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Creative Resilience
ARTS North West and Hey Mate invite the Wee Waa community to come together for a free Creative Resilience Wellbeing Workshop on Wednesday, November 12. The workshop will run from 10am to 2pm at the Wee Waa Community Arts and Cultural Centre. This interactive workshop will help strengthen community recovery and resilience following natural disasters [...]
Regional News
URALLA Rivercare Group and Southern New England Landcare will bring renowned horticulturist and sustainability expert Jerry Coleby-Williams from Gardening Australia to the New England region this month, to share practical water-saving solutions for urban and peri-urban gardens. Uralla Rivercare Group’s Sheenah Turnbull said people want to make the most of every drop of rainwater they [...]
Rail Tragedy
A one-year-old baby girl has died after being struck by a train at Baan Baa, near Narrabri. At about 7.50pm Friday, emergency services were called to Baranbah Street, Baan Baa, near Narrabri, following reports a child has been hit by a freight train. The child – a one-year-old girl – was treated by NSW Ambulance [...]
Our Community
SINCE stepping into Parliament in 2024, Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has been urging NSW Premier Chris Minns to pay BackTrack a visit to witness first-hand the fantastic work they do. On Friday afternoon, the BackTrack team and Mr Moylan welcomed the Premier to the BackTrack depot in Armidale. The Premier met with BackTrack [...]
Youth Crime
A $23 million package to tackle youth crime was announced in Tamworth today after months of advocacy from the local community. Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said the community had been calling for more support from the government, and this funding is a start. “Our communities have a right to feel safe in our homes, [...]
Youth Crime
PREMIER Chris Minns will today announce another $23 million in targeted funding to address youth crime and improve community safety across regional New South Wales. The funding package includes $12 million to continue place-based responses in Moree and expand responses in Tamworth and Kempsey, with a further $6.3 million to go towards intensive bail supervision [...]
Salvation Army
THE Salvation Army is calling on the community of New England north-west to dig deep this Christmas as the annual Christmas Appeal is launched, aimed at helping those who need support during the festive season. The Christmas period can intensify financial and emotional pressures for those already experiencing disadvantage. Salvation Army Moree program manager Jason [...]
Art and Culture
A milestone moment for BAMM was marked recently, with the opening of two powerful photographic exhibitions and the launch of a new community fundraising campaign. More than 100 people gathered to celebrate the arrival of the National Gallery of Australia’s touring exhibition Nan Goldin: The Ballad of sexual dependency, alongside Garage Barbershop — a hyper-local [...]
Potholed Politics
BETTER roads, not slower trucks, are what’s needed to reduce the surging road toll in the regions, NSW Farmers told a state inquiry this week. Studies have shown farm workers are four times more likely to die on the nation’s roads than any other driver, with New South Wales’ local roads facing a $3.4 billion [...]
Seniors’ Week
ONE of Moree’s truly unsung heroes, Rob Bartel, was named Moree Plains Senior Citizen of the Year at a Seniors’ Week luncheon at Moree Services Club on Wednesday. Mr Bartel was one of five very worthy nominations for the award, which also included local legends Colin Rice, Frank Crump, Marlene Howard and Denise Webb. In [...]
