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Beware of Magpie Swooping

With the change of season and the current warm weather, this signals the start of magpie breeding season and residents are being urged to take care as magpies start swooping to protect their young. During this period, magpie swooping is usually just to warn people who...

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New Data on $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Boom

New data from the Clean Energy Regulator and the ACCC shows despite the $2.3 billion Cheaper Home Batteries Program only coming into effect on 1 July this year, it’s already been a roaring success, with nearly 20,000 solar batteries being installed in the month of...

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Moylan: Give Communities A Fair Go

Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan is concerned proposed renewable energy projects will be given the green light to be set up in the region without any regard of his constituents concerns or opinions. Speaking on STA FM this week, Mr Moylan says a Bill was rushed...

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Concerns Raised about BESS Proposal

A local landholder has raised his concerns about a proposed Inverell Battery Energy Storage System between the Gwydir Highway and Elsmore Road approximately 5.5 km east of Inverell. Matthew Penberty believes the proposed BESS project could have found a more...

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SES Warning on Trees

The State Emergency Service has issued a warning to residents and campers to be wary of large trees which may fall following the recent wet weather. SES Commander with MacIntyre Region Peter O'Brien says the root system of some large trees aren’t coping with the...

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