Regional coverage
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 [...]
Regional Tourism
NARRABRI is gearing up for one of its most anticipated events of the year, with NarraBRIGHT set to light up the town on Friday, March 14. Locals and visitors can expect a dazzling evening of art, music, performances and stunning light displays, all coming together to celebrate the creativity and community spirit of the town. [...]
Regional News
A man has died in a single-vehicle crash in the Taminda industrial area of Tamworth early Monday morning. At about 2am on March 10, emergency services were called to Barnes Street, Taminda, about five kilometres west of Tamworth, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to Oxley Police District attended and found a Ford sedan [...]
Ricochet Project
MOREE Plains Shire Council will provide communities across the Moree Plains Shire with a series of free entertainment in March as part of the Ricochet Community Recovery series, designed to foster social recovery and connection. The What a Relief! Community Recovery Tour is guaranteed to provide just that – and much more –when multi-award-winning comedian, [...]
Regional News
State-of-the-art temporary fish passage technology is being trialled in the Lower Darling-Baaka River near Menindee in western New South Wales. The goal of Fishheart is to test options to connect the northern and southern basin and reduce the accumulation of fish, as part of the NSW Government’s response to the Office of the NSW Chief [...]
Local Government
THE president of the peak body for the state’s local government sector says equal representation in political institutions is yet to be realised, but she is heartened by progress being made. LGNSW president, mayor Phyllis Miller, addressed elected representatives and staff from councils across the state at the LGNSW’s annual International Women’s Day event in [...]
Regional News
THE Royal Australian Mint will unveil its new series of 50-cent coins celebrating the poetry of Dorothea Mackellar in Gunnedah on Thursday in conjunction with the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society. The launch will take at 10am at the Mackellar Centre, with special guests including Royal Australian Mint executive manager, Jennifer Sullivan and Dorothea Mackellar Memorial [...]
