TWELVE Inverell Shire Community Organisations will share in almost $90,000 of funding thanks to round 1 of the 2025 Sapphire Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund. Twice a year, Squadron Energy’s Sapphire Wind Farm invites local community organisations to submit...
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Labor Delivering Free Urgent Care on Your Phone & in Your Home With 1800MEDICARE
A re-elected Labor Government will provide free, round the clock health advice and an afterhours GP telehealth service to every single resident in New England via 1800MEDICARE. Life isn't 9 to 5. With 1800MEDICARE, neither is health care. A re-elected Albanese Labor...
Escaped Burns Spark Warning on Safe Burning Practices
The RFS is reminding landholders to follow safe burning practices and ensure they notify their local fire authority and neighbours, after 30 escaped burns were reported across NSW in April - including a dozen over the Easter long weekend. Although the Bush Fire Danger...
Australian Celtic Festival to Celebrate Brittany, Cornwall and Wales
From 1–4 May 2025, Glen Innes will once again host the Australian Celtic Festival — Glen Innes Severn Council’s largest annual event and a nationally recognised celebration of Celtic heritage, music and community. Set at the Australian Standing Stones National...
Council’s Strategic Plans on Public Exhibition
Following Council’s endorsement at this month’s Ordinary Council Meeting, Inverell Shire Council is pleased to announce that its suite of Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) documents is now on public exhibition. These documents serve as the framework for...
Four Times the Most Responsive Federal MP
For the fourth consecutive parliament, the Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce has been named the most responsive MP. The honour is based on MP responses to correspondence and the assistance they provide as monitored by the Votergram service. Founding Executive...
Golf Day Raises Over $10K
98 golfers participated in the annual Inverell Rotary club’s Charity Golf Day on Sunday. The nett winners of the 3-person Ambrose were Morgan Reece, Ben Myler and Dave Schofield for the men while the trio of Julie McRae, Sandy Cook and Denise Bryant took out the...
Re-Appeal for Information as Investigation Continues into Break and Enter, Crash at Boggabilla
Police are re-appealing for information as an investigation into a break and enter and crash at Boggabilla earlier this year continues. About 6.45am on Friday 21 February 2025, officers attached to New England Police District were called to a home on Yeoman Street,...
Yetman Public School’s War Memorial to Receive Upgrade
Every Anzac Day and Remembrance Day, Yetman Public School becomes place for the community to gather to show their respect and pay tribute to our servicemen and women. The school’s memorial will receive an upgrade thanks to a grant from the State Government’s Anzac...