The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) published Glen Innes Severn Council’s Special Rate Variation (SRV) application at 11.59pm on Monday 16 February 2026. IPART has opened a three-week community consultation period from 17 February to 9 March 2026,...
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Business NSW Backs Action on Sky-High Insurance Costs
The state’s peak business body has welcomed a long‑overdue move to overhaul the Emergency Services Levy (ESL). Business NSW CEO Daniel Hunter said the decision to refer ESL reform to a NSW parliamentary inquiry marks a turning point in the push to rein in spiralling...
Easter Countdown Begins Today
Today is one of the most significant days on the Christian calendar with the commencement of Lent. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. Lent is 40 days long, not including Sundays and according to the calendar,...
Council Reps Converge on Bingara
Representatives from councils within the Northern Tablelands region have held their first meeting at the Living Classroom in Bingara on Monday. Attended by Mayors and General Managers along with Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moyal, the meeting was convened to give...
Practical Changes Needed on Firearms Laws
NSW Farmers has presented the state government with a range of improvements that need to be made to firearms regulations. The sudden, sweeping changes to firearms laws made without consultation created adverse and unintended consequences, NSW Farmers President Xavier...
Miners Dig Deep in Coffs
Inverell Basketball Association are celebrating the success of junior teams at the annual Coffs Classic at Coffs Harbour over the weekend. Teams from both the Northern and Eastern Junior Representative Leagues were in attendance with the Inverell Miners nominating...
Minns Labor Government Announces Extra Public Holiday This Year
The Minns Labor Government will ensure Anzac Day is appropriately commemorated in New South Wales, announcing an additional public holiday on the Monday following Anzac Day this year and in 2027. Under the Public Holidays Act 2010, Anzac Day is fixed to 25 April each...
Seven Arrested, 38 Charges Laid during Surge Operation in Moree
Seven people have been charged following a three-day high-visibility surge operation focused on preventing and disrupting crime in the state’s west. In conjunction with the high-visibility surge operation, police attached to Soteria and Youth Command conducted bail...
Australia’s First Campaign to Spotlight a Hidden Heart Risk
Australia is falling dangerously behind in its response to heart valve disease, leaving hundreds of thousands of lives at risk. As a result, a leading heart charity launches the nation’s first ‘SLOW Symptoms’ awareness campaign during Heart Valve Disease Awareness...
