Regional coverage
Bowel Cancer
JUNE is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and eligible people are urged to take the bowel screening test. Only two out of every five people in New South Wales who receive the kit, take the test. If caught early, bowel cancer can be successfully treated in more than 90 per cent of cases. The National Bowel [...]
Moree Rockers
NEWCASTLE radio host Jack Hodgins is seeking past Moree musicians who may have been part of the Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds competition, which ran across Australia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mr Hodgins is writing a book documenting the iconic contest – Australia’s biggest music competition at the time. Musicians from Moree [...]
Victims’ Support
THE 2025-26 NSW State Budget will include an additional $227 million over five years for the Victims’ Support Service, which helps victim-survivors of violent crime and family members of victims to access counselling and financial assistance, as well as help with funeral expenses and medical expenses. Funding will include a new $49.4 million hub to [...]
Road Fatality
A man has died after a two-vehicle crash north-west of Wee Waa today. At about 7.50am, emergency services were called to Kamilaroi Highway, about 63km north-west of Wee Waa, following reports of a two-vehicle crash involving a truck and a utility. The driver of the utility – a man believed to be in his 20s [...]
The Golden Triangle
BEFORE Mallawa came along in 1930 and joined Talmoi and Moree picnic race clubs on bush racing’s Golden Triangle, meetings were held a short distance away at Spring Plain during the very early 1900s. There is also evidence of picnic racing at Bullarah as far back as 1915. But at Spring Plain, about 28 miles [...]
Flood Damage
FLOOD-impacted farmers and primary producers are being asked to complete the NSW Government’s Primary Industries Natural Disaster Damage Assessment survey, once it is safe for them to undertake the task. Clean-up efforts are well underway and there is an all-in effort – with boots and equipment on the ground – as quickly as possible to [...]
Country Music
THE search begins for Australia’s next Toyota Star Maker, with entries open today for the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious country music talent search. Crowned in January, during the Toyota 54th Tamworth Country Music Festival, the 46th Toyota Star Maker will join an impressive suite of alumni including Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, James Blundell, Travis [...]
Cup Fever
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has congratulated Walcha Tourism for being included as one of 36 destinations to host the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour. Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner, Knight’s Choice, was bred by Walcha locals Norm and Diane Bazeley at Elswick Park and, following the triumph, Mr Moylan highlighted their contribution in [...]
NSWRFS
IN a significant win for local government, a NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended the state’s Rural Fire Service fleet should be legally recognised as NSW Government assets. The Public Accounts Committee has tabled the report for its “inquiry into the assets, premises and funding of the NSW Rural Fire Service” with all 14 recommendations warmly [...]
Time For Change
THE NSW Attorney-General, Michael Daley, asked members of parliament to “watch their words” when debating the Time for Change petition on Thursday. Mr Daley asked members to be particularly mindful when discussing doli incapax, the centuries-old law that presumes children between the ages of 10 and 14 do not sufficiently understand the difference between right [...]
