The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Operation Arques
THE NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team has formally charged a 24-year-old man alleged to be one of two gunmen responsible for the Bondi Beach mass shooting that claimed the lives of 15 people. At about 6.40pm on Sunday, December 14, emergency services were called to Bondi Beach following reports of a public place shooting. Officers [...]
Education and Training
AS HSC results landed across New South Wales this week, Apprenticeship Support Australia is calling on school-leavers – especially young women – to consider apprenticeships and traineeships in industries crying out for skilled workers. Half of all trades roles are experiencing a national shortage, according to Jobs and Skills Australia, compared to almost one in [...]
Sport Funding
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan flicked the switch on new lighting at the University of New England’s Bellevue Oval with nearly half-a-million dollars invested to keep local sporting clubs active, safe and connected. Mr Moylan joined representatives from UNE Life, Armidale District Cricket Association, and the New England Nomads Australian Rules Football Club on [...]
Border News
ST Joseph’s Mungindi Primary School principal Frances Reynolds has been presented the JA Sutherland Memorial Award at the recent New England Education Co-Operative Awards for her significant contribution to education. The annual awards, held last month at the Armidale Golf Club, recognises outstanding achievements in education within the New England and north-western area of New [...]
Christmas Cheer
THE state’s peak farming body is asking shoppers to check the label and choose Australian-grown food where they can this Christmas. NSW Farmers’ vice president Rebecca Reardon said supporting Aussie farming families this festive season was a simple way to help spread the Christmas cheer. “Aussie grown products will typically have a green and gold [...]
Rural Fire Service
COUNCILS in New South Wales looking for a quick fix to the ownership issues plaguing the Rural Fire Services red fleet have been left disappointed after the NSW Government released its Response to the Parliamentary Accounts Committee’s Inquiry into Assets, premises and funding of the NSW Rural Fire Service. The response to the major recommendations [...]
Police Operation
THE Gwydir Highway between Moree and Pallamallawa was closed yesterday afternoon for nearly three hours as police conducted an operation in response to a male being located deceased in bushland 12 kilometres east of Moree. Police and emergency services attended the scene. It is believed the man took his own life. The operation centred around [...]
Christmas 2025
SEVERAL weeks ago, well-known Moree resident Leonie Livingston donated a valuable work of art to Moree Lions Club to use as a prize in the club’s annual Christmas raffle. On Sunday, Leonie celebrated her 88th birthday in fine style – by personally handing over the painting to the raffle winner, Tanisha Murphy. The painting, Potato [...]
Rural Roads
NEW framework determining road management in New South Wales aimed at providing councils with certainty over who manages and maintains different roads was announced on Monday. Road recategorisation is the process used to decide whether a road should be managed as a State, regional or local road. The State Government says the new framework includes [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council has announced the installation of three new private meeting and study booths at Inverell Shire Public Library. The booths have significantly expanding the library’s capacity to support community learning, connection and privacy, council says. The project was made possible through $60,000 in funding received under the 2024-2025 Library Council of New South [...]
