Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the Minns Labor Government to act and prevent any further Commonwealth water buybacks from the Gwydir catchment. The Federal Government recently announced they are targeting entitlement holders in the northern...
News Category
Man Dies Following Assault at Campground Near Armidale
New England Police have arrested a man after a 33-year-old man died following an assault at a campground at Ebor yesterday morning. Just after 1:30, emergency services received a report of an assault at a campground off Point Lookout Road and upon arrival, police were...
$200,000 Driving Digital Capability, Equity and Resilience in Rural Australia
FRRR and Telstra are inviting remote, rural and regional community groups to apply for grants of up to $10,000 through round 4 of Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program, which opens today. Heyfield Community Resource Centre were awarded an $8,988 grant in...
Bundarra Township Under Water Restrictions
Uralla Shire Council is committed to managing our water resources responsibly and proactively. As a community, we all have a role to play in preserving our water resources now and into the future. To guide this, Council continues to closely monitor dam storage levels,...
Transport Certainty Needed for Great Northern Railway Corridor
Glen Innes Severn Council has formally written to the NSW Minister for Transport and lodged its submission to Transport for NSW as part of the consultation for the New England & North West Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan (SRITP). Mayor Margot Davis...
Northern Tablelands Councils Move Toward New Regional Collaboration Model
Inverell Shire Council has welcomed the outcomes of the recent Northern Tablelands Councils Regional Collaboration Forum, held on 16 February 2026 in Bingara. The Forum brought together the Mayors and General Managers of councils across the Northern Tablelands...
Communities Forced to Fund Labor’s Botched Energy Roll Out
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has said the evidence is undeniable; the Minns Labor Government has lost control of energy resources and costs in NSW. Families, farmers and small businesses in the Northern Tablelands, and right across regional NSW, are...
Four Day Police Operation Targeting Drugs Around Armidale
A total of 30 positive illicit drug detections were made and 53 speeding penalty notices issued, during a four-day operation in the state’s New England region which concluded at the weekend. The North West Traffic and Highway Patrol Command – Peel Sector – carried out...
Appeal for Information After Fatal Crash into Dam at Tenterfield
Police are appealing for information after a girl died in a single car crash in the state’s New England region last year. About 3.30pm on Wednesday 10 September 2025, emergency services were called to a dam on the Bruxner Highway near Bryans Gap Road, Tenterfield,...
