WaterNSW has issued a Red Alert warning for high levels blue-green algae in the Macintyre River at Boggabilla. This alert also extends upstream to the township of Toomelah to downstream of Goondiwindi. The Red Alert warning applies only to water within the Macintyre...
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Joyce Doing What He Can for PNG Family
Further representations have been made by Member for New England Barnaby Joyce, on behalf of a Bingara family on the cusp of facing deportation back to Papua New Guinea. The urgent representations also follow calls from Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan...
STA FM Welcomes New & Returning Board Members
Inverell Community Radio STA FM held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, welcoming some new and returning members to the board for the next 12 months. Inverell Shire Council’s Peter Caddey chaired the AGM declaring all positions vacant, however as nominations were...
GISC Rural Roadside Sign Project
Glen Innes Severn Council are reminding residents that applications are still open for the Australian government’s Rural Roadside Sign Project. Residents living within a speed zone of 80km/h or higher can apply for their rural roadside sign at a subsidised cost of...
Bingara Family Needing Government Intervention to Stay in the Country
A family, who have been living in Bingara for the past 5 years, is fighting to stay in Australia after having their Protection Visa application denied by the Appeals Review Tribunal. Petrus Atep and his family fled Papua New Guinea after receiving deaths threats from...
Charity Golf Day Already Getting Good Response
16 team spots remain open for next year's Trend Tiles Inverell Breast Cancer Support Group Charity Golf Day. Organiser Mindy Davis says it should be a great day out with amazing prizes to be won, including a fully paid trip to Augusta worth $15k to watch the US...
Former Inverell Artist Breaks Australian Sales Record
A former Inverell artist has had one of her art pieces sold for over $1 million in Sydney this week by auction house Smith & Singer The Guardian Australia reports the late Bronwyn Oliver broke the sales record for Australia sculpture, with her monumental 2000 work...
Inverell RSM Tertiary Scholarships 2025
The Inverell RSM 2025 round of Tertiary Scholarships are now open to students aged 19 years and under who have completed their High School Certificate. Last year’s applications for scholarships were extremely competitive that for the first time since the scholarship’s...
New England-Northern Inland Volunteers on Their Way to 2024 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
Communities from across the New England-Northern Inland region are being urged to get behind their local volunteer finalists for the 2024 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. The New England-Northern Inland Volunteer of the Year finalists will join more than 200 of their...
