Local traffic goes live
PHOTO: The expansion of the Live Traffic NSW network means local road information will be accessible for travellers. Image ABC Live Traffic NSW has expanded to include some local road …
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Crash closes Mitchell Highway near Queensland border
PHOTO: A B-double crash has closed the Mitchell Highway near Barringun The Mitchell Highway has been closed following a heaving vehicle accident near the Queensland border in the early hours …
New detections, new warnings about MV Encephalitis
PHOTO: Sentinel chickens in the Macquarie Marshes are the ‘canary in the coalmine’ for mosquito-borne viruses. In 1917 George V was King, someone threw an egg at Prime Minister Billy Hughes, …
NSW Blues coaches visit Walgett for Hogs tour
PHOTO: NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler and NSW Sky Blues coach Kylie Hilder with Walgett PCYC students on Tuesday 7 February. PHOTO: NSWRL OVER 100 young football fanatics gathered at …
New report: Living longer against the odds
Image: RFDS. Rural and remote Australians are more likely to die at a younger age than people living elsewhere in the nation according to a new Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) …
Tradie suicide at an all-time high
PHOTO: Brendon White, Condobolin, models his ‘This is a Conversation Starter’ shirt for tradies, truckies, rural workers and blue collar blokes. PHOTO SUPPLIED There’s a shout for ‘Tools down’ as …
Forty years of care for Lightning Ridge
PHOTO: Local ‘treasure’ – Pharmacist Rhonda White in front of the pharmacy built from scratch in 1983. PHOTO SUPPLIED. There will be balloons and a festive atmosphere at White’s Pharmacy …
Warren museum gets the Dr Burke treatment
PHOTO: Dr John Burke with Member for Parkes Mark Coulton. IMAGE: M Coulton When this correspondent returned to Warren to live in the early 1990s, John Burke was one of …
$24 Million for Coonamble to Gilgandra Rail Line
PHOTO: Coonamble Shire mayor Tim Horan, Minister Sam Farraway and NSW Farmers treasurer and Trangie producer Peter Wilson at the announcement at Curban. Photo: NSW Government A $24 million investment …
RFDS weigh in on what’s best for the bush
PHOTO: The Royal Flying Doctor Service have today released a research report series, entitled Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line 2022 to draw attention to service …
Narromine fingerling release aids river sustainability
PHOTO: Getting ready to release fingerlings back into the Macquarie River – from left: Narromine Shire Council, Manager Health Building & Environmental Services, James Cleasby, Narromine Landholder Robert Webb; Narromine …
Australia’s reputation as migrant destination harmed by pandemic
PHOTO: Migrant workers might be choosing New Zealand and Canada over Australia. Image: Griffith University. Many backpackers and other migrant workers are reluctant to come to Australia after their treatment …