Regional coverage
Country Music Festival
KEITH Urban will be honoured for a lifetime of achievement at the 2025 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival – and Tamworth Regional Council confirmed the global country star will be in town to receive the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown award. Urban joins the likes of Slim Dusty, Tex [...]
OH&S
WHITEHAVEN Coal has this month registered an outstanding achievement at its Narrabri Coal Handling and Preparation Plant, with the team recording more than 5000 days without a lost time injury. The figure is equivalent to more than 13-and-a-half years, and bolstered by 60 months free of total recordable Injuries. Surface operations manager, Ashley Howland, said [...]
Regional News
A group of Gunnedah Shire artists will transform the walls of the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery next month with The Art of Still Life exhibition. Kristie Farquhar, Anne Knight, Julie Laurie, Jenny Mathews, Lyn Pratt, Louisa Riordan, Fonda Shae and Helen Stanley have joined forces to present a vibrant collection of still life art [...]
Parkes Electorate
I’m pleased that Dubbo Regional Council has been awarded $14.6 million under Round 2 of the Federal Government’s Growing Regions Program to upgrade the runway at Dubbo Regional Airport. This project will upgrade and strengthen the main runway, associated taxiways and aprons to support the operation of large air tankers and emergency services, ensuring the [...]
Health Crisis
THE NSW Government will today (January 20) meet with representatives of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation and the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists to further discuss the mass resignation of about 200 public health psychiatrists in New South Wales. The Government met with representatives of both organisations late last week and [...]
Tamworth CMF
RISING country music star Felicity Kircher has been named the 45th Toyota Star Maker, following an electrifying Grand Final at the 53rd Tamworth Country Music Festival. Representing Tingalpa, Queensland, Kircher captivated the audience with heartfelt performances of her original songs Dear Rose and Ultimatum, securing her place as one of Australia’s most promising emerging artists. [...]
Health
ARTISTS with strong connections to the north-west and New England regions are invited to submit artworks to be displayed in the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit, with Expressions of Interest now open. Health Infrastructure Executive Director of Rural and Regional Projects, Amanda Bock, said the arts program for the new unit offers a unique opportunity [...]
Health and Education
DEMENTIA Australia has welcomed renowned country music singer and songwriter Adam Harvey as its newest ambassador, coinciding with his headline performances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this month. Harvey, a nine-time Golden Guitar Award winner, has a deep, personal connection to dementia. His mother’s diagnosis inspired him to write his heartfelt song, Remember Me, [...]
Sponsored Content
HILL Fitzsimmons Moree Subaru sales manager Dean Griffiths says there’s one irrefutable fact about the car brand that is now ranked No.1 in the world for reliability – a Subaru is very rarely seen behind a tow truck. “It’s not often anyone will see that – if ever,” Mr Griffiths said. He says Subaru’s reliability [...]
Hospital Crisis
AN online petition to save Wee Waa Hospital has gained more than 3000 signatures, with at least 7000 more needed for the issue to be debated in NSW parliament. The hospital, with 10 wards and 18 beds, is grossly understaffed, with locals fearing plans are in place to close the facility. There is an unused [...]
