Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the Minns Labor Government to provide more support for community-based early childhood educators and teachers by following through with the Fair Work Commission’s recommendation to lift the pay and conditions of...
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Bukulla Beef Farming Operation Recognised
A Bukkulla Beef Farming operation has been crowned The Weekly Times Coles 2025 Beef Farmer of the Year at an awards ceremony at the MCG last Friday. The Grose Family, who use data-driven 3D Wagyu systems for further sustainability in their operation, claimed the prize...
Road Safety Rethink Urged as Deaths in 50km Zones Surge
Governments are being urged to bolster road safety measures as the number of deaths in local streets rise dramatically. Roads Australia says an urgent review and more federal and state support for councils are needed as the nation veers away from achieving a key road...
Water Restrictions Introduced in Armidale Region
Armidale Regional Council has introduced level 1 water restrictions in response to ongoing hot temperatures and minimal rainfall across the region. Under level 1 water restrictions, the average recommended water consumption is 180 litres per person per day to help...
Practical Changes Needed on Firearms Laws
NSW Farmers has presented the state government with a range of improvements that need to be made to firearms regulations. The sudden, sweeping changes to firearms laws made without consultation created adverse and unintended consequences, NSW Farmers President Xavier...
IPART Publishes Glen Innes Severn Council SRV Application
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) published Glen Innes Severn Council’s Special Rate Variation (SRV) application at 11.59pm on Monday 16 February 2026. IPART has opened a three-week community consultation period from 17 February to 9 March 2026,...
Easter Countdown Begins Today
Today is one of the most significant days on the Christian calendar with the commencement of Lent. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. Lent is 40 days long, not including Sundays and according to the calendar,...
Joyce Open to Running for Lower House
New England MP Barnaby Joyce has not ruled out running for the lower house for One Nation at the next federal election, despite declaring he would not be recontesting the seat of New England. The revelation comes as One Nation continues to poll well, with the latest...
Council Reps Converge on Bingara
Representatives from councils within the Northern Tablelands region have held their first meeting at the Living Classroom in Bingara on Monday. Attended by Mayors and General Managers along with Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moyal, the meeting was convened to give...
