Inverell Shire Councillors and senior staff will be heading out to Ashford for a community engagement session at the Ashford Bowling Club next month The session gives Councillors and staff the opportunity to get out to small villages and rural areas and discuss...
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Regions Need Real Connectivity
Farmers have been left to cope with dangerous holes in mobile coverage as the federal government delivers a lacklustre response to a major telecommunications review. On Thursday the federal government finally issued a response to the 2024 Regional Telecommunications...
IGT Entries Close Friday
Entries for this year’s Inverell’s Got Talent will close this Friday ahead of the event which is scheduled to be held at the Inverell Town Hall on Friday October 17th. There are two categories on offer including a junior section for school grades 5 to 8 and an Open...
Communicators of the Year Announced
Bundarra High School’s Student Learning and Support Officer Paige Vickery and Inverell High School Captain Joshua Cathie have taken out awards at the Inverell Breakfast Toastmasters Club’s Communicator of the Year awards night at the RSM Club on Friday night. Paige...
New Planning Tool to Fast-Track DA Process when Building Key On-Farm Infrastructure
The Minns Labor Government has launched a new online tool that will save farmers thousands of dollars and months of work as they negotiate often complex planning laws when applying for development approvals to build key on farm infrastructure. The platform, called...
Farmers Warn Against Kyoto 2.0
Farmers must not shoulder the burden of meeting the Federal Government’s new emissions target for 2035, the state’s peak farm body has warned.Farmers have still never been compensated for the billions of dollars in emissions reduction activities they undertook to meet...
Truck Driver Charged Following Fatal Crash Near Moree
A truck driver has been charged following a fatal crash in Moree. About 7.30pm on Thursday (18 September 2025), emergency services were called to the Newell Highway, about 15km south of Moree, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to New England Police...
Saints Women Celebrate but Men Go Down
The Inverell Saints had mixed results on Saturday, claiming one and losing one in AFL Northwest Grand finals matches played at Varley Oval on Saturday. The Saints Women made it back-to-back premierships with a hard fought 10 point win over the Gunnedah Poochettes. The...
Crime Bill Gets Voted Down by NSW Government
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan was left disappointed after the NSW Government voted against the Opposition’s Crime Bill which he believes would have made communities in his electorate safer. The bill included tougher measures including expanding the definition...
