A new Senate Committee will investigate the market power of the major supermarkets and their effect on the price of everyday groceries
Posted inEmergency management
Heatwaves predicted and prompt warnings for elderly, workers
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting severe heatwaves across most of the state over the next coming days, prompting concern about vulnerable people and workers.
Posted inRoads and Infrastructure
Armidale road funding brought forward
Several years of roads funding for Armidale Regional Council has been brought forward to allow urgent repairs to done sooner.
Posted inArts
Fabric and thread artist memorialised in NERAM exhibition
A recently opened exhibition at NERAM – A Stitch in Time – pays homage to local artist Judy Wilford’s work expressing the natural world in fabric and thread.
Posted inSocial issues and services
Mail to only be delivered every second day in huge Australia Post shake up
Huge reforms to enable Australia Post to boost productivity and increase its focus on parcels have been announced that spell the end of the daily postie.
Posted inEnergy
More communities switching on to renewables at the local level
Community groups like Geni Energy in Narrabri are taking on the shift to renewable energy, delivering local energy projects with outstanding benefits.
Posted inHealth
Marshall’s alarmist claims about obstetrics in the region misleading
Adam Marshall has made alarming claims about a ‘crisis’ of local women not being able to give birth at their local hospital, but both statistics and the Hunter New England Health District say that’s not right.
Posted inAwareness Events
Celebrating our local heroes in orange on International Volunteer Day
This International Volunteer Day, the NSW State Emergency Service is celebrating its orange family, who tirelessly respond to calls for help from the community.
Posted inMoree Plains Shire, Roads and Infrastructure
Millions for Moree roads
Moree has received a massive $6.9 million cash shot-in-the-arm for Moree Plains Shire Council to repair and upgrade the region’s most beleaguered roads.
Posted inHealth
Senate report seeks solutions for dental services in rural areas
The National Rural Health Alliance says several of their key recommendations on access to dental services in rural Australia have been incorporated in a Senate report.