Regional coverage
May 3 Election
NATHAN Fell has been endorsed as the Australian Labor Party candidate for Parkes in the upcoming federal election. As a Broken Hill local who has spent his professional career working in the mining sector, Mr Fell says he understands the unique challenges facing communities across rural and regional New South Wales. He has lived in [...]
Regional News
THE Australian and NSW Governments are activating specific disaster assistance measures for the Narrabri Local Government Area following widespread severe weather including strong winds and heavy rainfall. Some support has been made available under the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Jenny McAllister, said the funding activated today will support [...]
Agriculture
THE National Farmers’ Federation has expressed profound disappointment in the United States’ decision to impose a 10 per cent tariff on all Australian exports. The United States and Australia have a deep and multi-faceted agricultural relationship underpinned by the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement, which sees zero tariffs applied to two-way trade between the nations, [...]
May 3 Election
AUSTRALIANS will go to the polls on Saturday, May 3, with the Parkes electorate fielding five candidates vying to fill a very big pair of shoes left by retiring Nationals’ MP Mark Coulton. The Nationals candidate Jamie Chaffey, Labor Party’s Nathan Fell, Libertarian Sally Edwards, Family First’s Maurice Davey and Trish Frail from The Greens [...]
Weather Update
THE NSW State Emergency Service has deployed more than 750 personnel, rescue assets, high clearance vehicles and flood rescue teams as impacts from heavy rain and water flowing south from Queensland are felt across the state. Heavy rain has impacted the far north-west of the zone with multiple road closures around Moree, Garah and Mungindi. [...]
Weather Update
THE NSW State Emergency Service is monitoring rainfalls across northern New South Wales, and responding to major flood warnings in western communities as floodwater and rain from Queensland moves south. High clearance Vehicles have been repositioned in Moree Lismore, Grafton and Bourke, and air assets have been deployed to Bourke, Lightning Ridge, Moree, Narrabri, Grafton [...]
Youth Crime
COUNTRY Mayors Association of NSW members recently met via Zoom with NSW Police deputy commissioner, Paul Pisanos, and NSW Police minister, Yasmine Catley, recently, to talk about ongoing youth crime problems across the state and the installation of Operation Soteria. More than 40 members participated, with CMA chairman, Rick Firman, saying the meeting was “most [...]
Weather Update
THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a minor to moderate warning for the Gwydir River at Gravesend, Pallamallawa and Yarraman after heavy overnight rain in the local region and catchment areas. The bureau says moderate to heavy rainfall since Tuesday evening has the potential to cause moderate flooding at Yarraman overnight Wednesday and is likely [...]
Local Government
AN ambitious plan to “carve up” parts of Moree Plains Shire and create an autonomous state, similar to the Hutt River Province in Western Australia, has been proposed by a group of shire landowners and residents. Hutt River Province, a former micronation about 500 kilometres north of Perth, was declared independent in 1970 by landholder [...]
Flood Update
NSW Police have commenced an investigation into alleged dangerous driving after a truck driver was pulled from flood water at Wee Waa on Sunday. At about 5pm Sunday, officers attached to Oxley Police District were notified of a prime-mover trapped in floodwaters approximately two metres deep, on Vera Leap Road, Wee Waa. With the assistance [...]
