Regional coverage
Pilliga Forest
THE endangered Shark Bay bandicoot is adapting to a feral predator-free life in north-western New South Wales, two years after the species was reintroduced to the Pilliga State Conservation Area. A photograph of a female bandicoot with three young at foot inspired confidence among ecologists who have closely monitored the species since it was flown [...]
Regional Tourism
TAMWORTH Regional Council has officially reopened the extraordinary Gil Bennet Rocks, Gems and Minerals Collection at its new location in Nundle. The relocation, at 8 Innes Street, marks an exciting new chapter for the collection, which showcases more than 1300 specimens collected by the late Gilmour (Gil) Thomas Bennet. The Nundle Visitor Information Outlet was [...]
State Award
YALLAROI’s Sally Poole has been named Athletes’ Athlete at the 2025 Queensland Triathlon Awards, held at the Garden Room, Victoria Park, Brisbane earlier this month. Sally, a land services officer with Local Land Services in Moree, has competed at local, regional, national and world championship levels in the past 10 years. The Queensland Triathlon Awards [...]
Youth News
THE Youth Booth in Glen Innes has been named a finalist in the 2025 Local Government Week Awards for delivering one of the most outstanding Youth Week programs in New South Wales. The recognition follows the success of this year’s Youth Week celebrations, which brought together young people from across the Glen Innes Severn to [...]
Road Safety
NSW Police are urging drivers to get home safely ahead of heavy traffic expected over the weekend as families return from holidays. Many cars are expected to be on roads across the state as they head home before school returns next week. There have been 10 deaths during the past two weeks since the school [...]
Regional News
MOTORISTS on the Oxley Highway are enjoying smoother and safer journeys with $12.5 million of improvements now completed about 50 kilometres west of Gunnedah. The upgrades to a six-kilometre stretch of the highway at Goolhi included widening the road, widening nine culverts for improved drainage, installing safety barriers and resealing the section of road. Transport [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the NSW Government to act on community concerns after the NSW Parliament Upper House Committee visited the New England on Thursday as part of their inquiry into Renewable Energy Zones. The committee heard from local mayors, local planning officers, landholders, academics, and community members about the current [...]
Agriculture
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is encouraging farmers and landholders to make a submission on proposed amendments to the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018. The Land Management Codes were implemented in 2018 to allow landholders to have greater flexibility to manage native vegetation, in particular invasive native species on their properties. The codes [...]
Agriculture
YOUNG cattle men and women with the ability and ambition to make a difference to their industry are being urged to polish up their resumes and apply for Cattle Australia’s National Beef Leaders program. Applications open on Thursday for the program, which is now in its second year after being established by CA to identify [...]
Regional Tourism
A site long celebrated by locals and visitors has been formally recognised by the NSW Government, with the Australian Standing Stones at Glen Innes officially approved and gazetted by the Geographical Names Board of NSW. The milestone marks a major step in acknowledging the cultural and historical significance of the monument, which stands proudly in [...]
