Essential Energy will be using drones to inspect powerlines in the Armidale region as it looks to modernise bushfire mitigation practices ahead of the 2025-26 bushfire season.
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Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, Mental Health
Labor’s billion-dollar boost opens mental health debate
Labor and the coalition are at odds on how best to improve mental health care, with the government pledging $1 billion to increase access to services.
Posted inGlen Innes, Good News, What's on
Celebrate Mother’s Day and bridal fashion throughout the ages in Glen Innes
Glen Food Hub will host a very special new Mother’s Day Celebration on Tuesday, May 13. Held at the Glen Innes Community Centre from 10 am to 12pm, the event will feature a scrumptious high tea and a showcase of some of the community’s most prized possessions – their wedding dresses!
Posted inArmidale, Awareness Events, Health, Parenting and kids
World Health Day Theme highlights the need for improved rural maternity care
Globally, nearly 300,000 women die each year from pregnancy or childbirth complications, and more than 2 million newborns do not survive their first month of life.
Posted inAgriculture, Awards, Bukkulla, Wee Waa
Local young ag leaders take their place in Rural Achiever Awards
The future of agriculture is strong in the New England, with two of the eight finalists in the 2025 NSW Royal Agricultural Society Rural Achiever Awards representing our region.
Posted inArts, Inverell
Inverell’s main street transformed by youth artwork
The creativity of local youth will be on show in the Inverell CBD this week with the unveiling of a new public art initiative in Otho Street and Byron Street.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025
Last day to enrol to vote
Australian citizens 18 years and older have until 8pm tonight (local time) to enrol or update their details ahead of the 2025 federal election.
Posted inHealth, Workers and Unions
Doctors strike from tomorrow as public health crisis deepens
Thousands of doctors across New South Wales will begin a three-day strike from tomorrow, as Health Minister Ryan Park makes a last minute plea.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, Energy
Cheap batteries pledge powers Labor re-election push
Labor is promising to lower energy bills by shaving 30 per cent off the cost of installing household batteries if voters re-elect the government on May 3.
Posted inLocal festivals and shows, Tenterfield
Show and Shine back at the Tenterfield Transport Museum
Motor vehicle enthusiasts get ready for another great weekend in Tenterfield as the annual Show and Shine rolls into town next weekend.