Regional coverage
Operation Ares
NSW Police has taken more than 90 unlawful weapons off New South Wales streets and conducted 34 high-visibility ‘wanding’ operations in an effort to reduce knife crime. In December last year, the NSW Government introduced legislation to target the possession of knives, reduce knife crime and improve the overall safety of the community. For the [...]
Rural Health
NARRABRI Shire mayor Darrell Tiemens and Wee Waa community members, today delivered the Save Wee Waa Hospital petition to Member for Barwon, Roy Butler MP at Macquarie Street, Sydney. Following a strong community campaign, the petition collected 12,000 signatures, well above the 10,000 signatures required to trigger a debate in NSW Parliament. Mayor Tiemens thanked [...]
Regional News
DELUNGRA’S Anzac Park will soon be home to a host of new features thanks to $88,000 in funding from the Local Small Commitments Allocation program. The LSCA program provides benefits to local communities through a range of events, services and programs, playground and park upgrades, and more. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan welcomed news [...]
Agriculture
IN the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, immediate action has been taken to ensure fire ant carrying materials sourced from the storm-impacted and infested areas of south-east Queensland are now banned from entering New South Wales while after-effects are assessed. Until there is a consolidated understanding of the impact on fire ant mobility and locations [...]
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 [...]
