Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has offered a warm welcome to Moree and Inverell’s new Magistrate, His Honour John Arms. Magistrate Arms has been appointed to the Moree-Inverell Local Court circuit, which includes the communities of Mungindi and...
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Crown Reserves Improvement Fund
Grant Applications for the 2024/25 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund are now being accepted, with $10 million in grants on offer for the highest priority projects. The grant supports projects including repairs, maintenance and improvements on Crown reserves, with this...
Drug Driving Roadside Tests Increase
A report released this week shows 13,815 people were charged or issued infringements by police last year for drug driving, compared to 1,409 people a decade ago. The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) says there has been an "explosion" in...
Former Local Wins $3m QLD Home
A former Tingha resident has hit the jackpot after winning a home in Noosa valued at over $3 million following a Yourtown Prize Homes draw. Colleen Cameron, who grew up in Tingha and still has family in the area, had her lucky number drawn out earlier this month after...
Sapphire City Festival Finale 2024
The Sapphire City Festival continues this week with the celebrations gearing up for one of its biggest finales to date this weekend. On Saturday morning the festival will feature the Down to Earth Inverell Garden Group Open Gardens, which will have 5 gardens open to...
Reece Hot Water Unit Recall
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have issued a recall on a particular Outdoor water heater unit. The ACCC have advised the Thermann X Split Heat Pump Water Heater Outdoor Unit, sold exclusively by Reece Australia, has had its THP45 series of hot...
Bitumen Resealing Inverell
Inverell Shire Council wishes to advise that, weather permitting, bitumen resealing will be undertaken later today. The works, which are to take place on Swanbrook Rd, Moore St and McIvor St, will be under traffic control and speed restrictions will be in place with...
Average Speed Cameras Pass Legislation
NSW Parliament has passed legislation that will enable average speed cameras to be used for all vehicles. Previously, average speed cameras have only been used in NSW to monitor the speed of heavy vehicles but the passage of this legislation now brings NSW into line...
High Winds Bringing Risk of Increased Fire Danger
A broad high pressure system is poised to move across southern Australia later this week, bringing with it a very dry air mass and gusty southerly winds that could significantly heighten fire danger ratings in the eastern regions of the country. Weather forecaster...