A year-long Senate inquiry has delivered its verdict on Australia’s Triple Zero failures, from nationalising the service to a text-based emergency option. Here’s what’s recommended.
Posted inArts, Local News
Seven regional arts projects receive CASP funding
Seven creative projects across the New England North West have secured funding through the 2026 Country Arts Support Program.
Posted inConsultations and feedback, Energy, Tenterfield Shire
Have your say on Australia’s first solar panel recycling scheme
More than a million rooftop solar systems are ageing across NSW, and the panels are starting to pile up in landfill. A new scheme could change that for good.
Posted inNSW News, NSW Politics, Roads and Infrastructure
New system for drivers who use medicinal cannabis
Drivers who use lawfully prescribed medicinal cannabis will no longer automatically lose their licence just for testing positive to THC, after the NSW Government’s new driving reforms passed State Parliament.
Posted inDomestic Violence, Legal, NSW News
More DV offenders before courts: new data
New BOCSAR data shows 6,128 more domestic violence defendants before NSW courts in two years, as the state government points to tougher bail laws and a $184.1 million funding boost.
Posted inAnimals, Grants and funding
$1.5m in animal welfare grants now open
Rehoming organisations across NSW can now apply for a share of $1.5 million to help vulnerable cats and dogs find safe new homes, with applications open until 9 October.
Posted inArmidale, Women
Leadership opportunity gives Armidale woman skills to strengthen local sector
Armidale’s Nenneh Lahai has completed a leadership program aimed at strengthening women’s representation in senior roles across the social services sector.
Posted inBusiness, Gunnedah, What's on
Gunnedah businesses invited to connect and grow
Free workshops, a business breakfast and an AI crash course. Gunnedah’s small businesses have a packed month ahead as Small Business Month kicks off in October.
Posted inBendemeer, Moonbi, Roads and Infrastructure
Changed traffic conditions to three New England Highway sites
Major roadworks are happening on the New England Highway at Blandford, Moonbi and Bendemeer.
Posted inAgriculture, Ashford, Emergency management
Rural Aid urges farmers to register early
Bushfire risk is rising this spring, and Rural Aid wants farmers registered before disaster hits, not after. “Disasters don’t wait, and neither should farmers.”