Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has announced Inverell’s Sandy Cook as the Northern Tablelands Electorate’s Senior of the Year. The Senior of the Year award recognises someone who contributes to and works tirelessly in their community. Ms Cook received...
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Bush Chaplains Work to Address Bush Suicide
Frontier Services, a 110-year-old Australian legacy charity, says that the rate of suicide in rural and remote Australia is double that of in our cities (1), as they play a crucial role with both their Bush Chaplains and volunteers supporting people in the aftermath...
NSW SES Warns of Scammers
The NSW SES is aware of scam calls occurring in Northern NSW and urged the community to stay vigilant. The organisation says there have been reports of groups falsely claiming to represent the NSW SES to fraudulently obtain funds. The NSW SES state they DO NOT seek...
New Bishop Appointed to Armidale Diocese
A new Bishop of Armidale Diocese has been appointed by Pope Francis with Reverend Dr Peter Murphy assuming the role. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe welcomed the announcement saying Fr Peter’s involvement in the vocations...
Religious Day Today as Christians Prepare for Easter
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,...
The People of NSW Have Spoken
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has thanked residents of regional NSW for speaking up about an important cause. A Parliamentary ePetition requesting the NSW Government debate the ongoing crime crisis in regional NSW has hit its target of 20,000...
Delungra to Get New Skate Park
Inverell Shire Council have been successful in receiving grant funding through the Local Small Commitments Allocation Program for the construction of a skate park in Delungra. $88,000 has been allocated by the state government for the skate park to be constructed in...
Fire Gutters House in Inverell
Emergency crews were called out to Glen Innes Rd Inverell to reports of a house fire last night. Upon arrival, crews found the house was well alight but fortunately no one was in the house as the occupants were out at the time of the fire. Fire and Rescue NSW with...
Coverage Commitment Welcomed
A Federal Government commitment to expand basic mobile coverage across the nation may help close the connectivity gap if delivered.On Tuesday the Federal Government announced plans to introduce legislation that would establish a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation...