Locals are being handed a direct say in how $60 million from the region’s renewable energy zone gets spent, with surveys, a webinar and community sessions open now.
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Posted inEmergency management, Feature, National News
Just a drill: AusAlert warning test will blast everyone’s phones at 2pm
Australia’s new emergency warning system is set for its first trial run with a test alert to be sent to mobile devices in a 10-second siren across the nation at 2pm – even if your phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb,
Posted inAgriculture, Feature, Good News, Grants and funding, Local News
New England researchers chase cotton breakthroughs with five funded projects
Mite-filled capsules dropped by drone, satellite dashboards, beans as fertiliser: five New England projects have landed almost half of the country’s cotton innovation grants.
Posted inArmidale, Feature
Have your say on community safety in the Armidale region
Armidale Regional Council is inviting residents to help shape the region’s future Crime Prevention Plan by taking part in a community safety survey.
Posted inDomestic Violence, Feature, NSW News, Women
NSW reviews assault survivor privacy laws
NSW is reviewing whether sexual assault survivors’ therapy notes should be able to be used against them in court, after victim-survivors and counsellors spoke out.
Posted inFeature, National News
CMA join push against federal disaster funding cuts
The Country Mayors Association is warning a federal funding shake-up would leave ratepayers covering more of the bill after the next flood, fire or storm.
Posted inAnimals, Feature, Moree
Moree brings Ranger services in-house
Moree Plains Shire Council has brought its Ranger services in-house, with the new team to focus initially on stray and roaming dogs in response to ongoing community concerns.
Posted inFeature, Tamworth
Greens councillor calls for public access to Tamworth council briefings
Greens councillor Ryan Brooke will ask Tamworth Regional Council to open briefing sessions publicly through a new committee motion.
Posted inCrime, Feature, Tamworth
Driver killed in single-vehicle crash at Oxley Vale
A man has died after the ute he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree at Oxley Vale on Friday.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Feature, Glen Innes
Glen Innes farmer says people, not paperwork, keep farms safe
Glen Innes farmer Katie Saul says the safest farms aren’t built on paperwork, they’re built on people who genuinely look out for one another. Here’s why she says visible leadership matters.