Experts warn new social media ban for young people under 16 could create fresh privacy challenges. From 10 December 2025, age-restricted social media platforms will have to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from creating or keeping an...
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Bank Merger Given Green Light by Members
Regional Australia Bank and Summerland Bank will proceed with a merger after members approved the move at their Annual General Meetings this week. Summerland’s members met on November 19 with more than 96 per cent of the members voting in favour of the merger,...
Securing a Safer Water Supply for Small Commuities
Bundarra and Mungindi’s town drinking water supply has received a much-needed boost with Uralla Shire Council and Moree Plains Shire Council included in $2 million of water infrastructure funding. Both councils will receive $150,000 each from Advanced Operational...
Celebrating Seniors with Two Unique Events
The NSW Seniors Festival is the celebrates older people in our communities and two councils in the Northern Tablelands will be joining in on the festivities thanks to grants from the NSW Government. Funding has been secured for the Glen Innes Severn Council and...
New England Finalists heading to the 2025 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
The New England and Northern Inland Volunteer of the Year finalists are packing their bags and heading to Sydney to join around 300 of their peers to see who will be named the NSW Volunteer of the Year for 2025. The local volunteers were selected earlier this year as...
Teen Arrested for May St Address Break-in
A 15-year-old boy has been granted bail after a break-in at a house in May St earlier this week. Police say between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning; a wallet and car keys were stolen from the house. Inverell Police conducted investigations and subsequently...
Call for Action on Cattle Ticks
Industry groups have joined forces to call on the NSW Government to protect the state’s cattle tick free status. NSW Farmers, together with Norco, the Australian Veterinary Association and RSPCA NSW, has called on the NSW Government to maintain the NSW Cattle...
Inverell Shire Council Opens Reflection Garden in Victoria Park
Inverell Shire Council has proudly unveiled the town’s new Reflection Garden in Victoria Park, a tranquil and supportive space dedicated to honouring the lives of babies and children lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal or childhood death and to acknowledge...
NSW Energy Distributors Unveil Blueprint for a Faster, Fairer Energy Transition
Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, and Essential Energy launch the inaugural NSW Distribution System Plan (DSP), a groundbreaking approach to deliver billions of dollars in savings and provide a critical buffer for the state’s energy transition. The DSP represents the first...
