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Crime Crisis
THE Minns Labor Government has walked away from protecting regional communities dealing with the youth crime crisis, voting against the Opposition’s strong bail reforms in Parliament today. NSW Nationals party leader Dugald Saunders said the Nationals has been pushing for swift and calculated action since a letter signed by the entire party room was sent [...]
Highway Safety
MOTORISTS on the Newell Highway between Moree and Boggabilla will soon notice the start of construction of new Average Speed Camera lengths targeting heavy vehicles. Construction is expected to begin this month. Transport for NSW executive director, Road Safety Regulation, Duncan Lucas, said speed is the biggest killer on New South Wales roads. “Average Speed [...]
First Nations Footy
NATIONAL Indigenous Television – NITV – will broadcast the 2025 Koori Knockout over the October long weekend, with full day match coverage of the finals live and direct from the Riverside Sporting Complex in Tamworth. The telecast, also available on SBS On Demand, will be screened on Sunday, October 5 and Monday October, 6 from [...]
Agriculture
A new online tool that will save farmers thousands of dollars and months of work as they negotiate often complex planning laws when applying for development approvals to build key on-farm infrastructure has been launched by the state government. The platform – myFarmPlanner – aims to strengthen the state’s $20 billion agriculture sector and to [...]
Regional Roads
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is pleased to announce $23 million has been secured to improve safety on major roads within the electorate, including $8.6m for installation of wide centre line and shoulder widening with pavement rehabilitation on the Newell Highway at South Croppa, Tulloona. The funding comes through the Towards Zero Safer Roads [...]
Strike Force Jamesport
A second teenager charged over an alleged stabbing in Moree last weekend was granted conditional bail in a children’s yesterday. Just before 1am Sunday, emergency services were called to a motel on Alice Street, Moree, following reports of an alleged stabbing. Officers attached to New England Police District were told about five individuals allegedly forced [...]
Soccer GF
IT’S definitely a family thing. Eleven players from Moree Services FC Blue soccer team will run onto Narrabri’s Gately Oval on Saturday to play defending premiers Narrabri Eleven FC in the Namoi Football League grand-final – and six of those Moree players are father-son or father-daughter combos. Steve Pinner and his daughter Olivia, Phil Strahan [...]
Education
HSC exams begin in little over a month, and senior lecturer and acting director of the Clinical Psychology Program at UNE, Dr Amanda Jefferys, has relived the HSC eight times with members of her blended family. This year, more than 80,000 students in New South Wales are studying for their Higher School Certificate. Students will [...]
Agriculture
CROPLIFE Australia, the national peak industry organisation for the plant science sector, is warning continued delays in assessment times at the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority may cause a long-term productivity drought for the nation’s farming sector. The APVMA has offices in Armidale and Canberra. Delayed access to new agricultural innovation and technologies for [...]
Juvenile Crime
THE NSW Attorney General, Michael Daley, said in a statement issued today that people in many regional communities continue to feel unsafe in their homes, and referred to the latest quarterly update by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. “The recent alleged assault on a motelier is a sobering reminder of the ongoing [...]
