Regional coverage
Regional Education
WEE Waa High School has unveiled its new mural, A New Journey – a vibrant celebration of identity, growth and connection, depicting the hopes and ambitions of the students. The mural has been created by local Indigenous-identifying artist, Ethan Towns, in collaboration with a group of students, tracing the path of an Aboriginal student from [...]
Opal Mining
THE people of White Cliffs in far-western New South Wales are celebrating following the Commonwealth decision earlier in the week to allow opal mining to recommence in the region. Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey said it has been almost an eight-years wait for White Cliffs’ residents, who have struggled to keep their outback town [...]
Renewable Energy
HIRINGA Energy and Sundown Pastoral Company yesterday welcomed a key construction milestone of New South Wales’ first large scale green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. Construction of the green hydrogen and ammonia plant at the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project is underway. The GEGHA Project is a joint venture between New Zealand’s Hiringa [...]
Regional Health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has backed growing concerns from rural communities, nurses and local councils on the ever-increasing reliance on virtual emergency department care in regional hospitals. As reported this week, the use of telehealth services is widespread across regional and rural New South Wales with many healthcare workers lamenting the over-reliance on [...]
Federal Budget
LAST Tuesday night’s Labor Federal Budget delivered by treasurer Jim Chalmers has been an epic fail for the electorate of Parkes, Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey says. Ahead of the Budget, Mr Chaffey called on the 20 Councils within the vast electorate of Parkes to put forward their priorities. “There is a cost-of-living crisis, [...]
Our Community
THE spirit of rural generosity was on full display at this year’s Gravesend Long Lunch, with a record-breaking $48,400 raised to support students, staff and learning opportunities at the village, nestled between Moree and Warialda. The ‘Gravo’ community once again rallied behind its much-loved primary school, inviting friends and family from near and far to [...]
Renewable Energy
NSW Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe will today join Hiringa Energy CEO Andy Clennett and Sundown Pastoral Company co-owner David Statham for an important ground breaking ceremony for the GEGHA Project, west of Moree. Hiringa Energy has partnered with Sundown Pastoral Company and the NSW Government to deliver the first project in [...]
Agriculture
FIVE cotton growers from across New South Wales and Queensland have been named finalists for the 2026 Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year and the AgriRisk High Achiever of the Year awards, to be announced at the Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast in August. From large-scale operations to family-run farms, this year’s finalists [...]
Federal Budget
THE 2026 Budget delivered Tuesday night has provided Local Government in remote, rural and regional New South Wales with a mixed bag of outcomes, according to Country Mayors’ Association of NSW chairman, Rick Firman. “While we are pleased to see that the Federal Government has recognised that one of the greatest barriers to housing construction [...]
Federal Budget
FEDERAL Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey and Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Senator Bridget McKenzie, said the Federal Budget has failed to deliver a long-term plan for the financial sustainability of Australia’s local government sector, leaving regional, rural and remote councils once again carrying the burden of rising costs, ageing infrastructure [...]
