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