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Police News
A couple have been injured after they were confronted by two masked intruders who broke into their East Narrabri home early Sunday. At about 3.20am on Sunday, June 8, a 29-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were awoken by a flashing light inside their Barwan Street home. When they went to investigate the light source, they [...]
King’s Birthday
ARMIDALE’S Cyril ‘Jimmy’ Tanner and Jan Lemon from Glen Innes have received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours List while Gwydir Shire’s long-serving general manager, Max Eastcott – who retires in July after 24 years’ service – has been awarded a Public Service Medal. Mr Tanner received an OAM [...]
Regional News
A $15 million funding boost for not-for-profit charity the Royal Flying Doctor Service will support people in regional, rural and remote New South Wales to access healthcare. The additional funding will be delivered as part of the 2025-26 NSW Budget. Operating for 97 years, the RFDS is a key partner of NSW Health and employs [...]
Police News
Detectives have released a CCTV image as investigations continue into a public place shooting at Armidale last week. At about 3.20am on Saturday, May 31, emergency services were called to Niagara Street, Armidale, following reports of shots being fired. Officers attached to New England Police District were told 19-year-old man was on the street when [...]
Local Government
GLEN Innes Severn Council mayor Margot Davis has told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese there is a silent crisis unfolding across New South Wales – and it is not just about dollars and cents. In an open letter to the prime minister, which has also been sent to New South Wales senators, Member for Northern Tablelands [...]
Regional Education
ARMIDALE Secondary College student Rachel Gooley is one of 20 students awarded a NSW Government scholarship to participate in an international history tour to the Republic of Korea and Singapore in September. The Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship students come from all corners of New South Wales and will visit a number of sites significant to [...]
Regional Tourism
AN ambitious new exhibition will be exclusively shown at the Tamworth Regional Gallery from September. TRG is partnering with the Art Gallery of New South Wales to present Bush Lines, an exhibition featuring the works of significant Australian artists from across the nation. Curated by Gomeroi man Liam Keenan, assistant curator of First Nations art, [...]
Politics
THE NSW Opposition is calling on the State and Federal Labor Governments to increase the minimal support announced for residents, small businesses and primary producers impacted by devastated flooding in the Hunter, mid-north and north coast regions, as well as communities hit by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders said the $25,000 flood [...]
Farm Survey
RESEARCHERS are urging farm businesses and landholders to contribute to the Farm Transfer Survey before the survey closes on June 30. Senior lecturer at the University of New England’s Business School, and co-designer of the survey, Dr Lucie Newsome said the survey is gathering information about how farming families succeed at business succession – and [...]
Politics
NEWLY-declared Nationals Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, said he was relieved when the Australian Electoral Commission on Tuesday declared the polls, one month on from election day – now it’s time to get on with the work at hand. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of the Parkes electorate,” Mr Chaffey [...]
