Regional coverage
Coastal Flooding
MORE than 6000 people are on-the-ground across the Hunter and Mid North Coast completing rapid impact assessments, co-ordinating a clean-up blitz, repairing roads and undertaking other recovery work. Workers and volunteers from across the NSW Government, interstate and overseas are on the ground in impacted communities, and teams continue to be deployed to assist with [...]
Socks and Jocks
NARRABRI Shire Council has launched a bold new campaign with a humorous twist to spotlight a very real problem – despite being one of Australia’s top cotton-producing regions, residents of Narrabri Shire can’t buy basic affordable cotton essentials like bras, socks or jocks in their own town. In a new promotional video, #BringBackSocksAndJocks, Narrabri Council [...]
Education
IT was a uniform-free day with a difference – a big difference. Last week, 120 students from Boggabilla Central School and Toomelah Public School attended a mini careers expo and dress-up day to explore their options when leaving the classroom and entering the workforce. Kindergarten to Year 12 students were asked to dress up in [...]
Battle of the Border
UPDATE TIMES: As State of Origin fever heats up, footballs an hour after dawn will take place in Mungindi, with the Today Extra morning show on the NINE Network crossing live at 7.20am. The prime-time coverage is sure to give Mungindi nationwide exposure when Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Susannah Pearse and Balonne Shire Council [...]
Scam Watch
THE National Anti-Scam Centre’s Job Scam Fusion Cell removed more than 29,000 scam social media accounts and 1850 fake job advertisements in a crackdown on employment scams targeting vulnerable Australians looking to ease cost of living pressures. The fusion cell, which ran from September 2024 to March 2025, has published its report highlighting the combined [...]
Regional Roads
ARMIDALE Regional Council and Walcha Council have now been included in the NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration after the recent wet weather. This means the councils can now restore damaged public assets such as roads which have experienced a huge increase in traffic following last week’s floods along the east coast of New South Wales. [...]
Agriculture
GWYDIR Valley Irrigator Association’s executive officer and CottonInfo technical lead, Lou Gall, has been named a 2025 Cotton Industry Researcher of the Year finalist. Cotton Australia on Monday announced the award finalists for the Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year Award, which also includes Dr Katie Broughton, a research scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and [...]
Regional Health
NARRABRI Shire mayor, Darrell Tiemens, has welcomed the release of the final report from the NSW Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional Health. Cr Tiemens says the report shines a light on the systemic challenges facing regional healthcare and highlights the pressing need to address long-standing governance issues. The report identifies ongoing [...]
Coastal Flooding
THE NSW Government is urging people to remain vigilant when donating to flood recovery efforts. As communities recover and rebuild, authorities are warning that scammers may attempt to exploit the situation through fake fundraising appeals. NSW Fair Trading is reminding the public to take simple precautions to ensure their donations are going to legitimate causes. [...]
Coastal Flooding
POLICE urge motorists to drive safely after three people died and a man remains missing in floodwaters as severe weather continues to impact the mid-north coast. On Wednesday, a woman was travelling between Sydney and Coffs Harbour when she stopped west of Dorrigo at about 7pm and spoke to a Traffic and Highway Patrol officer. [...]
