Armidale artist Phoebe Hillard will use bursary funds to travel to Canada to enhance and develop her art practice after being awarded the 2025 Helen Dangar Memorial Art Bursary.
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Posted inTamworth
What to do with Ray Walsh House?
Tamworth Regional Council has announced it is seeking expressions of interest to find out what should be done with Ray Walsh House.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, New England Times Engage Poll
Engage Poll: What cost of living crisis?
In our Engage Poll on Cost of Living the majority of local respondents believed there was a crisis… somewhere else happening to other people.
Posted inTamworth
Tamworth’s Taste festival kicks off
Tamworth’s Taste festival kicked off today, with over 25 events being held from the 4th to the 13th of April.
Posted inTamworth
Police racism marred train track case, inquest told
Investigators did not take the death of an Aboriginal teenager seriously after his body was found on Tamworth’s train tracks, his uncle has told an inquest.
Posted inAgriculture, Tamworth
Biosecurity trumps beef tariffs
The Australian beef industry has joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Coalition in defending strict biosecurity protocols that prevent the import of fresh US beef into Australia. Read more here.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, New England Electorate, Parkes Electorate
More local candidates announced for federal election
Candidates are slowly but surely coming forward to fill out the ballots in Parkes and New England.
Posted inParenting and kids
Does your name make the list?
Move over Oliver and Isla, Noah and Charlotte have taken over NSW’s top baby names for 2024. Does your name make the list?
Posted inArmidale, Health, Women
Locals affected by HRT patch shortage that never seems to end
A persistent shortage of HRT patches in Australia has left many New England residents like Helen driving from pharmacy to pharmacy, desperately searching for an elusive box.
Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, Explainers and backgrounders
Myth buster: Compulsory voting
Australia has an unusual system of compulsory voting which can be confusing, and there’s lots of myths about what you have to do.