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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 [...]
Save Wee Waa Hospital
NARRABRI Shire Council has welcomed the release of the Review of Wee Waa Health Service as an important step in the long campaign to restore healthcare services in the town – but says the recommendations fall short of what the Wee Waa community needs and expects. Narrabri Shire mayor Darrell Tiemens said Council had hoped [...]
Politics
FEDERAL Member for Parkes and Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources, Jamie Chaffey, and Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Sovereign Capability, Andrew Willcox, have announced the Coalition will push for a Senate Inquiry into the future of Australia’s metals manufacturing industry. The Coalition says Australian smelters and refineries are at risk of collapsing, with an [...]
Census 2026
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics will conduct a large-scale Census Test in August as part of its preparation for the 2026 Census. Households in Coonamble and Gilgandra in central-western New South Wales have been selected to take part. About 60,000 households have been selected from towns and cities in several states, including Rockhampton, Gladstone and [...]
Border Racing
THE 12th Annual Carrington Cotton Boggabilla Cup meeting returns to Gunsynd Park on Saturday, but this year, it’s more than just a race – it’s a homecoming. The Goondiwindi Race Club is proud to host a full weekend reunion honouring two much-loved figures of Boggabilla’s past: Senior Sergeant Ian Campbell and his right-hand man, Grahame [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council has completed a major apron and taxiway expansion at Goondiwindi Airport, delivering critical infrastructure to meet growing demand for private aviation facilities in the region. The $500,000 project is jointly funded by the Queensland Government’s Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme and Goondiwindi Regional Council. The works include a 2000 square-metre extension of the [...]
Local Government
LOCAL Government NSW last week released a new report on cost-shifting, with the Country Mayors Association of NSW saying impacts are more deeply felt in rural, regional and remote communities. Cost-shifting is the term given to offloading cost burdens by State and Federal Governments to already cash-starved Local Government. The report, Cost Shifting 2025: How [...]
