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Regional News
WORK is set to get underway at Wee Waa High School and is expected to continue throughout next week, to remediate a small amount of mould identified in a wall between office spaces at the school as the result of a water leak from an air-conditioning drainage pipe. The leak was identified within a wall [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council is taking proactive steps to ensure the long-term safety and stability of the Goondiwindi levee bank. Starting Thursday, March 20, Council and its contractors will conduct important investigations to determine the future stabilisation needs of the levee bank that runs alongside the Macintyre River. These investigations, known as geotechnical drilling, are similar [...]
Rural Health
THE Men’s Health Education Rural Van will continue providing free health checks to men living in rural and regional areas, thanks to a $50,000 funding boost. MHERV is a mobile home-style vehicle which travels throughout rural and regional New South Wales, providing free health checks for men for issues that are often ignored or overlooked, [...]
Regional News
FAY Kirk and Robert Walker have been named joint recipients of the 2025 Senior of the Year Award, recognising their outstanding contributions to the Narrabri community. The award ceremony and special luncheon, held on Wednesday at Narrabri RSL, was attended by 100 local seniors and residents. Due to overwhelming interest in this year’s event, all [...]
Regional News
NATIONALS candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has announced a future Coalition Government will provide funding to upgrade facilities at Gunnedah Riverside Racecourse. Mr Chaffey said if elected, and The Nationals help form government at the forthcoming election, $480,000 will be provided to upgrade and extend the current racecourse kitchen, dining room, and function centre. “These [...]
Agriculture
FARMERS and graziers in the north-west are invited to a paddock plants and weed identification workshop at Bullarah, led by senior Local Land Services officer George Truman, with Moree Plains Shire Council weed officer, Lachie Biddle. The March 20 event, starting at 9am, will focus on farmers and graziers gaining essential knowledge about identifying and [...]
Seniors’ Week
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has announced Inverell’s Sandy Cook as the Northern Tablelands Electorate’s Senior of the Year. The Senior of the Year award recognises someone who contributes to and works tirelessly in their community. Ms Cook received the honour as part of the NSW Seniors Festival which runs from March 3 to [...]
Agriculture
NSW Farmers’ branches across the north-west are gearing up for a series of meetings to discuss how they will tackle issues such as connectivity and feral animals in the region. NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said the state’s peak farm body will host a series of 12 meetings across the state’s north-west – including Moree, [...]
Energy Bills
THE Energy and Water Ombudsman received a significant surge in complaints from customers in the New England and north-west regions, with a 59 per cent increase in complaints compared to last year. To support and educate customers in the region, EWON will host Bring Your Bills Days for residents and small businesses in Mungindi and [...]
Regional News
UPGRADES to the Werris Creek and Manilla Fire and Rescue Stations must be given the green light as soon as possible, said Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson. Mr Anderson said he’d been working with local firefighters and the community to campaign for the upgrades, and now was the time for the government to commit. “Upgrades [...]
