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FOR families considering boarding, starting early can be a transformative experience. At The King’s School, Tudor House, primary students from Years 3 to 6 are provided the tools to thrive – academically, socially and emotionally – well before high school begins. Nestled in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, this co-educational primary boarding school [...]
Law and Order
THE Queensland Government this week passed a Bill to give the state Parole Board laws needed to protect the community and put victims first. The Bill ensures all parole suspension decisions are reviewed by a full Board within two days. The Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025 ensures all urgent parole suspension decisions, including [...]
Water Quality
THE NSW Government is moving forward with the Advanced Operational Support initiative, offering assistance to local councils to boost town drinking water quality across regional New South Wales. Grants of up to $150,000 will be available. Expressions of Interest are now open until 10 July and we’re calling on councils to get involved to improve [...]
Agriculture
WITH the release of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2023, the Australian Government has revised the feedlot industry’s contribution to emissions. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has adopted a new Australian-specific equation to calculate enteric methane emissions from grain-fed cattle following research conducted by University of New England. This [...]
Social SEEN Gallery
PHOTOGRAPHER Jim A. Barker will launch his new book showcasing 75 artisans and their studios from across the New England region of New South Wales at Moree’s newly-created Social SEEN Gallery at Social Co House next week. The free event on Friday, June 20, will feature a book reading by the author from Artisans of [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed additional funding for level crossings in Uralla and Armidale. More than $211,000 has been secured for Armidale Regional Council and Uralla Shire Council from the NSW Government’s Level Crossing Improvement Program – Regional Council Minor Works. Mr Moylan said the funding will see essential safety upgrades and [...]
NSW Police
SHADOW Minister for Police Paul Toole has backed the NSW Police Association’s strong concerns about the workload requirement associated with managing prisoner transfers. From July 7, the Police Association has announced that police across the state will begin refusing to transport inmates to and from court, to supervise prisoners in courtrooms, or to house them [...]
Agriculture
JACOB Booby and Blake Palmer from Narrabri and Grace Griffiths from Goondiwindi have been named 2025 Cotton Research and Development Corporation Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever of the Year Award finalists. Cotton Australia made the announcement last week, with the winner to be named at the Cotton Collective in Toowoomba in August. The finalists include [...]
Agriculture
AN upcoming conference aims to join the dots between land and genuine solutions to climate change. The conference, which aims to build groundbreaking alliances between farmers, agribusiness and researchers interested in land-based solutions to climate change, will be held at the University of New England on June 18-19. The Down to Earth conference will survey [...]
Agriculture
THE Australian Beef Sustainability Framework has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission that Australia is considered a low risk under its upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation. Chair of the ABSF Steering Group, Patrick Hutchinson, said this was well-deserved recognition of the industry’s efforts with vegetation management. “This is a positive reflection of industry’s strong [...]
