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,...
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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...
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...
Miners Dig Deep in Coffs
Inverell Basketball Association are celebrating the success of junior teams at the annual Coffs Classic at Coffs Harbour over the weekend. Teams from both the Northern and Eastern Junior Representative Leagues were in attendance with the Inverell Miners nominating...
Australia’s First Campaign to Spotlight a Hidden Heart Risk
Australia is falling dangerously behind in its response to heart valve disease, leaving hundreds of thousands of lives at risk. As a result, a leading heart charity launches the nation’s first ‘SLOW Symptoms’ awareness campaign during Heart Valve Disease Awareness...
Seven Arrested, 38 Charges Laid during Surge Operation in Moree
Seven people have been charged following a three-day high-visibility surge operation focused on preventing and disrupting crime in the state’s west. In conjunction with the high-visibility surge operation, police attached to Soteria and Youth Command conducted bail...
Glen Innes Severn Council Supports LGNSW Call for Urgent Action on Regional Water Security
Glen Innes Severn Council has joined Local Government NSW (LGNSW) in urging the NSW Government to commit to long-term, fit-for-purpose funding for regional water infrastructure, following the NSW Auditor-General’s stark warning that water security in rural and...
Minns Labor Government Announces Extra Public Holiday This Year
The Minns Labor Government will ensure Anzac Day is appropriately commemorated in New South Wales, announcing an additional public holiday on the Monday following Anzac Day this year and in 2027. Under the Public Holidays Act 2010, Anzac Day is fixed to 25 April each...
Northwest NSW Blacked Out After Power Outage
A large power outage was experienced on Friday afternoon by residents living in northwest NSW. The outage stretched from Inverell up to the Qld border, west to Moree and south to Kingstown. An Essential Energy spokesperson says about 14,500 customers in Inverell and...
