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Agriculture
IN the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, immediate action has been taken to ensure fire ant carrying materials sourced from the storm-impacted and infested areas of south-east Queensland are now banned from entering New South Wales while after-effects are assessed. Until there is a consolidated understanding of the impact on fire ant mobility and locations [...]
Regional News
WORK is set to get underway at Wee Waa High School and is expected to continue throughout next week, to remediate a small amount of mould identified in a wall between office spaces at the school as the result of a water leak from an air-conditioning drainage pipe. The leak was identified within a wall [...]
Northern Tablelands
Inverell’s Sandy Cook has been named 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 16. Since the age of 17, [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council is taking proactive steps to ensure the long-term safety and stability of the Goondiwindi levee bank. Starting Thursday, March 20, Council and its contractors will conduct important investigations to determine the future stabilisation needs of the levee bank that runs alongside the Macintyre River. These investigations, known as geotechnical drilling, are similar [...]
Rural Health
THE Men’s Health Education Rural Van will continue providing free health checks to men living in rural and regional areas, thanks to a $50,000 funding boost. MHERV is a mobile home-style vehicle which travels throughout rural and regional New South Wales, providing free health checks for men for issues that are often ignored or overlooked, [...]
Public Health
SUBMISSIONS are open for the inquiry into the Health Services Amendment (Splitting of the Hunter New England Health District) Bill 2025 and Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan encourages members of the public to have their say. The proposed Bill aims to dissolve the current Hunter New England Local Health District to establish two new [...]
Our Community
AFTER 18 years, the smiling face of Balo Square Shopping Centre has called it a day. Rob Johnson has been the go-to man at Balo Square for nearly 20 years, and on Thursday drew the curtain on his role as site supervisor. In the coming weeks, Rob, 69, and wife, Barb, will relocate to Bingara, [...]
Regional News
FAY Kirk and Robert Walker have been named joint recipients of the 2025 Senior of the Year Award, recognising their outstanding contributions to the Narrabri community. The award ceremony and special luncheon, held on Wednesday at Narrabri RSL, was attended by 100 local seniors and residents. Due to overwhelming interest in this year’s event, all [...]
Police Appeal
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted during a break-and-enter at a Moree caravan park early Thursday. At about 1am, March 13, emergency services were called to a caravan park on Amaroo Drive, Moree, following reports of an alleged break-and-enter. Officers attached to New England Police District were told two unknown people [...]
Regional News
NATIONALS candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has announced a future Coalition Government will provide funding to upgrade facilities at Gunnedah Riverside Racecourse. Mr Chaffey said if elected, and The Nationals help form government at the forthcoming election, $480,000 will be provided to upgrade and extend the current racecourse kitchen, dining room, and function centre. “These [...]
