Glen Innes Severn Council wants Transport for NSW to prioritise northern links and use infrastructure to drive growth.
Posted inNSW Politics, Politics
Hanson’s Press Club speech: the crib notes
If you don’t feel like listening to a 50 minute speech, we’ve made a brief set of notes of every major topic covered in Pauline Hanson’s first ever Press Club Address.
Posted inTenterfield, Tourism
Tourism forum to highlight opportunities for growth across regional NSW
Tourism, business and government leaders will meet in Tenterfield to explore opportunities to grow regional economies through tourism investment.
Posted inNational News
Hanson defies protest to call for ‘monocultural’ nation
A mid-speech protest has marred Pauline Hanson’s first address to the National Press Club after decades in politics.
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, drought
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.