Community groups across Narrabri Shire will be able to improve facilities, support families and deliver local events thanks to $14,500 in council funding.
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Posted inBusiness, Feature, Local News, Money, Social issues and services
Smaller banks baulk at regional branch plan
An alliance of regional banks and mutual funds has trashed an industry plan to use multi-bank hubs to salvage face-to-face banking in the bush, saying it will fail customers.
Posted inGood News, Grants and funding, Liverpool Plains Shire
Five Liverpool Plains health projects share in $21,000 grants
Five health and wellbeing projects, from aqua aerobics in Quirindi to a morning bootcamp at Werris Creek Public School, will share $21,000 in community grants.
Posted inFeature, Grants and funding, Local News
Grants of up to $50,000 now open
A $540,000 pool, grants of up to $50,000, and one month to apply. Regional charities with a good idea have until Saturday, 31 October to put their case to the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.
Posted inGrants and funding, Local News, Tenterfield
Angry Bull Trails lands $1.5m for Tenterfield stage and pavilion
Live music, festivals, and cycling events could soon have a new home in Tenterfield. Angry Bull Trails has landed $1.5 million, and 16 other New England projects are sharing the rest.
Posted inGrants and funding, Moree, Narrabri
Narrabri and Moree groups invited to chase share of $100,000 port grants
There’s $100,000 on the table and Narrabri and Moree are named on the invitation list. Local charities have just over two weeks to get their applications in.
Posted inGrants and funding, Regional Development, Tamworth
Tamworth cuts approval times to unlock infrastructure funding
Tamworth missed out last time. Now, after slashing 36 days off its average approval time, the council is back in line for a share of $73 million in infrastructure funding.
Posted inCost of Living, Local News, Money, News, Social issues and services
Vinnies helps 4,500 across New England North West as food costs bite
Three in four people Vinnies helped across the New England North West needed food. Now new research shows parents are skipping meals so their kids can eat.
Posted inFederal Politics, Money, National News
Please explain: One Nation donations diverted to a liquor company
$56,000 of One Nation money. A shed on James Ashby’s private land. A distillery owned by Ashby and Pauline Hanson. Now the party is rushing to explain itself to members.
Posted inAgriculture, Money
Federal lender urges New England farmers to seek help early as conditions dry out
As seasonal conditions worsen across the New England, the federal farm lender behind $3.83 billion in loans has a message: don’t wait for a drought declaration to ask for help.