A man has been charged with alleged drugs and weapon offences in Inverell About 7am on Friday 26 June 2026, police attached to New England Police District executed a search warrant at a home in Shirley Street, Inverell. During a search of the home, police allegedly...
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Shire Water Restrictions Eased
Uralla Shire Council has eased water restrictions for the townships of Uralla and Bundarra to Level 1 following recent rainfall. Residents connected to the town water supply had been operating under Level 2 restrictions during an extended dry period. However, improved...
New Warning for Australians as AI Scam Calls Become More Convincing
To help protect Australians from the growing threat of impersonation scams, Android is introducing fake call detection, an industry-first protection that can detect and flag suspected spoofed calls when your contact and you are both using Phone by Google. Marking a...
Man Arrested Following Raid on Matheson Property
A man has faced court, charged after firearms, drugs, Molotov cocktails and property believed to be stolen were seized in the state’s Northern Tablelands region last week. In May 2026, officers attached to New England Police District commenced an investigation into...
Charges Laid Over Alleged Assault in Tamworth
A man has been charged following an alleged assault in the state’s northeast on Sunday 28 June 2026. Officers attached to Oxley Police District were called to a hotel on Peel Street, Tamworth, about 12.15am, following reports of an assault. Police arrived and were...
Council appoints two new members to Aboriginal Consultative Committee
Inverell Shire Council has appointed Preston Connors and Yoorana Delaney as community representatives on its Aboriginal Consultative Committee for a two-year term following the close of nominations. The Aboriginal Consultative Committee was established in 2014 and...
Moylan Disgusted Over Government No Show at Transmission Line Debate
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has been embroiled in a heated debate on Thursday after bringing a petition to reject the new transmission line corridor Walcha to Bayswater to Parliament on behalf of more than 22,000 signees and communities across Northern...
NSW Budget Falls Short for Farmers
NSW Farmers has expressed deep concern the 2026-27 NSW State Budget has failed to deliver the transformational investment the agricultural sector needs, as the State's farmers push toward a $30 billion industry by 2030 – a goal the Government says it enthusiastically...
Nation’s Local Governments Demand Fairer Funding: Restore Financial Assistance Grants to 1%
Glen Innes Severn Council has joined councils from across Australia in backing an urgent national call to restore Financial Assistance Grants to 1 per cent of Commonwealth taxation revenue, as delegates at the National General Assembly of Local Government...

