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Northern Tablelands
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has called for a Parliamentary inquiry into rural and regional maternity services. Mr Moylan put forward a Notice of Motion in NSW Parliament on Wednesday requesting the NSW Government consider bundled funding for maternity care, implement an advisory group on rural health and commission a parliamentary inquiry into maternity [...]
Youth Crime Crisis
THE NSW Government’s extension of a strict bail test for young people accused of repeat car theft and break-and-enter offences will strengthen community safety, said Attorney General Michael Daley. The extension of the additional bail test under section 22C of the Bail Act 2013 is crucial to reduce youth crime and minimise young people’s long-term [...]
Agriculture
NEW sites for field trials of a University of Queensland strategy to combat Phalaris are needed in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Trials have already been conducted at Garah and Gurley, but more sites are needed in the district. Early trials in wheat and chickpea crops funded by the Grains Research and Development [...]
Education
MOREE Christian School is calling for 2026 Year 11 enrolments and will hold an information evening on April 3 detailing all relevant material needed for parents and students. The school this year welcomed seven students to Year 11 – next year’s inaugural Year 12 School Certificate candidates – and the Stage 6 extension is expected [...]
Border Sport
RONNY’S Runners ran like hell at Goondiwindi on Saturday. Moree junior athletes Will Smith, Marley and Austin Legg, Lachlan Bowhay, Will and Bella Boland, and Chase and Levi Cosgrove left a few senior athletes speechless as they tore through the notorious Hell of the West triathlon carnival at the border-town. On Kenway and Clark Super [...]
Border Sport
THE 34th annual Hell of the West triathlon was held last weekend in Goondiwindi, with the race attracting top professional athletes, along with nearly 700 individuals and more than 60 teams competing over two days. The event, one of the few remaining grass-roots community-run triathlons in Australia, drew athletes from as far away as Cairns, [...]
Local Government
THE Moree Plains Development Control Plan – Draft Flood Chapter was tabled for adoption at Moree Plain Shire Council’s ordinary council meeting on March 20. In 2022, Council received grant funding to review the Flood Chapter in Moree Plains Development Control Plan (DCP) 2013. In 2024, Council publicly exhibited a draft of the revised Flood [...]
Federal Budget
LAST night’s Federal Budget underscores just how critical the upcoming election will be to deliver the key investments needed to secure and grow Australian agriculture in an increasingly uncertain environment, says the National Farmers’ Federation. NFF president, David Jochinke, said this was a chance for the Federal Government to back Australian agriculture and give the [...]
Federal Budget
THE 2025-26 Federal Budget is a mixed bag for rural, regional and remote Australia in terms of funding for healthcare, says the National Rural Health Alliance. While certain aspects of the budget benefit rural populations, there is a lack of a targeted strategy to address the unique health challenges these communities face, the organisation says. [...]
Federal Budget
HOUSEHOLD cost-of-living measures were front and centre of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ pre-election Budget last night, but the government has failed to deliver initiatives that would improve business productivity, innovation and growth, says CPA Australia chief executive officer, Chris Freeland. CPA Australia is the country’s leading professional accounting body and one of the largest in the [...]
