Regional coverage
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 [...]
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 [...]
