Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 has commenced and will conclude at 11.59pm on Wednesday 1 January 2025 with Double demerit points applying for the duration of the operation for speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt, and motorcycle helmet offences. Minister for Regional...
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Demerit Point Return Scheme
Almost 1.1 million drivers are on track to have a demerit point scrubbed from their licence as the NSW Government urges a safe Christmas and New Year on the state’s roads. The second year of the demerit point return scheme will end on 16 January next year, giving...
NSW Stalking Laws Broadened
NSW police have advised the definition of stalking has been broadened and now encompasses the use of technology by domestic and family violence abusers. Police say it is now an offence to use technology to monitor or track the movements and activities of another...
Fake Sapphire Dollar Vouchers Circulating in Inverell
Inverell Chamber of Commerce and Industry have been informed by the Police that there are allegedly some fake/fraudulent Sapphire Dollar vouchers in circulation within the Inverell local community. Police have urged businesses to please be vigilant upon receipt of...
Two People Dead After Crash in Armidale
A cyclist and motorist have died as well as a number of people have been injured following a crash in Armidale over the weekend. About 3.30pm on Saturday, emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had...
Man Charged with Firearms Offences; Assault Police
A man has been charged with numerous firearms offences and assaulting police in the state’s north early yesteday morning. About 2.45am (Wednesday 11 December 2024), officers attached to New England Police District responded to reports of a man with a firearm on Anne...
Operation Spoiler
Officers in the New England and Oxley Police Districts ran Operation Spoiler last week, a 4 day blitz which has targeted road users in the area on drink and drug driving as well as other motor vehicle offences. The operation, which ran between Thurs 5th December to...
Police Call for Help to Solve Break Ins at Fire Stations
New England Police have released CCTV footage to appeal for public assistance after two break and enters at fire stations in the region Last month, officers commenced an investigation following reports of two break and enters at fire stations at Yarrowyck and Guyra....
New Police On the Beat in Northern Tablelands
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan welcomed six new constables to the region at their official induction at Inverell Police Station on Monday. The six new police officers will start their careers in the New England Police District after eight months of...