Council has taken a decisive stand against the growing threat of the illegal tobacco trade, following a resolution passed at the June Council meeting. The resolution directs Council to prepare a formal submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Portfolio Committee...
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Man Charged After Multiple People Targeted with Knife in Uralla
A man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted two women and threatened a man with a knife in the states New England region yesterday. On Sunday 22 June 2025, officers attached to New England Police District commenced an investigation following multiple reports...
Moylan Calls for Budget to Include Additional Funding for Regional Roads
In the lead up to the Minns Government handing down the NSW Budget, Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is pleading for more funding for the regions, noting that once again the majority of funding is going to Western Sydney. The NSW east coast flood event...
Fairer Voluntary Agreements for Environmental Water Programs
The NSW Government is rolling out a clearer, more equitable process for negotiating voluntary agreements with landholders affected by future environmental water deliveries in regional NSW, locking in better outcomes for all parties and healthier rivers. The Landholder...
Council Preparing to Expand Access Bus Service to the Villages
Glen Innes Severn Council is proposing an expansion of its Access Bus service to address a gap in transport options for seniors living in the villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe and Red Range. The Access Bus is currently delivered through Council’s Life Choices...
Appeal for Information Following Speeding, Crash in Armidale
Police are appealing for information following a traffic incident in the state’s Northern Tablelands region. Shortly before 1pm on Friday 13 June 2025, police were told an unknown driver of a silver Toyota Corolla, with Queensland number plates, was speeding on Rusden...
Council to Decide on SRV Proposal After Strong Community Response
Glen Innes Severn Council will next week discuss the outcomes of its recent extensive community engagement program – concerning a new Community Strategic Plan (CSP), Delivery Program (DP), Operational Plan and Budget (OP) and the Revised Long-Term Financial Plan...
Future Affordable Housing Planned for Council’s Hill Street Site
Uralla Shire Council has taken the first step in addressing growing housing pressures, resolving to transfer land at 15 Hill Street to Homes North Community Housing to support the development of affordable housing. The land transfer is conditional on Homes North...
New Funding to Feed the Future
NSW Farmers has thanked the Minns Government for delivering new funding for biosecurity and agricultural innovation to help farmers feed the future. On Friday NSW Premier Chris Minns and NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced a $100 million dollar funding...