Australia has made major progress in curbing drink driving. Decades of random breath testing, enforcement and powerful social media campaigns have cut alcohol-related road deaths significantly. Yet new data show more fatal crashes now involve drugs than...
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Man to Remain Behind Bars Until 2026
The man responsible for an aggravated break-in and high-speed chase from Warialda to Gravesend will remain behind bars until the new year after his bid for bail failed. The Northern Daily Leader reports Magistrate Miranda Moody rejected 35-year-old Keith Turner’s new...
Police Search for Man wanted on DV Matters
New England Police have issued a warrant for 37-year-old Mitchell Green for domestic violence related matters. Green is believed to frequent the Guyra, Glen Innes and Tingha areas. Anyone with information into his whereabouts is urged not to approach him, but to call...
Police Investigate a String of Break-ins
Inverell Police are investigating several break and enters at various residences in the district across the weekend. Two break-ins were committed in Queen St in Warialda, one in Inverell Street Delungra, and another in May St in Inverell where a Hyundai Kona Motor...
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,...
Crime Bill Gets Voted Down by NSW Government
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan was left disappointed after the NSW Government voted against the Opposition’s Crime Bill which he believes would have made communities in his electorate safer. The bill included tougher measures including expanding the definition...
Moylan Calls for Action on Youth Crime
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has taken to the floor of state parliament this week to speak about the Opposition’s Youth Crime Bill. Mr Moylan says rural and regional communities are living the current crime problem adding they’ve taken it upon themselves to...
More Serious Crime in Moree
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has slammed the Minns Labor Government’s soft stance on youth crime after another serious incident in Moree on Sunday night. Police allege a group of teenagers broke into a motel overnight and stabbed the 52-year-old owner...
National Anti-Scam Centre Calls for Continued Action this Scams Awareness Week as Scam Losses Trend Up at $175M
Australians reported more than 108,000 scams and financial losses of about $175 million to the National Anti-Scam Centre’s Scamwatch service in the first half of 2025, with fake websites, online advertisements, and contact through social media criminals’ preferred...
