Regional coverage
Rural Crime
A man has been charged with allegedly stealing wagyu cattle semen and embryos from his employer at Grafton. In 2024, Rural Crime Prevention Team investigators established Strike Force Newbury following allegations of fraud and stolen genetics from a wagyu cattle farm in Grafton. Following extensive inquiries, in March 2025 investigators carried out search warrants at [...]
Regional Health
GLEN Innes Severn Council has welcomed the NSW Government’s confirmation of $50 million for the Glen Innes Hospital upgrade, as part of the 2025–26 NSW Budget announced earlier this week. The funding was confirmed by Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan, who has secured approximately $252 million in additional investment for the electorate. The Glen [...]
Our Community
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has congratulated two dedicated and hard-working women from the region who were named on the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll 2024 –Moree’s Tian Harris and Uralla’s Rachael Sowden. Ms Harris and Ms Sowden were both named on the 74-strong list which recognises the important volunteer roles women and girls play [...]
Regional Tourism
BINGARA will come alive next month when the iconic Orange Festival launches on July 4-5. The festival was first held in 1998 to showcase the importance of Bingara’s orange trees, however the first orange-picking day was held in 1960. In the early 1950s, orange trees were planted in Bingara as a living memorial to the [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed the confirmation of ongoing Government support for vital maternity care, family care centres and vaccination programs in regional and rural New South Wales. Women and their babies will benefit with $26.8 million of an $83 million maternity package dedicated to maintaining seven Tresillian regional care centres, including [...]
Police News
A teenager has been charged over the alleged break-and-enter last week of a doctor’s residence attached to Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service. Officers from Central North Police District responded to reports at about 11.15pm last Thursday of a SUV allegedly being driven erratically in Walgett. It will be alleged that upon locating the SUV officers attempted [...]
Police News
NSW Police are appealing for assistance to locate a man missing from Gunnedah. Keith Noel Bagnall, aged 51, was last contacted about 1pm on Monday, June 23. When he was unable to be contacted, Keith was reported missing to officers attached to Oxley Police District who commenced inquiries into his whereabouts. Following inquiries, police believe [...]
Bush Racing
TALMOI picnic races on Saturday wrapped up another successful Golden Triangle – the heart of bush racing in the heart of the country – as local racing heads toward Mungindi, Wean, Moree and Goondiwindi in the coming weeks. Moree picnic races on May 24 celebrated its 101st year on the bush racing calendar with six [...]
Regional Tourism
ARMIDALE Folk Museum has unveiled a suite of new digital assets that will be used to create and enhance interactive exhibits and transform the way local history is preserved and shared with the community. At a special launch event, community members, museum stakeholders, and representatives from Armidale Regional Council used the equipment and explored interactive [...]
Local Government
NARRABRI Shire Council and Glen Innes Severn Shire Council have joined the stand against the illegal tobacco trade. Narrabri Shire Council will write to NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to formally express its serious concerns regarding the unlawful sale of tobacco product from tobacconist premises within the Narrabri Local Government Area and across the north-western [...]
