The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Regional Sport
INVERELL Aquatic Centre has been named one of three locations across New South Wales to host the 2026 Country Regional Swimming Championships on Saturday and Sunday, January 17-18, next year. The championships bring together regional swimming talent from all over New South Wales for two days of elite competition. Swimming NSW CEO Kirsten Thomson said [...]
Regional News
FIVE Narrabri community groups have received funding towards local projects, community events and facility improvements through Round One of Narrabri Shire Council’s 2025-2026 Community Financial Assistance Program. Held at Council Chambers, the official ceremony and deed-signing recognised the valuable contribution each organisation makes to the Narrabri Shire community and the importance of Council’s role in [...]
Twilight Races
MOREE’s favourite racing son Peter Sinclair returns home on Saturday with three runners at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races. Sinclair, now training a team of 12 at Murwillumbah, will saddle up Rocky Rich in the 1200m Moree Ag Supplies and Steel BM-50 Handicap and Picador in the 1600m Girard Grader Hire [...]
Inland Rail Update
THE NSW Government has shared key milestones for the Moree Special Activation Precinct, with the past 12 months tagged as a big year behind the scenes. NSW Public Works recently closed tenders for the stage 1 infrastructure works. The tender followed a call for expressions of interest to find suitably qualified and capable contractors to [...]
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 [...]
