The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Regional Health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news that construction has finally started on the Glen Innes Hospital redevelopment. The $50 million redevelopment was announced by the former Coalition Government in 2021 but progress stalled under the Minns Labor Government. Work was then slated to begin in 2025 but it was again delayed. Mr [...]
Food and Wine Festival
MOREE again takes centre stage today, with the 2026 Moree on a Plate Food and Wine Festival returning to town. Now in its 22nd year, the festival at Moree racecourse has become one of regional Australia’s best-known food and wine events, attracting thousands of visitors to Moree to celebrate the region’s agricultural strength, boutique producers [...]
Northern Tablelands
THE Australian Celtic Festival was again held in Glen Innes from last Friday through to Monday. It was the year of Scotland at this year’s festival and it was another superb event with singing, dancing, food, reenactments and more. Congratulations to all the organisers and volunteers who pulled together this fantastic festival. The 2027 Australian [...]
Inland Rail
NARRABRI Shire Council has expressed deep disappointment following the Federal Government’s decision to withdraw funding for the remaining northern sections of the Inland Rail project beyond Parkes, New South Wales. Narrabri Shire mayor Darrell Tiemens said funding for the project was announced nearly 10 years ago in Narrabri. “Billions of dollars have already been committed [...]
Water Security
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority has marked the close of the formal public consultation period for the Basin Plan Review. More than 2400 submissions have been received from First Nations people, community members, organisations, local, state and national government agencies. Many were shared in the final days of the consultation period which ended on May 1. [...]
Renewables
NSW Farmers’ is calling on the NSW Government to pause plans to fast-track renewable energy projects in regional New South Wales, warning that rushing approvals will deepen community distress, entrench an unfair power imbalance between large developers and landholders, and generate more objections and conflict. NSW Farmers’ Energy Taskforce chair Reg Kidd called the government’s [...]
Food and Wine Festival
TEAMS have been announced for the National Ag Mixed Grill BBQ Cook-Off at Moree on a Plate – and the steaks are high. Sponsored by National Ag, the keenly contested cook-off is the food and wine festival’s holy grail, with winners walking away with a Weber barbecue, donated by Dipper’s Home Timber and Hardware. Local [...]
Regional Tourism
THE Moree Plains region is celebrating a major tourism milestone, with Moree and Mungindi announced as finalists in the 2026 NSW Top Tourism Town Awards. Moree is a finalist in the Top Tourism Town category, while Mungindi has been named a finalist in the Tiny Tourism Town category. The awards recognise communities that deliver exceptional [...]
Wild Pig Cull
THE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, in partnership with government agencies and private landholders, will co-ordinate an aerial shooting program to cull the number of feral pigs across public and private land in the Gwydir River Valley near Bingara next week. The program, starting May 11 and running until May 15, will target the [...]
Rural Crime
POLICE are appealing for public assistance after beehive boxes containing bees were stolen from a rural property near Bonshaw, about 100 kilometres north of Inverell. Sometime between Tuesday, March 31 and Wednesday, May 6, 80 beehive boxes – including active bee colonies – were stolen from a rural property on Bruxner Way, 15 kilometres west [...]
