Coonamble, the C.D.E.P. and ‘Crossing Cultures
PHOTO: Barbara Jackson now lives in Melbourne where she spent the long pandemic lockdown piecing together her book: ‘Crossing Cultures’. IT’S NOT every day that your town appears in a …
Every day matters
Parents and carers are being called on to build better school attendance habits in their children and young people as schools struggle to regain regular attendance after COVID. After Term …
Listening to locals for Basin Plan Inquiry
PHOTO: Productivity Commission’s associate commissioner Chris Guest at Warren last week The Productivity Commission has been on the road for over a month, holding public forums for its inquiry into …
Meet ‘MACC’ – the rural recruitment bus
PHOTO: Corporal David Morgan and Warrant Officer Adam Rowley show off the new bus. BY LIAM MULHALL TAKING off on its maiden voyage, the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) brand new …
Fires close Castlereagh Highway
PHOTO: The grassfires near the Beanbah Rd turnoff north of Coonamble wiped out 10 hectares of land. Photo supplied THREE grassfires along the Castlereagh Highway on Monday 31 July left …
Training facility promises rural health relief
THE NSW Government has shifted their focus to the rural nursing sector and is investing in a new training facility in Wellington to help alleviate staffing pressures in small rural …
Coonamble ahead of the digital literacy curve
PHOTO: A few members of Coonamble's own digital literacy program currently underway through Literacy for Life, Sonja Sands, Lateisha Stevens, Margaret Nixon, and Jan Wood. A NEW plan from the …
New app can help combat domestic violence
PHOTO: The Empower You App promises a discreet way to record domestic violence abuse AN innovative new phone application that gives victims of domestic and family violence a new discreet …