A mid-speech protest has marred Pauline Hanson’s first address to the National Press Club after decades in politics.
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Posted inAgriculture, Grants and funding, Somerton
Somerton poultry farm awarded $500,000 grant for innovative water storage project
A Somerton poultry farm has secured a $500,000 grant to trial an innovative water storage system improving water security.
Posted inEquestrian and racing, What's on
Reindeer races and Christmas cheer as Wean gears up for 96th year on the track
Nearly a century of country racing tradition returns to the New England North West next month, with the Wean Picnic Races set to draw racegoers from across the region and beyond for what organisers promise will be their biggest and best year yet.
Posted inArmidale, Balala, Business, Mining and Resources
Quarry owner fined $190,000 for operating without licence at Balala
The owner of a quarry near Armidale has been ordered to pay $190,000 after extracting gravel at up to four times the legal limit without an Environment Protection Licence.
Posted inAged Care, Inverell
McLean Care axes allied health team as search for new operator continues
McLean Care says its new allied health model is an upgrade. Staff say it means losing the physio team that gets residents up and walking each day.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, General News
Drought and rising costs send New England farmer confidence to record lows
Farmer confidence across the New England North West has plunged to its lowest level in recent memory, with drought and surging input costs hitting producers harder than anywhere else in New South Wales, new survey data shows.
Posted inUralla, Water
Uralla shire water restrictions eased to Level 1
Uralla Shire Council has eased water restrictions to Level 1 for the townships of Uralla and Bundarra following recent rainfall.
Posted inCrime, Narrabri
16, no helmet, loaded gun
He got bogged, then he got arrested. Read what highway patrol found in Narrabri on Saturday night.
Posted inAgriculture, National News
New executive director for national livestock transport body
Ben Maguire has been appointed Executive Director of the national peak body for livestock and rural transport, bringing decades of experience across trucking, agriculture and the not-for-profit sector.
Posted inNew England Electorate, What's on
Voices of New England hosts online event tonight with campaign veteran
Tonight from 6pm: Voices of New England is hosting the woman who helped beat a Prime Minister.