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May 3 Election
SALLY Edwards, from the Warrumbungle region of New South Wales, announced her candidacy for the seat of Parkes in the upcoming federal election online to her friends and community on March 5. Mrs Edwards says she has come to politics from the community level after many years of frustration trying to work within government plans, [...]
Police News
TWO boys are due in court next month charged with multiple offences alleged to have been committed in Brewarrina. Officers attached to Central North Police District have been investigating after a Brewarrina supermarket was allegedly broken into on Sunday, March 9 and Saturday, March 15, 2025. The day following the second alleged break-in, a vehicle [...]
Regional News
AUSTRALIA’S first declared Renewable Energy Zone will formally commence construction within months after the NSW Government awarded ACEREZ the contract and reached financial close to deliver the Central-West Orana REZ transmission project. But Dugald Saunders, Leader of the NSW Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional NSW, Agriculture, and Trade and Natural Resources, on Friday questioned [...]
Sponsored Content
AFTER significant upgrades and refurbishment, Econo Lodge Moree Spa Motor Inn has been rebranded Comfort Inn Moree – and the tradition of offering tourists and travellers all the comforts of home proudly continues. Comfort Inn Moree recently earned a prestigious Gold Award when named one of Choice Hotels Asia-Pac’s top-performing properties for 2024 The Choice [...]
Northern Tablelands
It’s been a busy week in the electorate with plenty of kilometres travelled! I have managed to have meetings and attend community events in Guyra, Armidale, Emmaville, Glen Innes, Uralla, Walcha, Moree, Inverell and Warialda. Funding for the Northern Tablelands Up to $400,000 for our electorate has been secured from The Local Small Commitments Allocation [...]
Vital Services
A new mental health and wellbeing strategy for first responders which now recognises forestry workers, national park employees, and road and transport workers who put their lives on the line keeping communities safe was launched on Friday. The strategy is in addition to emergency services personnel including Ambulance NSW, Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Police, [...]
Regional Tourism
MORE than 25 events are being held as part of Taste Tamworth Festival – the Tamworth Region’s annual 10-day festival from April 4-13. With a key focus on highlighting local produce and stallholders, festival-goers can expect to enjoy a range of diverse events that celebrate farm to plate and local culture, as well as try [...]
Summer Wrap
THIS week marks the official end of the 2024-25 fire season for most of New South Wales, with Rural Fire Service commissioner, Rob Rogers, saying this season crews worked on more than 4100 bush and grass fires, which burnt through more than 61,000 hectares. “January was our busiest month, but thanks to rainfall in the [...]
Operation Soteria
TWO teenagers have been charged over a home invasion in Moree on February 14 that left a man with a broken nose. Officers from Operation Soteria arrested the 17-year-old boy and 19-year-old woman on Thursday, April 3, as part of its ongoing crackdown on youth crime in regional New South Wales. The charges relate to [...]
May 3 Election
NATHAN Fell has been endorsed as the Australian Labor Party candidate for Parkes in the upcoming federal election. As a Broken Hill local who has spent his professional career working in the mining sector, Mr Fell says he understands the unique challenges facing communities across rural and regional New South Wales. He has lived in [...]
