CWA surveys top priorities for a advocacy
PHOTO: Amanda Colwell preparing breakfast for the Coonamble DV Collective during CWA Awareness week. Early insights from a NSW Country Women’s Association survey showed housing, health, and safety as the …
Childcare limits impacting health worker attraction
The lack of child care options in the bush is proving a barrier to recruitment for doctors and other health professionals and is impacting health care for rural patients. A …
Official start to ‘bushfire season’
Tuesday 1st October marked the start of the 2024/25 Bushfire Danger Period for Coonamble Shire and eleven other local government areas in NSW. This means that anyone wishing to light …
Fun Day to celebrate unity in the community
PHOTO: Grace Crawley, Gypsy McKenzie and Ella Rose Collison and the Aboriginal Lands Council. Hundreds of people took part in last Thursday’s NAIDOC Community Fun Day at Coonamble Sportsground aimed …
Nationals’ pick visits Coonamble
PHOTO: Jamie Chaffey will run with the Nationals in the seat of Parkes at the next federal election. The former Gunnedah mayor running for the Nationals Party in the federal …
Opportunity open to bring university studies closer to home
Community organisations, local councils and universities across Australia are being given the opportunity to apply for funding from the Country University Centres (CUC) to help establish a regional university study …
Hats off to our high school graduates
PHOTO: Khloe Boney, Pauline Wallace, Teanna Craig, Montana Hodgson, Kate Ibbott, Rhianna Hogland, Sarah Smith, Dekoda Jackson, Laiken Robinson-Cooper, Willow Mckenzie, Hayley Hopkins, Jakie Hamilton-Forbes and Maison Arrowsmith. Photos from …
Incoming councillors confirmed
PHOTO: The Coonamble Shire’s only pre-poll site in the 2024 Local Government Election, the CWA Hall on Castlereagh Street, saw slightly more voters than in the previous election. Coonamble Shire …