Financially protecting your farm from natural hazards
PHOTO: David Brown, PhD, at a workshop earlier this year PREDICTING how mother nature will act is next to impossible, but there are pathways you can take to manage the …
Windy day for 27 holes
• PHOTO: Lowest strokes winners, Matt Lane and Peter Foodey. On a warm but windy Sunday last the men golfers played their second most important event of the year our …
Pam 2023 Club Champion
By Narelle Mayoh Finally, after a couple of weeks of interruptions being unable to play the ladies played their final 27 holes of the singles club championships on Wednesday 12th …
Netball is back with a bang
• PHOTO: Here for Beer player, Ronnie Hertel, leaps to defend a shot by Ella Cleary from Team Kaos. NETBALLS back! What a rough two weeks of school holidays it …
Tanya Plibersek says Murray Darling Basin off track
Tanya Plibersek has questioned whether Murray Darling Basin Authority can deliver the crucial Murray-Darling Basin Plan on time and may look at extending the deadline. The Federal Water Minister has …
Caring about childcare at Gilgandra
PHOTO: Like many Western Plains Shires, Gilgandra needs more childcare options to help retain workers within the region. (Picture: Aussie Kindies) A Childcare Forum took place in Gilgandra recently to …
Major banks pause on branch closure, no guarantee of future
PHOTO: The closure of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia branch in Gilgandra came without warning. That shouldn’t happen again for the next three years. After seeing 200 Commonwealth Bank of …
Another two years for Trangie doctor
PHOTO: Cr Craig Davies, Mayor, Narromine Shire, with Dr Ashraf Labib at Trangie Multipurpose Service. Photo: Cr C Davies. Trangie residents can breathe a bit easier with the news that …
Migration missteps could fuel higher food prices
PHOTO: Local farmers and businesses say the latest tweaks to migration policy ‘don’t make sense’. IMAGE: bil.downunder.lk In a vexing trend, Farmers across the country appear to be continually fighting …