Bundarra High School’s Student Learning and Support Officer Paige Vickery and Inverell High School Captain Joshua Cathie have taken out awards at the Inverell Breakfast Toastmasters Club’s Communicator of the Year awards night at the RSM Club on Friday night. Paige...
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Regions Need Real Connectivity
Farmers have been left to cope with dangerous holes in mobile coverage as the federal government delivers a lacklustre response to a major telecommunications review. On Thursday the federal government finally issued a response to the 2024 Regional Telecommunications...
Grant Helps Community Centre Serve Up Improvements
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is pleased to announce the Glen Innes and District Community Centre’s kitchen is set for a huge upgrade with funding from the Community Building Partnership program secured. The GIDCC is a valuable part of the community...
Barber’s Pole Worm Warning for Livestock Producers
Livestock producers are being reminded to monitor their stock for barber’s pole worm, with the recent wet and warmer weather increasing larval pasture burdens, making stock more vulnerable.Barber’s pole worms (Haemonchus contortus) are about 1.5 to 2.5 centimetres...
Inverell Shire Councillors and Senior Staff Head to Ashford
Inverell Shire Councillors and senior staff will be heading out to Ashford for a community engagement session at the Ashford Bowling Club next month The session gives Councillors and staff the opportunity to get out to small villages and rural areas and discuss...
Farmers Warn Against Kyoto 2.0
Farmers must not shoulder the burden of meeting the Federal Government’s new emissions target for 2035, the state’s peak farm body has warned.Farmers have still never been compensated for the billions of dollars in emissions reduction activities they undertook to meet...
Crime Committee in the Region This Week
The Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety (Community safety in regional and rural communities’ inquiry) will be in the region this week. They're scheduled to visit Tamworth, Armidale, Inverell and Moree for public hearings, a meeting with BackTrack,...
Truck Driver Charged Following Fatal Crash Near Moree
A truck driver has been charged following a fatal crash in Moree. About 7.30pm on Thursday (18 September 2025), emergency services were called to the Newell Highway, about 15km south of Moree, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to New England Police...
New Planning Tool to Fast-Track DA Process when Building Key On-Farm Infrastructure
The Minns Labor Government has launched a new online tool that will save farmers thousands of dollars and months of work as they negotiate often complex planning laws when applying for development approvals to build key on farm infrastructure. The platform, called...