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Regional Community
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has congratulated two Armidale women who have been named finalists in the NSW Women of the Year Awards. Dr Annette Cowie is a finalist in the NSW Premier’s Woman of Excellence Award while Penny Lamaro is a finalist in the NSW Regional Woman of the Year category. Dr Cowie [...]
Regional Tourism
ARMIDALE Regional Council’s Big Chill Festival has once again secured top-line talent for this year’s event, including Peking Duk, with a huge line-up of live music acts packed into one massive day on Saturday, May 17. The popular regional musical festival, which draws visitors and music lovers from all over the country, has previously attracted [...]
Be My Valentine
THIS Valentine’s Day, Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs is teaming up with personalised video service, Swysh, to spread the puppy love through personalised video messages from Seeing Eye Dogs’ puppies. Launching on Wednesday, February 12 at 9am, users can send their video requests to the friendly team at Seeing Eye Dogs, who will then respond [...]
Missing Persons
FOUND! Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Jason Charles Hudson, missing from Parkes in the central-west of New South Wales. Jason, aged 57, was last seen on Wentworth Street, Parkes on Tuesday, January 28. When he could not be located, officers attached to Central West Police District were notified and commenced inquiries into [...]
Regional Tourism
MARK the calendar – the Minerama Fossicking, Gem & Jewellery Show returns to Glen Innes Showgrounds from March 7-9. As one of Glen Innes Severn Council’s premier events, Minerama is a must-visit for fossicking enthusiasts, gemstone lovers and jewellery collectors. Mayor Margot Davis anticipates this year’s Minerama will be the most dazzling yet, with an [...]
Agriculture
HERBICIDE spread by drone technology may soon become a standard method of controlling mimosa bush in north-western New South Wales, thanks to a trial currently being undertaken on travelling stock reserves in the Moree region. Dense thickets of mimosa bush (varchellia farnesiana) have long been an unwanted feature of the landscape around Moree and Warialda [...]
Anzac Memorial
Up to 20 students from across New South Wales will be selected to participate in the annual Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship study tour that will visit historic sites relating to Australia’s military history in the Republic of Korea and Singapore. Tour locations in the Republic of Korea include the site of the Battle of Kapyong, [...]
Women of the Year
FINALISTS in six NSW Women of the Year Award categories have been announced, with two women from Armidale and one from Walgett shortlisted. Aunty Fay Green from Walgett is an Aboriginal Woman of the Year finalist and Professor Annette Cowie is a Premier’s NSW Woman of Excellence finalist. Penny Lamaro, also from Armidale, is a [...]
Parkes Electorate
Parliament returned for the first sitting fortnight of 2025 last week. It was a bittersweet week for me, marked by the reality that it was my last ‘first week’ back in Canberra. Speculation on when the election will be called was rife within the walls of Parliament House, but it was still business as usual [...]
Market Day
STALL-HOLDERS are encouraged to register for the Gomeroi Nation Markets 2400 at Jellicoe Park in Moree on Sunday, February 23. The event, an established cultural market day celebrating the work of Aboriginal small business owners and performers, will be held between 9am and 2pm at the park’s Aboriginal Sculpture Walk. Interested stall-holders and performers can [...]
