa and District Rural Fire Brigade depot on Sunday. The event saw the presentation of [...]
