Grant Applications for the 2024/25 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund are now being accepted, with $10 million in grants on offer for the highest priority projects. The grant supports projects including repairs, maintenance and improvements on Crown reserves, with this...
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Sapphire City Festival Great Duck Race
The countdown is on to one of the features of Saturday’s Festival Finale in Campbell Park with the running of the Inverell East Rotary Club’s Great Duck Race. Pat Miller from the Inverell East Rotary Club says the $50 book of 10 tickets for the corporate race are...
Former Local Wins $3m QLD Home
A former Tingha resident has hit the jackpot after winning a home in Noosa valued at over $3 million following a Yourtown Prize Homes draw. Colleen Cameron, who grew up in Tingha and still has family in the area, had her lucky number drawn out earlier this month after...
Virtual Fences Are the Future
Farmers have cheered as a state government inquiry has backed calls for virtual fencing technology to be legalised for use in NSW. NSW Farmers Dairy Committee member Robert McIntosh said the extensive benefits of virtual fences were evident in the state government’s...
Inverell Shire Australia Day Award Nominations Open
Inverell Shire Council is calling for the community to nominate someone they think should be recognised for their dedication to the community for an Australia Day Award. Inverell Shire Australia Day Award Nominations have now opened with categories open for Citizen...
Young Male Motorcyclists Over-Represented in Road Deaths
Young male motorcycle riders are dying at almost twice the rate of other groups, with the NSW Government today issuing a call for caution from riders and other drivers on the road this Motorcycle Awareness Month. The proportion of motorcycles involved in road crashes...
Huge Spike in People Who Can’t Afford to Visit a GP in New England & Northwest Region
The percentage of people who can’t afford to visit a GP in the New England and North West region has increased 36% over the past four years, according to damning new research. The report titled Access Denied: Australians Locked Out of Quality Healthcare, was...
Mobile Phone Ban Improves Learning, Concentration and Socialisation
The Minns Labor Government’s decision to ban mobile phones in all NSW public schools has improved student learning, concentration, and encouraged young people to socialise more, according to a new survey by the NSW Department of Education. One year on from the change,...
High Winds Bringing Risk of Increased Fire Danger
A broad high pressure system is poised to move across southern Australia later this week, bringing with it a very dry air mass and gusty southerly winds that could significantly heighten fire danger ratings in the eastern regions of the country. Weather forecaster...








