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Youth Crime
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Nationals candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey are backing their state Nationals colleagues in calls for the NSW Labor Government to take stronger action to tackle youth crime following the tragic death of a motorcyclist in Gunnedah earlier this week. Mr Coulton said this incident has sent shockwaves through [...]
Police News
A man has appeared in court today for DV and property-related offences, and is among four people charged during a high-visibility operation focused on preventing and disrupting crime in the state’s north. Between Wednesday, January 29 and Thursday, January 30, officers attached to New England Police District, Public Order and Riot Squad and the Western [...]
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PEOPLE across the Moree Plains will soon have increased access to legal help, with the announcement Legal Aid NSW will establish a permanent office in the town. And ahead of the opening in the first half of this year, a recruitment drive is underway to fill four positions at the new premises. For many years, [...]
Australia Day
FROM Hyderabad, Telangana, in the southern part of India, to the black-soil plains in north-western New South Wales, Australia – the journey has been exciting and at-times daunting for Moree’s newest citizens, Mirza and Arshia Baig. For Mirza and Arshia, and their five-year-old son, also named Mirza, the final step of that journey took place at [...]
Aged Care
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is better-known for calling the shots – but during a recent visit to Whiddon Moree, he was rumoured to be calling bingo. Mr Moylan found time in his busy schedule to drop by the residential aged-care facility for morning tea, a game of bingo and a chat with residents [...]
Regional News
The Queensland Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash south of Texas yesterday, Thursday, January 30. At approximately 9:45am, emergency services were called to Riverton Road at Watsons Crossing, about 35 kilometres south of Texas, following reports a motorbike had crashed. The rider of the motorbike, a 59-year-old from Glen Aplin, near Stanthorpe, [...]
Regional News
Regional Capitals Australia has welcomed a move by the Federal Government to ensure the ongoing connectivity of Australia’s regional and remote communities. The government announced it will acquire $50 million of debt from Rex’s largest creditor to become the principal secured creditor, in a bid to stop the liquidation of the airline which is currently [...]
Back to School
AS kids across the north-west and New England get ready to return to school, Asthma Australia urges parents to update their children’s Asthma Action Plan. Just like packing a school hat, this simple step helps ensure a child’s asthma is well-managed and helps teachers, coaches, and caregivers know exactly what to do if a flare-up [...]
Festival Blues
SEVERAL charges were laid during a high-visibility, coordinated police operation at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival. Operation Tamworth Country Music Festival 2025 ran for the duration of the iconic event, which started on Friday, January 17 and ended Australia Day. General duties officers from Oxley Police District and across Western Region were assisted by [...]
Agriculture
THE NSW Government is calling for expressions of interest to participate in the next round of funding applications for the Australian Government’s National Water Grid Fund to help drought-proof water supplies and improve water security for country and regional New South Wales. Regional councils, local water utilities, irrigation water cooperatives and irrigation trusts, First Nations [...]
