Tamworth Regional Council will release all documents pertaining to asbestos issues with Ray Walsh House, according to General Manager Paul Bennett.
Local politics
Posted inLocal Government Elections 2024
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NSW voters are being urged to check their enrolment before 5 August and make sure they are ready to vote in the upcoming elections.
Posted inLocal Government Elections 2024, Local politics, Tamworth
Greens candidates take aim at Tamworth’s rates hike
Tamworth Regional Council candidates Gemma-Lea Tolmie and Ryan Brooke started their campaign taking aim at the current Council’s proposed 36.3% Special Rate Variation
Posted inExplainers and backgrounders, Local politics
So, you want to run for Council?
If you were thinking about running for local council, you had better get yourself organised soon, as there’s a lot to know and do.
Posted inLocal politics
Councillors to give themselves a payrise
Armidale Regional Council levies some of the highest rates in the state, and today Councillors will vote on keeping more of that money for themselves.
Posted inGrants and funding, Local politics, Roads and Infrastructure
Council calls for changes to unfair Financial Assistance Grants
Gunnedah Shire Council is calling for changes to the Financial Assistance Grants methodology that is leading to regional and rural councils missing out on roads funding.
Posted inAgriculture, Local politics
New England weeds authority sacked over financial concerns
The Minister for Local Government has today suspended the board of the New England Weeds Authority (NEWA) and appointed an interim administrator
Posted inArmidale, Local politics, Roads and Infrastructure
‘A condescendingly pretentious disgusting attempt to bully councillors’: the Rail Trail lives again
A motion to reverse the decision to not support a smaller rail trail project north of Armidale has been passed at a special meeting of the Armidale Regional Council last night.
Posted inLocal politics, NSW Politics
Wanted: thousands of workers for elections this year
A massive recruitment drive is underway to support delivery of the 2024 NSW Local Government elections in September this year.
Posted inLocal politics, Regional Development
The Rail Trail is dead
In a long and heavy meeting of the Armidale Regional Council tonight, the long running saga of the rail trail appears to have hit a dead end.