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GOONDIWINDI mayor Lawrence Springborg is calling for Telstra to urgently investigate mobile connectivity issues in the Goondiwindi region following a worsening service after the 3G shutdown. His call for action comes as many residents report poor service following the closure of the 3G network in October last year, leaving many with unreliable coverage. “I am [...]
Regional News
WORK has started on the NSW New England region’s first large-scale battery energy storage system, located on-site at ACEN Australia’s 720 MW New England Solar project, near Uralla. The 200MW/2 hour battery energy storage system – BESS – is the first of two planned systems being built by international energy storage specialist Energy Vault and [...]
Regional News
THE southern hemisphere’s largest formation aerobatic display team will perform its special fly-over routine at the 2025 Armidale Autumn Festival on Saturday, April 5. Freedom Formation – made up of 13 passionate aviators – will perform its signature multi-layer display routine over Armidale at 11.45am before the Autumn Festival parade begins at 12-noon. All eyes [...]
Regional News
AFTER months of anticipation, the new multi-million dollar Inverell Aquatic Centre will open its doors to the public this week. Hines Construction handed over the facility to Council last Friday after reaching practical completion, with plans to open the facility to the public on Thursday, February 27. The facility was officially granted World Aquatics Accreditation [...]
Regional News
A new $2.5 million state-of-the-art Lung Health Mobile Clinic has been unveiled and will soon provide lung health checks to thousands of people across New South Wales. The lung bus program provides free lung screening checks to more than 5000 workers annually in regional New South Wales, including Tamworth. Lung health checks can be lifesaving [...]
Border News
THE Inglewood community celebrated the grand re-opening of the refurbished Casa Mia independent living aged-care facility at the weekend, with five newly refurbished independent living units ensuring more vulnerable elderly people have the opportunity to remain in Inglewood. Queensland Minister for Housing, Sam O’Connor, joined Goondiwindi Regional Council mayor Lawrence Springborg to officially open the [...]
Health Services
REGIONAL communities across New South Wales are set to benefit from new Key Health Worker Accommodation which hopes to attract more paramedics to the bush. The $200million program supports more than 20 projects across rural, regional and remote NSW. Funding will secure approximately 120 dwellings across regional NSW, which includes the building of new accommodation, [...]
Regional Crime
A man has died and a second man is under police guard in Tamworth Base Hospital following a stand-off with police in Tamworth overnight. Emergency services were called to a home unit on Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth, at about 4.30pm Saturday, February 22, following reports of a concern for welfare. On arrival, officers attached to [...]
Regional News
THE countdown is on to Narrabri Shire’s 2025 CREATE Festival – with less than a week until opening night. And in a first for CREATE, this year’s festival will include a special art exhibition from Moree’s Yaama Ganu Gallery, featuring the incredible talents of artists from Aboriginal communities across Australia. This rich collection of works [...]
Mental Health
THE community is invited to get involved with the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit with Gamilaroi woman Amy Hammond running a series of butterfly weaving workshops for artwork that will feature in the new unit. Ms Hammond, from the Moree and Wellington communities of New South Wales and now based in Tamworth, is one of [...]
